Sir Godfrey Ferdinando Stratford Collins, KCIE, CSI, OBE (3 November 1888 – 3 August 1952) was a member of the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...

Biography

The second son of F. S. Collins, Lincoln Hill, Ross, Herefordshire, Collins was educated at

Charterhouse School (God having given, I gave) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , president ...

and

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1912, and was Assistant Collector and Magistrate from 1912 to 1916, in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers from 1916 to 1918, Forest Settlement Officer from 1920 to 1922, Collector and District Magistrate from 1923, Registrar of Co-operative Societies from 1926 to 1927, Home Secretary to the Government of Bombay from 1929 to 1931, Private Secretary to the

Governor of Bombay Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...

from 1934 to 1935, Officiating

Commissioner in Sind The governor of Sindh is the appointed head of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The office of the governor as the head of the province is largely a ceremonial position; the executive powers lie with the chief minister and the chief secretary of S ...

in 1935, Commissioner Northern Division, Bombay from 1936 to 1937, Revenue Commissioner for Sind from 1937 to 1940, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay from 1940 to 1941, Adviser to the Governor of Bombay from 1941 to 1946, and Commissioner Jewish Camps in Cyprus from 1947 to 1949.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Godfrey Ferdinando Stratford 1888 births 1952 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Indian Civil Service (British India) officers British Indian Army officers