Charles Bernard (civil servant)
{{Short description|British colonial administrator (1837–1901)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Sir
|name = Charles Edward Bernard
|honorific-suffix = KCSI FRSGS
|image = Sir Charles Bernard.jpg
|office = Chief Commissioner of Burma
|term_start = 25 September 1886
|term_end = 12 March 1887
|monarch =
|predecessor = Charles Crosthwaite
|successor = Charles Crosthwaite
|office2 = Chief Commissioner of Burma
|term_start2 = 2 July 1880
|term_end2 = 2 March 1883
|monarch2 =
|predecessor2 = Charles Umpherston Aitchison
|successor2 = Charles Crosthwaite
|birth_date = {{birth date|1837|12|21|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Bristol, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|1901|09|19|1837|12|21|df=y}}
|death_place = Chamonix, France
|nationality = British
|spouse = {{marriage|Susan Capel Tawney|1862}}
|relations =
|children = 8
|alma_mater = Haileybury and Imperial Service College
|occupation = Administrator
|religion =
}}
Sir Charles Edward Bernard {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI|FRSGS}} (21 December 1837 – 19 September 1901) was a British colonial administrator.
Biography
Charles Bernard was born in Bristol, England. He was the son of James Fogo Bernard, a medical physician and Marianne Amelia Lawrence, and was educated at Rugby School, Addiscombe, and Haileybury and Imperial Service College. In 1857 he passed into the ICS and was posted to the Punjab. From 1874 to 1877 he was Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces. Three years later came the appointment as Chief Commissioner of Lower Burma from 2 July 1880 to 2 March 1883, followed by the appointment as Chief Commissioner of Burma from 25 September 1886 to 12 March 1887.
From 1887 he was back in London as Secretary of the Department of Revenue, Statistics and Commerce, India Office.
In 1862 he married Susan Capel Tawney, and they had eight children.
He died on 19 September 1901 at Chamonix, France, after a short illness.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Deaths |date=24 September 1901 |page=1 |issue=36568}}
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{{succession box|title=Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma|years=1880–1883|before= Charles Umpherston Aitchinson
|after=Sir Charles Haukes Todd}}
{{succession box|title=Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma|years=1886–1887|before=Sir Charles Haukes Todd
|after=Sir Charles Haukes Todd}}
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References
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- "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
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Category:Administrators in British Burma
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Category:Civil servants in the India Office
Category:Fellows of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
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