Charles Edward Bernard

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Sir Charles Edward Bernard KCSI, (born 21 December 1837 in Bristol, England; died 19 September 1901) was Chief Commssioner of Lower Burma from 2 July 1880 to 2 March 1883 and Chief Commssioner of Burma from 25 September 1886 to 12 March 1887.

He was the son of Dr James Fogo Bernard, MD and Marianne Amelia Lawrence. In 1862 he married Susan Capel Tawney, and they had eight children. Bernard was educated at Rugby School; Addiscombe; and Haileybury. In 1857 he passed into the ICS and was posted to the Punjab. From 1874 to 1877 he was Chief Commssioner of the Central Provinces. From 1887 to 1901 he was Secretary of the Department of Revenue, Statistics and Commerce, India Office. He died on either 13 or 19 September 1901 at Chamonix, France

Preceded by Charles Umpherston Aitchinson	Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma 1880–1883	Succeeded by Sir Charles Haukes Todd
Preceded by Sir Charles Haukes Todd	Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma 1886–1887	Succeeded by Sir Charles Haukes Todd

[edit] External links

• http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar.htm

[edit] References

• "The Career of Sir Charles Edward Bernard in Myanmar" in U Hla Thein, Selected Writings (Yangon: Myanmar Historical Commission, 2004) 134-166
• John Riddick, Who Was Who in British India