William Duke (civil servant)

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Sir Frederick William Duke

KCSI (8 December 1863 – 11 June 1924) was a Scottish civil servant of the Indian Civil Service and formulated the Duke Memorandum during the period of constitutional reform in India.[1]

Early life

William Duke was born in

Indian Civil Service (British India) which he passed. A position in the Indian Civil Service at that time was highly regarded.[4] He then spent two years at University College London.[1]

Career

In 1884, he was posted to Bengal and spent twenty four years serving in the districts in various positions. From 1897 to 1902 he served as magistrate and chairman of the municipality at Howrah near Calcutta.

British India. Duke was the chairman of the committee that was ultimately responsible for bringing the chamber into existence.[13]

When

Montagu made Duke the Permanent Under-Secretary of State
, a position he held until his death in 1924.

Personal life

Duke married in 1889 Mary Eliza Addison-Scott, daughter of James Addison-Scott. They had two sons: Leonard Gordon Duke (1890–1971), a civil servant known as a collector of drawings; and William Falcon Duke; and a daughter, Marjorie Clemence, who married Sir Iltyd Nicholl Clayton.[14][15] The sons were[16][17]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Sir William Duke – Work for Indian Reforms". The Times. 12 June 1924. p. 12.
  2. ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  3. ISBN 978-1-291-38929-6
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  4. ISBN 978-0-595-36209-7
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  5. ^ The India List and India Office List. Harrison. 1819. pp. 574–.
  6. ISBN 978-0-08-055939-1
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  7. ^ rulers
  8. ^ Cambridge shorter history of India. CUP Archive. pp. 903–. GGKEY:TWW35SKU3C1.
  9. ISBN 978-81-7099-979-9
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  10. ISBN 978-81-7099-010-9
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  11. ^ J. H. Broomfield (1968). Elite Conflict in a Plural Society: Twentieth-century Bengal. University of California Press. pp. 52–. GGKEY:PGQKZ3RNLLG.
  12. ^ Constitutional Development of India. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. 1958. pp. 37–. GGKEY:FYQFERQJW2U.
  13. ISBN 978-81-7211-005-5
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  14. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32924. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  15. ^ Who's Who. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1955. p. 563.
  16. ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland: Including All the Titled Classes. S. Low, Marston & Company. 1923. p. 276.
  17. ^ "British Museum - Leonard G Duke (Biographical details)". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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