Ludovic Porter

Sir
Ludovic Porter
KCSI, KCIE, OBE
Sir Ludovic Charles Porter in 1923
Born1869
Dawlish, Devon, England
Died9 March 1928(1928-03-09) (aged 58–59)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationCivil servant
EmployerIndian Civil Service

Sir Ludovic Charles Porter, KCSI, KCIE, OBE (1869–1928) was a senior British administrator in India.

Life

He was the second son of Ludovic Porter (1836-1904), owner of sugar plantations in British Guiana, and his wife Maria (1835-1901), youngest daughter of the Reverend George Hole (1798-1859), rector of Chulmleigh, and his wife Jane (1800-1864), daughter of Robert Hawgood Crew.[1]

Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, Porter entered the Indian Civil Service in 1887, becoming in 1890 Secretary of the Education Department of the Government of India. From 1911 to 1915 he was a Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India and from 1920 a Member of Council for the United Provinces.[2] In 1922 he was Acting Governor of the United Provinces.

Honours

In addition to being made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the 1916 New Year Honours and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1920 New Year Honours, he was awarded two knighthoods, first in the 1921 New Year Honours as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire and secondly in the 1923 New Year Honours as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India.[3]

Legacy

He died unmarried and his will was proved in London on 18 April 1928 by his nephew Ludovic Ernest Porter, effects being 415 pounds (worth about 22,000 pounds in 2014).[4] Portraits of him are in the National Portrait Gallery[5] and some of his correspondence is held at King's College, Cambridge.[6]

References

  1. ^ "England and Wales Census". familysearch.org. 1871. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ « Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1929 » Kelly's Directories Ltd, London,1929
  3. ^ "« CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. St. James's Palace, S.W. 1, 1st January, 1923. The KING has been graciously pleased to make the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India— To be Knights Commanders of the said Most Exalted Order …. Sir Ludovic Charles Porter, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Member of Council, United Provinces » SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY 1923" (PDF). 1 January 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^ « Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright » Viewable at Ancestry.com (subscription required) retrieved 13 October 2015
  5. ^ "NPG x33930; Sir Ludovic Charles Porter - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ^ King's College Archive Centre OB/1/1301/A