Robert Warrand Carlyle
Sir Robert Warrand Carlyle
Life and career
Robert Warrand was born at
In 1902 Carlyle was appointed inspector-general of the Bengal police, and in 1904 he was appointed chief secretary to the Bengal government. In 1907 he was promoted to Revenue and Agriculture Secretary to
Personal life
Carlyle married Isabel Jane Barton in September 1903. Lady Carlyle was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind gold medal in 1916 for her work in organizing comfort packages for the troops in Mesopotamia. The marriage remained childless. Following his retirement he took an interest in the work of the Church Army through his cousin Prebendary Wilson Carlile.
Works
Carlyle was an advocate of lighter revenue demands. Working in the Revenue and Agriculture department, he presided over an increased investment in agriculture and expanded the fledgling co-operative rural credit movement. He was renowned for his forthcoming views and uncompromising expression of opinion, and was said to have disliked secretariat work and debates at the legislative council.
Publications
- with Carlyle, Alexander James A History of Mediæval Political Theory in the West, 6 vols. (Edinburgh and London: Blackwood 1922).
References
External links
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