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'''Sir Robert Erskine Holland''', [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]], [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India|CSI]], [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], [[Volunteer Officers' Decoration|VD]] (29 June 1873 – 30 September 1965) was an administrator in British India. A member of the [[Indian Civil Service]] and of the [[Indian Political Service]], he was [[Rajputana Agency|Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana]] and [[Chief Commissioner of Ajmer-Merwara]] from 1919 to 1925.<br />
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The son of Sir [[Thomas Erskine Holland]], Robert Holland was educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[Oriel College, Oxford]].<ref>{{Who's Who|id=50984|title=Holland, Sir Robert (Erskine)}}</ref> He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1895. <br />
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In retirement, he was a member of the [[Council of India]] from 1925 to 1931, when he resigned at the beginning of his second five-year term. Having been called to the English bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1930, he was appointed Judicial Adviser to the Siamese Government, which carried membership of the [[Supreme Court of Thailand|Supreme Court of Siam]]. His term was not renewed in 1936, and received the [[Order of the Crown of Siam]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reekie |first=Surutchada |title=Thai Legal History: From Traditional to Modern Law |last2=Reekie |first2=Adam |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2021 |isbn=9781108914369 |editor-last=Harding |editor-first=Andrew |chapter=British Judges in the Supreme Court of Siam |editor-last2=Pongsapan |editor-first2=Munin}}</ref> He then settled in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* "Sir Robert Holland", ''The Times'', 9 October 1965, p. 12<br />
* "Sir Robert Holland", ''Western Daily Press'', 22 April 1930, p. 7<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{NPG name|103298|Sir Robert Erskine Holland}}<br />
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