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 Madras Civil Servants A to E

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Date transcribed2010-07-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentThese are summaries of the Services of Service of Madras Civil Servants entering the Service from 1740 to 1858. Evidently, several of them continued to serve beyond this date.

The data are transcribed from the book compiled by Charles Prinsep published by Truebner & Co in 1885.

Surname  Bruce    
First Name(s)  Alexander Fairlie    
Appointment as Writer  1817    
Summary of Service  1817: Writer. 1820: Assistant to the Collector and Magistrate of Tanjore. 1824: Register of the Zillah of Salem. 1825: Head Assistant to the Principal Collector of the Northern Division of Arcot; At Home. 1829: Returned to India; Acting Sub-Collector of Nellore. 1830: Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate of Nellore. 1834: Acting Secretary to the Board of Revenue. 1835: Mint Master. 1836: Acting Collector, afterwards Collector and Magistrate of Guntoor. 1837: Acting Police Magistrate at the Presidency; Acting Civil Auditor; Acting Superintendent of Stamps; Member of the Mint Committee. 1838: Collector and Magistrate of Guntoor (resumed); Acting Collector and Magistrate of Chingleput; Collector and Magistrate of Cuddapah; Postmaster-General. 1847: Civil Auditor, and Superintendent of Stamps. 1852: Resigned the service, 1st July in India. (Annuitant on the fund, 1852) Died, 26th June 1875, in England.    
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A list of the Services of Madras Civil Servants from 1740 to 1858 compiled by Charles Prinsep and published in 1885
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