Sir Richard Morris Dane (1854–1940) was a British administrator in India and China.
Life
He was the son of Richard Martin Dane M.D. (1813–1901) and his wife Sophia Eliza Griffiths;
Louis William Dane, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, was his brother.
He was educated at
Kingstown, Dublin, and entered 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 ...
in 1872.
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Dane served as Inspector-General of Salt Revenue in India from 1907 to 1909. He was later posted to China, in the
Sino-Foreign Salt Administration, with a corresponding role from 1913 to 1918.
Arriving there under the administration of
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...
, he set up a system on the Indian Civil Service model, recruiting district inspectors from many nationalities. It proved effective in gathering revenue.
Awards and honours
Dane received the
C.I.E.
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:
#Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)
#Knight Commander ( KCIE)
#Companion ( CIE)
No appo ...
in 1896 and
K.C.I.E
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:
#Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)
#Knight Commander ( KCIE)
#Companion ( CIE)
No appoi ...
in 1909, the
Order of Chia-Ho in 1914 and the
Order of Wen-Hu
The Order of Wen-Hu (English – The Order of the Striped Tiger) was an award for military or naval service awarded by the Republic of China. It was issued in five classes. The badge showed a striped tiger in natural colours on a central meda ...
in 1918.
Published works
Dane was a keen sportsman and in 1921 published a book "Sport in Africa and Asia" which contains accounts of big game hunting in India and China as well as details of government assignments including a trip to
British North Borneo
(I persevere and I achieve)
, national_anthem =
, capital = Kudat (1881–1884);Sandakan (1884–1945); Jesselton (1946)
, common_languages = English, Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau, Murut, Sabah Malay, Chinese etc.
, gove ...
in 1911 where he was accompanied by his son . In the book he describes his eye getting "badly injured in a Polo accident in 1879" forcing him to learn to shoot unconventionally.
Family
Dane married Emily Leeds in 1880, daughter of
Sir Edward Leeds, 3rd Baronet. Their daughter, Sophie Louisa Dane married Sir
Frank Sly
Sir Frank George Sly (1866 – 16 July 1928) was the first British governor of the Central Provinces of India and instrumental in the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms.
Early life
Frank Sly was born in Salisbury 1866 to Thomas Sly and Clara Moo ...
in 1900, followed by the actor
Hubert Druce
Hubert Druce (May 20, 1870 – April 6, 1931) was an English actor and producer involved with English and American theater for over forty years.
Druce was born as Benjamin Hubert Druce in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, in 1870. His stage debut ...
in 1912. Major Richard Dane of the Indian Army was their son.
They divorced in 1901.
Notes
External links
Online Books page
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1854 births
1940 deaths
Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers