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Colvin's was an Anglo-Indian family of Scottish descent. He was educated at East India Company College in Haileybury, then entered the service of the British East India Company in 1826.
In 1836 he became private secretary to Lord Auckland at the time of the first Afghan war of 1837. From 1846-9, Colvin served as Commissioner of Tenasserim, in British (Lower) Burma.
In 1853 Lord Dalhousie appointed him lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces of India. In 1857, at the start of the mutiny, Colvin was at Agra with only a weak British regiment and a native battery, not enough force to prevail against the mutineers. Colvin issued a proclamation to the natives that was censured at the time for its clemency, but it was similar to the approach of Sir Henry Lawrence, later followed by Lord Canning .
Colvin died shortly before the fall of Delhi.
His diaries are held in the European Manuscripts Section at the India Records Office in London.
John Colvin's son, Sir Auckland Colvin , K.C.S.I., K.C.M.G., C.I.E. (1838-1908), followed a distinguished career in the same service, from 1858-92. He was comptroller-general in EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 kmē 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797 (1880-2), and financial adviser to the khedive (1883-7). From 1883-92 he was back again in India, first as financial member of council, and then, from 1887, following in his father's footsteps as lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces and Oudh.
He published a biography of his father in 1895, and in 1905 gave a stained glassStrictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. Depending on its thickness, this stains clear glass with a gold/yellow/brown color. This appears most typically in the golden haloes depicted in church windo East window to the church of St. Mary at SohamFor the Sanskrit word Soham Soham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It lies just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket ( Suffolk). Its population is around 9,000. A monastery was founded here by Felix of Burgundy in the 6th century, both as a thanksgiving for the termination of the Boer WarThere were two Boer wars one in 1880- 81 and the second from October 11, 1899- 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South Africa that put an end to the two independent republics that, and as a permanent memorial to his father [1]. Auckland Colvin died at SurbitonSurbiton is an suburban area of London, England in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It is a commuter town next to the river Thames, populated with a mixture of Art-Deco courts, spacious and grand late- 19th century town houses blending into a se on the March 24March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). There are 282 days remaining. Events 1603 James I becomes King of England. 1765 American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that re, 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T.
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