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Sir William Alexander Cosgrave, CIE (1879 – 11 September 1952) 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 Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 3 ...
, he was
Chief Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the representative of the Government of India in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the head of the union territory. In 1947, India achieved independence from the United Kingdom. ...
from 1935 until 1938.


Biography

The son of H. A. Cosgrave, JP, of
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, William Cosgrave was educated at
Shrewsbury School Shrewsbury School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Shrewsbury. Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by royal charter, to replace the town's Saxon collegiate foundations which were disestablished in the sixteenth century, Shrewsb ...
and
Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
, where he was a classical scholar. He passed into the Indian Civil Service in 1903 and was posted to the Bengal. Cosgrave was appointed a CIE in 1931 and was knighted in 1938.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosgrave, William Alexander Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 1952 deaths Irish colonial officials Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Knights Bachelor People educated at Shrewsbury School Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India 1879 births