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Alexander Mackenzie (civil servant)

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and British India. He was Secretary to the Bengali Government from 1877, and made a name for himself by compiling a history of the relations of the government with tribes on the north-east frontier of Bengal. In 1882 he was appointed Secretary in the Home Department of the Government of India. Five
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After his service in Burma, he was in December 1895 appointed Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, where he served for three years. His short term in office was dominated by natural disasters, the province suffered plague, famine, earthquake and cyclone in those years. As an administrator he was a stern
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Poor health led him to take six months leave from May 1897. He was back in Bengal by the end of the year, but was forced to retire permanently in March 1898 due to poor health. He returned to the United Kingdom and led a quite life, his only significant public office was as Chairman of the
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upholder of the rights of the province against what he perceived to be the financial encroachments of the British Indian government, and voiced this in the council, receiving opposition from the financial member of the council
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His absence and negligence during his time in office made him unpopular amongst locals, but did not results in his removal from office.
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in 1887, and in December 1890 transferred to become Chief Commissioner of
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Mackenzie subsequently held a number of civil service appointments in the
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In local administration, he initiated a survey and settlement in
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FIBIS East India Register Birth Announcements, April 2009.
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Mackenzie was twice married. His first wife from 1863 was
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years later he received a senior colonial appointment as
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Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
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Alexander Mackenzie (disambiguation)
KCSI

Dumfries
Scotland
Holmbury St Mary
Surrey
England
KCSI
India
Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
Scotland
King Edward's School
Trinity College, Cambridge
Indian Civil Service
Bengal Civil Service
Calcutta
Bengal Presidency
Chief Commissioner
Central Provinces
British Burma
Council of the Governor General of India
Order of the Star of India
Sir James Westland
Lushai
Orissa
India Development Company
Holmbury St Mary
Surrey

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