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 Memorials of Old Haileybury College
| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Benda Cook | | Comment | Publication Date: 1894
Author: F. C. Danvers, Sir M Monier -Williams, Sir S. C. Bayley, P. Wigram, the late Brand Sapte, and many contributors.
Publisher Constable & Co.: Westminster
British Library: OIR 354.54 Held in the Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections.
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| | No. | 368 |  | Surname | Colvin | | | Christian Names | John Russell | | | Dates at Haileybury | 1823-25 | | | 1st Term | Classics Prize | | | 2nd Term | Classics, Mathematics Prizes | | | 3rd Term | Classics, Mathematics, Hindusrani, Essay Prizes | | | 4th Term | Classics, Mathematics Medals; Hindustani, Essay Prizes | | | Presidency | Bengal  | | | Career in India | 1825-57 | | | Place of Death | Agra | | | Date of Death | 1857 [Sep 9] | | | Final Appointment 1 | Resident in Nepal 1847; Commissioner of Tenasserim 1848; Judge of S[udder] D[ewanny] & N[izamut] A[dawlut] Calcutta 1850 | | | Final Appointment 2 | Lieutenant-Governor N[orth] W[estern] P[rovinces] 1854 | | | Mutiny Service | After a brilliant career in high office, was appointed by Lord Dalhousie to be Lieutenant Governor of the N.W.P. in succession to Mr. Thomason. The Mutiny found him administering the Government at Agra, and while health lasted he kept the reins in his own hands, watching over and supervising even the smallest detail. By the end of August he completely broke down, lingering on till September 9, and dying at his post like a brave and good man as he was. He was held in great estimation by Lord Canning, as he had been by previous Governors General. The following notification was issued on the report of his death: “It is the melancholy duty of The Right Honourable the Governor General in Council to announce the death of the Honourable John Russell Colvin, the Lieutenant Governor, N.W.P. Worn by the unceasing anxieties and labours of his charge, which placed him in the very front of the dangers by which of late India has been threatened, health and strength gave way; and the Governor General in Council has to deplore with sincere grief the loss of one of the most distinguished amongst the servants of the East India Company. The death of Mr. Colvin has occurred at a time when his ripe experience, his high ability, and his untiring energy would have been more than usually valuable to the State. But his career did not close before he had won for himself a high reputation in each of the various branches of administration to which he was at different times attached, nor until he had been worthily selected to fill the highest position in Northern India; and he leaves a name which not friends alone, but all who have been associated with him in the duties of Government, and all who may follow in his path, will delight to honour. The Right Honourable the Governor General directs that the Flag shall be lowered half-mast high, and that seventeen minute guns shall be fired at the seats of Government in India upon the receipt of the present notification."" |
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