Henry Napier Bruce Erskine
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Henry Napier Bruce Erskine, CSI (7 September 1831 – 4 December 1893)[1][2] was a member of the Indian Civil Service.[3]
A son of William Erskine, he arrived in Bombay in 1853. He became collector and magistrate of Nasik in 1869, commissioner of the northern division of Bombay from 1877 to 1879, and Commissioner in Sind from 1879 to 1887.[4][5] He was appointed a CSI in 1887.
In retirement, he died at Cran Hill, Great Malvern, Worcestershire in 1893.
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- ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ^ Behram Sohrab H.J. Rustomji, Karachi 1839-1947 A Short History of the Foundation and Growth of Karachi, in Karachi During the British Era Two Histories of a Modern City, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2007. Pg 104
- ^ Prior, Katherine (2004). "Erskine, William (1773–1852), historian of India". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8880. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 3 August 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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