| 词条 | James Douie |
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Sir James McCrone Douie {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCSI}} (8 March 1854 – 18 March 1935) was a British colonial official who served briefly as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. BiographyDouie was born at Largs, Ayrshire, a son of the Rev. David Buchan Douie who was minister at Largs Free Church.[1] He was educated at the High School and University of Edinburgh. He was appointed to the Indian Civil Service after passing the examination in 1874, and spent the two-year probationary period at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Boden Sanskrit scholarship in 1876 but was not able to take a degree. At the end of 1876 he arrived in India where all of his service of 35 years was passed in the Punjab.[2] Douie became Chief Secretary to the government of the Punjab in 1900, and "had a large share in moulding the famous Land Alienation Act".[2] He became Settlement Commissioner in 1903 and Financial Commissioner in 1909. He officiated as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab from April to August 1911. He then retired from the service. Douie was appointed {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CSI}} in the 1906 New Year Honours[3] and knighted KCSI at the Delhi Durbar in December 1911.[4] The University of Oxford awarded him an honorary M.A. degree in 1915.[5] {{quote|During his service of 35 years he had occupied in turn the most important administrative posts of the [Punjab] Province, maintaining in each of them his reputation for thoroughness and efficiency in his work, knowledge of the people, and courteous dealing with his colleagues. ... He was a man with a precise, well-stored mind and sane judgment. He had wide interests, a most kindly disposition, and a great capacity for friendship.|source=The Times obituary[2]}}Publications
FamilyIn 1885 Douie married Mary, daughter of Charles Roe (later Sir Charles Roe, Chief Justice of the Chief Court of the Punjab). They had two sons and four daughters.[2] Lady Douie died in 1965.[7] References{{Wikisource|1=The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Douie, Sir James McCrone}}
1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH10706&type=P |title=Graduate Record for David Buchan Douie |publisher=University of Glasgow |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033045/http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH10706&type=P |archive-date=29 December 2016 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Douie, James McCrone}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=19 March 1935 |page=21 |title=Sir James Douie – Service in the Punjab (obituary)}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27869 |supp=y |date=29 December 1905 |page=1}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=28559 |date=8 December 1911 |page=9357}} 5. ^{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |location=London |date=27 October 1915 |page=5 |title=University Intelligence}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/douie/douie.html |title=Translations by Sir James Douie |publisher=Bodleian Library, University of Oxford |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405054459/http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/douie/douie.html |archive-date=5 April 2016 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10441/ |title=botanist: Frances Mary Elizabeth Douie née ROE (1866–1965) |publisher=Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229032834/http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10441/ |archive-date=29 December 2016 |dead-url=no |df=dmy-all }} 8 : 1854 births|1935 deaths|People from Largs|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford|Indian Civil Service (British India) officers|Governors of Punjab (British India)|Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
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