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[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Sir Peter Henry Clutterbuck''' {{post-nominals|CIE|CBE|VD}} (28 September 1868 – 20 December 1951) was a British colonial [[civil servant]] and expert in forestry conservation, who worked as the Inspector General of Forests to the [[British India|Government of India]].

==Early life==
Clutterbuck was born in [[Great Stanmore]], [[Middlesex]].<ref>M. E. N Witchell and C. R. Huddleston, ''An Account of the Principal Branches of the Family of Clutterbuck'' (1924)</ref> He was educated at [[Clifton College]]<ref> "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 2327: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948</ref> and [[Bloxham School]], followed by the [[Royal Indian Engineering College]].<ref>M. E. N Witchell and C. R. Huddleston, ''An Account of the Principal Branches of the Family of Clutterbuck'' (1924)</ref>

==India==
He became a civil servant in the [[Imperial Forestry Service]], and worked in the Central Provinces (1889) and United Provinces (1890). He was Deputy-Conservator of Forests, Eastern Circle, Upper Provinces from 1897 and [[Conservator of Forests]], Eastern Circle in 1913. He was awarded the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]] in 1911. Clutterbuck became Chief Conservator of Forests, Upper Provinces in 1915. He was Inspector General of Forests to the Government of India.<ref>''The London Gazette'' (29 August 1924) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32969/page/6494/data.pdf</ref> From 1919 to 1920 he was a Member of Upper Provinces Legislative Council. He was invested as a [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1918 and as a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1919.<ref>''The London Gazette'' (1 January 1918) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30451/supplement/83/data.pdf</ref><ref>''The Edinburgh Gazette'' (6 January 1920) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13547/page/27/data.pdf</ref> Clutterbuck was made a [[knight bachelor]] in 1924.<ref>''The Edinburgh Gazette'' (29 July 1924) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/14044/page/983/data.pdf</ref><ref>''The London Gazette'' (29 August 1924) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32969/page/6494/data.pdf</ref>

He was an officer in the [[Indian Auxiliary Force]] between 1887 and 1919, and was in command of the 8th Northern United Provinces Horse from 1917 to 1918. He was awarded the [[Volunteer Officers' Decoration]] in 1912.

==Family life==
On 7 April 1896 he married Winifred Rose, daughter of Alfred Barrow Wilson Marriott.<ref>M. E. N Witchell and C. R. Huddleston, ''An Account of the Principal Branches of the Family of Clutterbuck'' (1924)</ref>

Clutterbuck died in the Bournemouth area on 20 December 1951, aged 83.

His son was Sir [[Alexander Clutterbuck]], a British diplomat who was high commissioner to Canada and India and ambassador to Ireland.

==Tributes==
The locality of Clutterbuckganj near Bareilly, UP, India is named in his honour. It is often abbreviated to [[C.B. Ganj]]. It has a railway station.

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