Sir Tennant Sloan, KCIE, CSI (9 November 1884 – 15 October 1972) was a British colonial administrator in India and

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Biography

Educated at the Glasgow Academy, Glasgow University, and

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, Sloan joined the Indian Civil Service, retiring as adviser to the

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in 1945. He was appointed CIE in 1930, CSI in 1936, and knighted KCIE in 1942.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Sloan played for

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Provincial career

He was capped by Glasgow District in

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International career

Sloan was capped for

in 1905.

References

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