James Peile (administrator)
Sir James Braithwaite Peile (27 April 1833 – 25 April 1906) was a British administrator during the British Raj, who served as the acting Governor of Bombay in March 1885.[1][2]
Life[]
Born in Liverpool, Peile was educated at Repton School, where his father, Thomas Braithwaite Peile, was headmaster,[3] and then went up to Oriel College, Oxford. He was appointed to the Bombay civil service in 1855. He held a number of positions over the following thirty years, including municipal commissioner of Bombay, political agent in Kathiawar, and vice-chancellor of Bombay University. He was offered, but declined, the position of commissioner of Sind. After a career mostly spent in Bombay, he retired in 1887 and was appointed to the Council of India, a position he held for a further fifteen years.
Politically, he supported increased devolution of powers to the Indian provinces and a limited increase in Indian participation in the civil service.
His son, James Peile, became a clergyman, later Archdeacon of Warwick and Archdeacon of Worcester. His first cousin was the philologist John Peile.[3]
References[]
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1912.
- ^ Buckland, Charles Edward (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. S. Sonnenschein. p. 332. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement, vol. 3, ed. Sidney Lee, p. 95
- The India List and India Office List (1905), p. 585
- Hardiman, David. "Peile, Sir James Braithwaite (1833–1906)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35457. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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