Sir Robert Benson Ewbank, CSI, CIE (22 October 1883 – 2 September 1967) was an eminent British

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in the twentieth century. Educated at Carlisle Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford he was Registrar of Co-operative Societies for the

Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...

from 1911 to 1919; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India from 1920 to 1924 (and Acting Secretary between 1926 and 1927) ; its representative in

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from 1927 to 1928; and General Secretary to the

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from 1929 to 1934. From 1936 to 1939 he was a Member of the Commission of Government of Newfoundland in charge of Natural Resources. In retirement he was Chairman of the

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Committee of the National Trust from 1948 to 1962; a member of the

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from 1950 to 1960; and High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1957 to 58.‘EWBANK, Sir Robert Benson’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 201
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Monograph, scrapbooks and photograph album relating to R B Ewbank's life and career in the Indian Civil Service at Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal
1883 births People educated at Carlisle Grammar School Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford British civil servants Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India Knights Bachelor High Sheriffs of Westmorland 1967 deaths National Trust people Members of the Newfoundland Commission of Government {{UK-diplomat-stub