Herbert Thirkell White
Sir Herbert Thirkell White | |
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| Lieutenant Governor of Burma | |
| In office 9 May 1905 – 19 May 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Shakespear Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Harvey Adamson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1855 |
| Died | 1931(aged 75–76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse |
Fannie Sophia Hawes
(m.1877–1931) |
| Alma mater | Dulwich CollegeandBrasenose College |
| Occupation | Administrator |
Sir Herbert Thirkell WhiteKCIECSI(1855–1931) was theLieutenant Governorof theBritish Indianprovince ofBurma(1905–1910) and author of works about Burma.
Biography[edit]
The son of Richard White, he was educated atDulwich CollegeandBrasenose College,Oxford. White joined I.C.S., served in all lower grades of the public service and was posted as Commissioner, Burma-China Boundary, 1897; appointed Chief Judge of the Chief Court, Burma, 1900; Lieut.-Governor, Burma, 1905–1910. During his time as Lieutenant Governor, he reduced the amount of the annual tributes from the Shan Chiefs and promoted education among them and carried out certain Railway Extensions in theShan States.[1]White was the Secretary to Upper Burma from 1886 to 1890, the period that was immediately after the annexation ofUpper Burmaby the British following theThird Anglo-Burmese War.Other offices he held in Burma included the Chief Secretary of Burma and as a justice on various Burmese courts.[2]White was also a member of the 1897-98 boundary commission between Britain and China.[3]
White was appointed a Companion of theOrder of the Indian Empire(CIE) in 1892, and promoted to a Knight Commander of the order (KCIE) in the1903 Durbar Honours.[4][5]
He married Fannie Sophia Hawes, daughter of Captain William Hawes, Indian Navy in 1877.[1]After his years in Burma, he returned to England and lived inSt. Ives,where he died in 1932.[3]
White was the author of several books on Burma, the best known of which is the classic,A Civil Servant in Burma(E. Arnold, 1913), which is based on the 32 years (1878–1910) he spent as a civil servant in that province. White also authored the fourth volumeBurmaof the four volume series "Provincial Geographies of India"which was published between 1913 and 1923 from theCambridge University Pressunder the editorship ofThomas Henry Holland.
Titles[edit]
- 1855–1892: Herbert Thirkell White
- 1892–1902: Herbert Thirkell White, CSI
- 1903–1931: Sir Herbert Thirkell White, KCIE[6]
Published works[edit]
- A Civil Servant in Burma.London, E. Arnold (1913)
- Burma.Cambridge, The University Press (1923)
References[edit]
- ^abC. Hayavando Rao, ed. (1915)..The Indian Biographical Dictionary.Madras: Pillar & Co. pp. 462–63.
- ^The Westminster Review.Vol. 168. New York: Leonard Scott Publishing Company. July 1907. p. 483.
- ^abPiness, Edith L. (1983). "The British Administrator in Burma: A New View".Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.14(2): 372–378.doi:10.1017/S0022463400011024.JSTOR20070536.S2CID159619439.
- ^"The Durbar Honours".The Times.No. 36966. London. 1 January 1903. p. 8.
- ^"No. 27511".The London Gazette(Supplement). 1 January 1903. p. 3.
- ^Great Britain. India OfficeThe India List and India Office List for 1905,p. 145, atGoogle Books
External links[edit]
Works by or aboutHerbert Thirkell WhiteatWikisource- Myanmar (Burma)at worldstatesmen.org
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