James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968)
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| Born | 1886 |
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| Died | 1968 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Financial Commissioner of the Punjab from 1941 to 1946 |
Sir James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968) served as Financial Commissioner of the Punjab from 1941 to 1946.
Biography
[edit]Born in 1886, Anderson was the eldest son of James Drummond Anderson, D.Litt., University Lecturer in Bengali at Cambridge. His younger brother William Louis Anderson was an Anglican bishop.[1] He was assigned to the Defence Department of the Government of India in the late 1930s and made a companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1939.[2] Subsequently, he was appointed Financial Commissioner, Revenue, and Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Punjab, and made a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire in the 1944 Birthday Honours.[3] Anderson was photographed in 1948 and 1961 by Walter Stoneman for the National Photographic Record of the National Portrait Gallery.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Anderson, Sir James Drummond (1886-1968), knight, Financial Commissioner of the Punjab". Trinity College Cambridge Archives. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Scots in New Years Honours List". Glasgow Herald. 2 January 1939. p. 10.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). The Gazette. 8 June 1944. p. 2570. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Sir James Drummond Anderson". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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