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*Obituary of Mr F.A. Slacke, ''[[The Times]]'', Friday, 9 August 1940 (pg. 7; Issue 48690; col F) | *Obituary of Mr F.A. Slacke, ''[[The Times]]'', Friday, 9 August 1940 (pg. 7; Issue 48690; col F) | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:11, 13 July 2021
Francis Slacke CSI (6 June 1853 – 8 August 1940) was a senior officer in the Indian Civil Service and later became Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
Early life[edit]
Francis Alexander Slack (post Slacke) was born in the parish of Saint Saviour in Jersey and educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, University College, Oxford and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] On 19 November 1879 Slacke married Caroline Elizabeth Cave, 2nd daughter of Thomas Cave, M.P. and sister of Viscount Cave.
Career[edit]
Slacke entered the Indian Civil Service in 1874 and was admitted at the Inner Temple on 27 May 1875. His appointments included:
- Magistrate and Collector - 1892
- Secretary to the Board of Revenue – 1896
- Secretary to the Government of Bengal (Revenue and General Department) – 1900
- Commissioner – 1903
- Major, Calcutta Light Horse (1905-8)
- Member of Board of Revenue – 1906
- Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal - 1906
- Vice-president of Bengal Legislative Council - 1910
- Vice-president of Bengal Executive Council - 1911
Slacke retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1912 and was subsequently appointed Fellow of Calcutta University (1907) and President of Fisheries Advisory Committee (1908).
References[edit]
- ↑ "Slack (post Slacke), Francis Alexander (SLK872FA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Obituary of Mr F.A. Slacke, The Times, Friday, 9 August 1940 (pg. 7; Issue 48690; col F)
- "Slack (post Slacke), Francis Alexander". Alumni Cantabrigienses. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012.
- 1853 births
- 1940 deaths
- People educated at Blundell's School
- Alumni of University College, Oxford
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
- Lieutenant-governors of Bengal
- Members of the Inner Temple
- Companions of the Order of the Star of India
- People from Saint Saviour, Jersey
- Indian Defence Force officers