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'''Elliot James Dowell Colvin''' (27 July 1885 in [[London]], England – 1950 in [[Delhi]], [[India]]) was Prime Minister of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="India Office List 1945">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiUbAQAAIAAJ&q=elliot+james+dowel+colvin&pg=PA166 |title=India Office and Burma Office List |edition=55 |date=1945 |access-date=9 March 2018 |publisher=[[H.M. Stationery Office]] |via=Google Books}}</ref> | Lieutenant-Colonel '''Elliot James Dowell Colvin''', CIE (27 July 1885 in [[London]], England – 1950 in [[Delhi]], [[India]]) was a [[British Indian Army]] and [[Indian Political Service]] officer who served as Prime Minister of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="India Office List 1945">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiUbAQAAIAAJ&q=elliot+james+dowel+colvin&pg=PA166 |title=India Office and Burma Office List |edition=55 |date=1945 |access-date=9 March 2018 |publisher=[[H.M. Stationery Office]] |via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
Colvin was educated at [[Windlesham House School]], [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Windlesham House School: History and Muster Roll 1837–1937|last=Wilson|first=G. Herbert|publisher=McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.|year=1937|location=London}}</ref> He was commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the British [[Indian Army]] in January 1904.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27634/page/182/data.pdf |title=The London Gazette |date=8 January 1904 |access-date=9 March 2018 |page=182 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office }}</ref> Colvin remained on active service with the [[117th Mahrattas]] regiment until July 1908, when he was appointed personal assistant to the [[Resident (title)#Residents in Asia|Resident]], [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27932/page/4891/data.pdf |title=The London Gazette |date=17 July 1906 |access-date=9 March 2018 |page=4891 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office }}</ref> He was appointed a political officer in the [[Indian Political Department]] of the [[British Raj]] in February 1912 and promoted agent to the Governor-General in Central India, June, 1915. Colvin was appointed political agent, [[Baghelkhand]], in March 1921, and Under-secretary to the agent to the Governor-General in Central India in April 1922.<ref name="India Office List 1945" /> | Colvin was educated at [[Windlesham House School]], [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Windlesham House School: History and Muster Roll 1837–1937|last=Wilson|first=G. Herbert|publisher=McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.|year=1937|location=London}}</ref> He was commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant]] in the British [[Indian Army]] in January 1904.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27634/page/182/data.pdf |title=The London Gazette |date=8 January 1904 |access-date=9 March 2018 |page=182 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office }}</ref> Colvin remained on active service with the [[117th Mahrattas]] regiment until July 1908, when he was appointed personal assistant to the [[Resident (title)#Residents in Asia|Resident]], [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27932/page/4891/data.pdf |title=The London Gazette |date=17 July 1906 |access-date=9 March 2018 |page=4891 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office }}</ref> He was appointed a political officer in the [[Indian Political Department]] of the [[British Raj]] in February 1912 and promoted agent to the Governor-General in Central India, June, 1915. Colvin was appointed political agent, [[Baghelkhand]], in March 1921, and Under-secretary to the agent to the Governor-General in Central India in April 1922.<ref name="India Office List 1945" /> | ||
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[[Category:Indian | [[Category:Indian Political Service officers]] | ||
[[Category:Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir]] | [[Category:Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)]] | ||
[[Category:People educated at Charterhouse School]] | [[Category:People educated at Charterhouse School]] | ||
[[Category:People educated at Windlesham House School]] | [[Category:People educated at Windlesham House School]] | ||
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]] | |||
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