George Robert Elsmie
George Robert Elsmie
Early life
Born at
In India
Arriving in India on 12 February 1858, Elsmie was appointed assistant commissioner in the
Returning to India, Elsmie was appointed additional commissioner of the
After furlough in December 1880 Elsmie became commissioner of Lahore, and in April 1882 was appointed permanently to the chief court bench. In the same year he served on the Punjab re-organisation committee. In agreement with its recommendations the Lahore commissionership was enlarged in area and relieved of judicial appellate work, and Elsmie was appointed again in February 1885. He was on special duty for the
Elsmie was made second financial commissioner in April 1887, a member of the governor-general's legislative council in May 1888, and first financial commissioner from March 1889. He was re-appointed to the governor-general's legislative council in June 1892, and was made
Later life
Elsmie left India on 4 February 1894. On 20 July 1904 he received from Aberdeen University the honorary degree of LL.D. He died at Torquay on 26 March 1909, and was buried at Deeside cemetery, Aberdeen.[1]
Works
Elsmie prepared an Epitome of Correspondence regarding our Relations with Afghanistan and Herat, 1854-63 (Lahore, 1863). Suggestions to the government in Crime and Criminals on the Peshawur Frontier (Lahore, 1884) contributed to the Frontier Criminal Regulations (1887).[1]
With
Family
Elsmie married at Southampton, on 27 October 1861, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Thomas Spears of Kirkcaldy, who survived him. Of a family of three sons and eight daughters, two sons became officers in the Indian army, four daughters married Indian civil servants, one of the husbands being Thomas Holderness, and two daughters married officers in the army.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Elsmie, George Robert". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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