Arthur Purves Phayre
Chief Commissioner of Burma | |
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In office 31 January 1862 – 16 February 1867 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Albert Fytche |
Personal details | |
Born | Lieutenant General | 7 May 1812
Sir Arthur Purves Phayre , 1874–1878, and author.
His brother, Sir
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
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:
- Phayre's leaf monkey, Trachypithecus phayrei
- Indochinese flying squirrel, Hylopetes phayrei
- Phayre's squirrel, Callosciurus phayrei
- Eared pitta, Pitta phayrei
- Brown Asian forest tortoise, Manouria emys phayrei [2]
- Ashy-headed green pigeon, Treron phayrei
Numismatist
Phayre collected coins (some are now in the
Arms
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References
- ^ "Mauritius". World Statesmen.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Phayre", p. 205).
- ^ 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
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. G". National Library of Ireland. 14 March 1863. p. 181. Retrieved 22 January 2023.