John Russell Colvin
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John Russell Colvin was a British administrator of the East India Company, and Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 1853 until his death from cholera during the Indian Rebellion of
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Tomb of John Russell Colvin inside the Red Fort of Agra.
Auckland Colvin
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Sir Auckland Colvin was a colonial administrator in India and Egypt, born into the Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He was comptroller general in Egypt, and financial adviser to the Khedive. From 1883 to 1
John Russell Colvin
…British East India Company in 1826. In 1836 he became private secretary to Lord Auckland at the time of the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1837, and named his son after him. From 1846 to 1849, Colvin served as Commissioner of Tenasserim, in British (Lower) Burma. In 1853 Lord Dalhousie appointed him lieutenant-governor…
Sir Auckland Colvin, by unknown photographer