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'''Francis Slacke''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CSI}} (6 June 1853 – 8 August 1940) was a senior officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]] and later became [[List of Governors of Bengal|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal]].
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'''Francis Slacke''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CSI}} (6 June 1853 – 8 August 1940) was a senior officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]] and later became [[List of governors of Bengal Presidency#Lieutenant Governors of Bengal (1854–1912)|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal]].


==Early life==
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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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

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 | edit source]

  1. "Slack (post Slacke), Francis Alexander (SLK872FA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.