Charles Bernard (civil servant)

Sir Charles Edward Bernard KCSI (21 December 1837 – 19 September 1901) was Chief Commissioner of Lower Burma from 2 July 1880 to 2 March 1883 and Chief Commissioner of Burma from 25 September 1886 to 12 March 1887.

Charles Bernard was born in Bristol, England. He was the son of Dr James Fogo Bernard, MD and Marianne Amelia Lawrence. In 1862 he married Susan Capel Tawney, and they had eight children. Bernard was educated at Rugby School; Addiscombe; and Haileybury. In 1857 he passed into the ICS and was posted to the Punjab. From 1874 to 1877 he was Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces. From 1887 to 1901 he was Secretary of the Department of Revenue, Statistics and Commerce, India Office. He died on either 13 or 19 September 1901 at Chamonix, France

Preceded by Charles Umpherston Aitchinson	Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma 1880–1883	Succeeded by Sir Charles Haukes Todd
Preceded by Sir Charles Haukes Todd	Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma 1886–1887	Succeeded by Sir Charles Haukes Todd

External links

• Myanmar (Burma) at www.worldstatesmen.org

References

• "The Career of Sir Charles Edward Bernard in Myanmar" in U Hla Thein, Selected Writings (Yangon: Myanmar Historical Commission, 2004) 134-166
• John Riddick, Who Was Who in British India

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Name	Bernard, Charles Edward
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Date of birth	21 December 1837
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Date of death	19 September 1901
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