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| Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Mackenzie | | | First Name(s) | Alexander | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | | Birth Year | 1842 | | | Death Year | 1902 | | | Entry | I.CS. : born Jan. 28, 1842 : educated at King Edward VI's Grammar School, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge : arrived in India in Dec. 1862 : was early taken into the Bengal Secretariat, and served only a short time away from the headquarters of Government : wrote a history of the relations of Government with the tribes on the N.E. frontier of Bengal : Financial Secretary to the Government of Bengal in 1877 : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council in 1877 and 1879 : Home Secretary to the Government of India, 1882 : Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, 1887 : Chief Commissioner of Burma, 1890 : K.C.S.I., 1891 : Member of the Supreme Council, 1895 : Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from Dec. 1895, to April, 1898. During this time he was absent for 6 months for his health, and for the same reason resigned his office. He successfully, and with economical results, directed the relief policy in the famine of 1896-7 : he was thorough in his regard for economy in principle and in practice. When plague appeared in Bengal and Calcutta, he made effective arrangements to combat it. He attended to the commercial interests of Calcutta. He attempted to improve the sanitary condition of Calcutta and initiated legislation to reform its municipal administration. This made him unpopular with certain classes in Bengal, though his ability, industry, and honesty of purpose were recognized. After his retirement he became Chairman of the India Development Company : died Nov. 10, 1902. |
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