Arthur Purves Phayre

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Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
31 January 1862 – 16 February 1867
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlbert Fytche
Personal details
Born(1812-05-07)7 May 1812
Lieutenant General

Sir Arthur Purves Phayre

British Burma, 1862–1867, Governor of Mauritius
, 1874–1878, and author.

His brother, Sir

Robert Phayre (1820–1897), also served in India. They were part of the Phayre family, of which Lt Col Robert Phayre
, who served the British administration in Ireland in the 17th century, also had the death warrant of Charles I addressed to him and two other Colonels.

Descendants: Colonel Robert Bernard Phayre MC 2/4th Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles, son Colonel Robert Desmond Hensley Phayre Royal Artillery, son Lt Col Robert (Robin) Dermot Spinks Phayre LI, cousin Col Terence Peter Phayre Knott MC RM, of whom son Captain Robert Knott AAC changed name by deed poll to Phayre, to prevent family name dying out, lives in Kenya.

Early life

Phayre was born in

Pegu
. He was made a brevet captain in 1854 and in 1862 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.

Work

Government office

In 1862 Phayre was made commissioner for the entire province of British Burma. He left Burma in 1867.

He served as 12th governor of Mauritius from 21 September 1874 to 31 December 1878.[1]

He was appointed a CB in 1864, promoted to colonel in 1866 and was knighted with the KCSI in 1867. In 1871, he was promoted to major-general and was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1873. He retired to Bray in Ireland and was appointed a GCMG in 1878.

Naturalist

Phayre wrote the first standard History of Burma (1883). He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including:

Numismatist

Phayre collected coins (some are now in the

Royal Asiatic Society.[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Arthur Purves Phayre
Notes
Granted by
Ulster King of Arms, 30 August 1867.[4]
Crest
A dove Proper gorged with an Eastern crown Or in the beak an olive branch Vert.
Escutcheon
Gules a cross moline Argent surmounted of a bend Azure in the sinister chief point an Eastern crown Or all within a bordure of the last.
Motto
Virtute Tutus

References

  1. ^ "Mauritius". World Statesmen.
  2. . ("Phayre", p. 205).
  3. ^ Obituary, in the JRAS Royal Asiatic Society. Proceedings of the Sixty-Third Anniversary Meeting of the Society, Held on 17 May 1886 Henry Yule The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland New Series, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct., 1886), pp. I-CLXIX Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25208848
  4. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. G". National Library of Ireland. 14 March 1863. p. 181. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

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Government offices
Preceded by
first incumbent
Burma

1862–1867
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Mauritius
1874–1878
Succeeded by