Person:John Hotson (5)

Watchers
Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson
b.17 Mar 1877 Glasgow, Scotland
m. 22 Jun 1876
  1. Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson1877 - 1944
  2. Jessie Evelyn Ramsay Hotson1878 -
  3. Constance Margaret Hotson1880 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson
Alt Name /Ernest/ _____
Gender Male
Birth[3][2] 17 Mar 1877 Glasgow, Scotland
Marriage to Mildred Alice Steward
Death[4][2] 13 May 1944 Claver House, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England
Reference Number? Q6231870?


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson, KCSI, OBE, VD (17 March 1877 – 13 May 1944) was an administrator in India during the British Raj. Born in Glasgow to Hamilton and Margaret (Maggie) Hotson, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1889–1895) and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1899, and MA (1905). He immediately joined the Indian Civil Service, being appointed Superintendent of Managed Estates in Kathiawar. His entire career was devoted to the administration of the province known as the Bombay Presidency. Subsequent positions included Under-Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Political and Judicial Departments), 1907; Collector, 1920; Secretary of the Political Department, 1922; Chief Secretary to the Government, 1924; Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of Bombay, 1926–31; and rising to become Home Member and Acting Governor of Bombay, 1931. He was appointed OBE on 3 June 1918, Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the New Year Honours, 1926, and elevated to Knight Commander (KCSI) in 1930. administrator in India during the British Raj.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at John Ernest Buttery Hotson. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
References
  1. Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Buttery_Hotson.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Helena Denton. Hotson Genealogy.
  3. Wikipedia.
  4. Peter Campbell. Hotson Family Tree.
  5.   John Ernest Buttery Hotson, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.