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Arthur Phayre


(Lieut.-)Col. Sir
Arthur Phayre
File:Phayre, Arthur.jpg
Born 1812
Died 1885
Residence Govr of Fegu [Pegu] British Burmah [1862]
and E.I.U.S. Club 14 St James's Square SW
Governor of Mauritisus, East India United Service Club, St James Square [1875]
[and] c/o Messrs H.S. King and Co., 65 Cornhill, EC [1881]
Occupation administrative
armed services
Society Membership
membership ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow
left 1885 deceased
elected_ESL 1862.03.18
elected_AI 1862
clubs East India United Services Club
Athenaeum Club


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Governor of Pegu
Governor of Mauritius [1875]
1886.01.26 death noted

Notes From Elsewhere

Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Purves Phayre, GCMG, KCSI, CB (7 May 1812 – 14 December 1885) was a career British Indian Army officer who was the first Commissioner of British Burma, 1862–1867, Governor of Mauritius, 1874–1878, and author.

Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1868

Publications

External Publications

History of Burma (1883)

House Publications

On the nations and tribes inhabiting British Birmah
Notes on the ethnology of the Indo-Chinese nations and tribes
On the tenure and distribution of landed property in Burma

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