Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler: A Master Governor in British India (1890–1928)
A Record of His Contribution Towards the Development of Modern India
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2024
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New edition
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80374-658-6 (ISBN)
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80374-658-6 (ISBN)
A chronological account of the life and career of Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, who rose to be British India’s Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh and of Burma. The work also serves as a means to assess British intentions towards India at a critical time with the brewing of Indian nationalism.
The British Indian Civil Service was a small elite, which administered and governed a vast population. From their number were drawn the Governors of the various provinces. Relatively little work has been completed to explore the role these officials had in maintaining the British Indian Empire. Butler, in particular rose through the ranks of the ICS rapidly, becoming the second youngest to be promoted as Foreign Secretary and the youngest to be appointed a Governor. He was mooted as Viceroy. This book is drawn from Butler’s papers, held in the British Library, which have been edited to provide a chronological history of Butler’s personal life and of his exceptional official career. We are thus enabled to explore, not only his life in India at the personal level but to assess his input into British policy making across a wide spectrum. Most important areas include Land Settlement, Famine Relief, Foreign Policy, including towards the Princely States, Infrastructure, Industry, Agriculture, Education, Sanitation, and in response to Indian/Burmese Nationalism. An analysis of British intentions towards India is thus available. No similar or biographical work with respect to Butler has been completed.
The British Indian Civil Service was a small elite, which administered and governed a vast population. From their number were drawn the Governors of the various provinces. Relatively little work has been completed to explore the role these officials had in maintaining the British Indian Empire. Butler, in particular rose through the ranks of the ICS rapidly, becoming the second youngest to be promoted as Foreign Secretary and the youngest to be appointed a Governor. He was mooted as Viceroy. This book is drawn from Butler’s papers, held in the British Library, which have been edited to provide a chronological history of Butler’s personal life and of his exceptional official career. We are thus enabled to explore, not only his life in India at the personal level but to assess his input into British policy making across a wide spectrum. Most important areas include Land Settlement, Famine Relief, Foreign Policy, including towards the Princely States, Infrastructure, Industry, Agriculture, Education, Sanitation, and in response to Indian/Burmese Nationalism. An analysis of British intentions towards India is thus available. No similar or biographical work with respect to Butler has been completed.
Michael Fenwick Macnamara retired as a senior official from the Australian Civil Service in 2005 and has since been engaged in the pursuit of British Indian history, with a focus on the senior administrators of the Indian Civil Service. A PhD in British Indian history, he is a member of the Kipling Society and of the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.
Contents: Early Years, 1880–1889 – India: Allahabad, Sitapur, Naini Tal, Lucknow, Calcutta and Simla, 1890–1907 – Calcutta, Delhi and Simla, 1908–1910 – Calcutta, Delhi and Simla, 1911–1915 – Burma: Rangoon, Maymyo and Mandalay, 1915–1917 – The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Lucknow, Naini Tal, Cawnpore and Allahabad, 1918–1922 – Burma: Rangoon, Maymyo and Mandalay, 1923–1927 – After India and Later Years.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.11.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 10 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 718 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Schlagworte | Agriculture • Ali Khan • British Achievements in India • British Empire • British India • Burmese Nationalism • Congress • Dyarchy • education in India • Establishment of New Delhi • Famine Relief • foreign policy • Gandhi • Government of India Act 1919 • Governors • Hinduism • imperialism • Indian Nationalism • Indian Princes & Princely States • Indian States Committee • India office • Industry • Infrastructure • Islam • Jallianwala Bagh • Land settlement • Montford Reforms • Muhammad Shafi • muslim league • Nehrus • Royal tours to India • Sanitation • The First World War and India’s Contribution • viceroys |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80374-658-0 / 1803746580 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80374-658-6 / 9781803746586 |
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