Sir James Crerar,
KCSI,
CIE (11 December 1877 – 29 August 1960) was a British administrator in India. 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 ...
, he was Home Member of the
Viceroy's Executive Council The Viceroy's Executive Council was the cabinet of the government of British India headed by the Viceroy of India. It is also known as the Council of the Governor-General of India. It was transformed from an advisory council into a cabinet consistin ...
from 1927 until 1932.
His son-in-law was
Sir Hugh Lockhart-Mummery,
Serjeant-Surgeon
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to
The Queen
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Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
1960 deaths
Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
People educated at George Watson's College
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Members of the Council of the Governor General of India