Auckland Colvin

Sir Auckland Colvin, by unknown photographer

Sir Auckland Colvin KCSI KCMG CIE (1838–1908) was a colonial administrator in India and Egypt, born into the Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He was comptroller general in Egypt (1880–2), and financial adviser to the Khedive (1883–87). From 1883 to 1892 he was back in India, first as financial member of council, and then as Lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces (as his father had been) and Oudh.[1] He founded Colvin Taluqdars' College in Lucknow.

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Colvin, John Russell s.v. Sir Auckland Colvin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 748.