Succeeded by Alexander Mackenzie Name Charles Crosthwaite | Nationality British | |
Spouse(s) Dame Caroline Alison Lushington Relations Son of Rev. John Clarke Crostwaite Children Gertrude Elizabeth Crosthwaite; Elaine Nelson Crosthwaite; Captain John Graham Crosthwaite; Henry Robert Crosthaite; Frederick Douglas Crosthwaite; Evelyn Alison Cheape Crosthwaite Died 1915, Shamley Green, United Kingdom Education Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Books Pacification: Burma, The Pacification of Burma | ||
Preceded by Charles Edward Bernard Preceded by Charles Edward Bernard | ||
Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite KCSI (born Dublin 5 December 1835 – died Shamley Green 28 May 1915) served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1887 to December 1890.
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Early life
He was born in Dublin, educated at Merchant Taylors' School. and St John's College, Oxford.
Career
Crosthwaite entered into the Bengal Civil Service 1857 and served chiefly in the N.W.P. He was Chief Commissioner of British Burma from 1883 to 1884; then Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces from 1885 to 1886. From 1887 to 1890 Sir Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite was Chief Commissioner of Burma. He was then a Member of the Governor-General's Supreme Council from 1890 to 1895; and Lieutenant Governor of N.W.P and Oudh. He was a member of the Council of India from 1895 to 1905.