Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman (14 February 1875 – 17 July 1928) was a British administrator in India. Muddiman was born in

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, Bedfordshire, England, and was educated at Wimborne School and University College, London. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1897 and was posted to Bengal Presidency in 1899 as an assistant collector and magistrate in Bihar. In 1902 he was appointed Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal, in 1905 Registrar of the

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, and in April 1910 Deputy Secretary of the Legislative Department of the Government of India. He became Secretary in 1915. In 1919 he was appointed president of the Council of State, the upper house of the new Indian Legislature. In March 1924 he was appointed Home Member of the Government of India and Leader of the Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Legislature. At the end of 1927 he was appointed

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, but he was already a sick man and in July 1928 he died of

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. Muddiman was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1913 and Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the

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. He was

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in the

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and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in the

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Titles

*1875–1913: Alexander Phillips Muddiman *1913–1920: Alexander Phillips Muddiman, CIE *1920–1922: Alexander Phillips Muddiman, CSI, CIE *1922–1926: Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman, CSI, CIE *1926–1928: Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman, KCSI, CIE

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*Biography, '' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' *Obituary, '' The Times'', 18 June 1928 {{DEFAULTSORT:Muddiman, Alexander 1875 births 1928 deaths People from Leighton Buzzard Alumni of University College London Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Bachelor People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Wimborne Minster Members of the Council of the Governor General of India