Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet

For others with a similar name, see Frederick Currie.

Sir Frederick Currie
Bt.
Sir Frederick Currie, 1858
Born3 February 1799
Bloomsbury, London
Died11 September 1875 (1875-09-12) (aged 76)
St Leonards, Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
Occupationdiplomat

Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (3 February 1799 – 11 September 1875) was a British diplomat, who had a career in the British East India Company and the Indian Civil Service. His posts included Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Member of the Supreme Council of India, Resident at Lahore and Chairman of the East India Company.[1][2]

He acted as an agent for the Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, during the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845-6 and was rewarded with a baronetcy in 1847 for his assistance in negotiating the Treaties of Lahore and Bhyrowal.

  1. ^ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, section Currie.
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004: H. M. Stephens, "Currie, Sir Frederick, first baronet (1799–1875)", rev. Katherine Prior.