https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=John_Thorne_%28colonial_administrator%29 2026-11-05T13:31:43Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Thorne_(colonial_administrator)&diff=130428&oldid=prev 2021-04-26T13:28:09Z

<p>added <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Sedlescombe" title="Category:People from Sedlescombe">Category:People from Sedlescombe</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{One source|date=December 2009}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Sir John Thorne&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]], [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] (17 October 1888 – 29 April 1964) was a senior civil servant in the [[Indian Civil Service]] who served as the Secretary of the Home Department and later as Home Member of the [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy’s]] [[Council of India|Executive Council]].<br /> <br /> ==Early life==<br /> <br /> John Anderson Thorne was born in [[Madagascar]] and educated at [[Blundell&#039;s School]] in [[Tiverton, Devon|Tiverton]]. He passed the [[Indian Civil Service]] examinations in 1911 and spent his probation at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]] at [[Oxford]].<br /> <br /> ==Indian Civil Service==<br /> <br /> Thorne spent 22 years in various posts in the [[Madras Presidency]] and in 1920 was selected to be Secretary of the Board of Revenue, holding this position for two years. After time in district work he returned to the board in 1931 and in 1935 officiated as joint secretary to the [[Government of India]], [[Home Department]], and shortly thereafter took charge of the secretaryship until 1938.<br /> In 1938 Thorne was selected to be Secretary to the Governor-General (Public) and on two occasions he acted for brief periods as a temporary member of the Governor-General’s Council, and in 1945 became Home Member, a position he held until his retirement in 1946.<br /> <br /> == Later life ==<br /> <br /> On the expiry of his term, Thorne returned to England and farmed at [[Sedlescombe]].<br /> <br /> == Honours ==<br /> <br /> Thorne was made a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1931, [[Order of the Star of India|Companion of the Order of the Star of India]] in 1938 and [[Order of the Indian Empire|Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1942.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> *Obituary of Sir John Thorne, The Times, 30 April 1964 (pg. 18; Issue 55999; col C)<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorne, John}}<br /> [[Category:1888 births]]<br /> [[Category:1964 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:People educated at Blundell&#039;s School]]<br /> [[Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford]]<br /> [[Category:Administrators in British India]]<br /> [[Category:Members of the Council of India]]<br /> [[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]<br /> [[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]]<br /> [[Category:People from Sedlescombe]]</div>

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