| 词条 | Ludovic Charles Porter |
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| honorific_prefix = Sir | name = Ludovic Charles Porter | honorific_suffix = KCSI KCIE OBE | image = Ludovic Charles Porter.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sir Ludovic Charles Porter in 1923 | birth_name = | birth_date = 1869 | birth_place = Dawlish, Devon, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1928|3|9|1869|}} | death_place = Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = British | other_names = | known_for = | education = Trinity College, Cambridge | employer = Indian Civil Service | occupation = Civil servant | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | party = }} Sir Ludovic Charles Porter KCSI KCIE OBE (1869–1928) was a senior British administrator in India. LifeHe was the second son of Ludovic Porter (1836-1904), owner of sugar plantations in British Guiana, and his wife Maria (1835-1901), youngest daughter of the Reverend George Hole (1798-1859), rector of Chulmleigh, and his wife Jane (1800-1864), daughter of Robert Hawgood Crew.[1] After attending university he entered the Indian Civil Service, becoming in 1890 Secretary of the Education Department of the Government of India. From 1911 to 1915 he was a Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India and from 1920 a Member of Council for the United Provinces.[2] In 1922 he was Acting Governor of the United Provinces. HonoursIn addition to being made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the 1916 New Year Honours and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1920 New Year Honours, he was awarded two knighthoods, first in the 1921 New Year Honours as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire and secondly in the 1923 New Year Honours as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India.[3] LegacyHe died unmarried and his will was proved in London on 18 April 1928 by his nephew Ludovic Ernest Porter, effects being 415 pounds (worth about 22,000 pounds in 2014).[4] Portraits of him are in the National Portrait Gallery[5] and some of his correspondence is held at King's College, Cambridge.[6] References1. ^{{cite web|title=England and Wales Census|year= 1871|publisher=familysearch.org|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5RT-HTB |accessdate= 15 October 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Ludovic Charles}}2. ^« Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes 1929 » Kelly's Directories Ltd, London,1929 3. ^{{cite web|title=« CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. St. James's Palace, S.W. 1, 1st January, 1923. The KING has been graciously pleased to make the following promotion in, and appointments to, the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India— To be Knights Commanders of the said Most Exalted Order …. Sir Ludovic Charles Porter, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, Member of Council, United Provinces » SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 JANUARY 1923|date=January 1, 1923 |page=4 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32782/supplement/4/data.pdf |format=PDF|accessdate= 13 October 2015}} 4. ^« Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright » Viewable at Ancestry.com (subscription required) retrieved 13 October 2015 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw169221/Sir-Ludovic-Charles-Porter|title=NPG x33930; Sir Ludovic Charles Porter - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery|accessdate=15 October 2015|publisher=npg.org.uk}} 6. ^King's College Archive Centre OB/1/1301/A 6 : 1869 births|1928 deaths|Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Indian Civil Service (British India) officers |
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