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'''Claudius James Erskine''', known as '''Claude Erskine''' (1821 – 6 June 1893) ICS, was a British Indian civil servant, judge and [[List of vice-chancellors of the University of Calcutta|vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
The son of [[William Erskine (historian)|William Erskine]], Claude Erskine was born in 1821 in [[Bombay Presidency]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Erskine, William (1773–1852), historian of India|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-8880|access-date=2021-08-23|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/8880|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|last1=Prior|first1=Katherine}}</ref> He studied at the [[University of St Andrews]], the [[University of Edinburgh]], and the [[East India College, Haileybury]]. He then joined the [[Indian Civil Service]], one of four brothers to do so, arriving in Bombay in 1840. He was appointed private secretary to the [[Governor of Bombay]], [[Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet|Sir George Arthur]], in 1843, and became oriental translator and deputy secretary in the Persian department.<br />
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Interested in vernacular education, he became, after serving as secretary to the Bombay general and judicial departments, the first director of public instruction in western India in 1885. He was judge of Konkan in 1859, and a member of the Legislative Council of India in 1860. He served as Judge of the [[Bombay High Court]] since 1862 to 1865.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hon'ble Former Justices|title=MR. Claudius James Erskine|url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshowpuisne.php?bhcpar=amdldGlkPTMmcGFnZW5vPTE=|url-status=live|access-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807154507/https://www.bombayhighcourt.nic.in/jshowpuisne.php?bhcpar=amdldGlkPTMmcGFnZW5vPTE= |archive-date=2020-08-07 }}</ref> He was appointed a member of the Bombay council in 1865. After [[William Ritchie (barrister)|William Ritchie]] he was appointed a vice-chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta|Calcutta University]] on 8 April 1862.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vice-Chancellors{{!}}CU|url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/vc.html|access-date=2021-08-23|website=www.caluniv.ac.in}}</ref> Erskine retired from the civil service on 14 May 1867.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frere|first=Bartle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-MwAQAAMAAJ&q=Claudius+James+Erskine&pg=PA523|title=The Speeches and Addresses of Sir H.B.E. Frere, G.C.S.I., K.C.B., D.C.L.|date=1870|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He married in 1847, Emily Georgina Reid, daughter of Lestock Reid, acting governor of Bombay.<br />
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