Charles Crosthwaite

Who was Charles Crosthwaite?

Sir Charles Hawkes Todd Crosthwaite KCSI served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1887 to December 1890. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School. and St John's College, Oxford. Entered into the Bengal Civil Service 1857 and served chiefly in the N.W.P. Was Chief Commissioner of British Burma 1883 - 1884; then Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces 1885 - 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 1890-1891 and 1892, and then from 1892-1895 Lieutenant-Governor of N.W.P and Qudh. A member of the Council of India 1895-1905.]]