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H. H. Burkitt

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Harold Hamilton Burkitt (22 October 1876 – 2 May 1961)^[1] was an Irish civil servant of the Indian civil service. Burkitt Road in the neighbourhood of T. Nagar in Chennai is named after him.

Early life

Burkitt was born in Glenties, County Donegal to Emma Eliza Parsons Burkitt and Thomas Henry Burkitt.^[2] He was educated at Galway Grammar School and Dublin University. He passed the Indian civil service examinations held in 1899 and arrived in India on 3 December 1900.

Career

In India, Burkitt served as Assistant Collector and magistrate in the Madras Presidency for sometime before being appointed British Resident to the Cochin kingdom. Burkitt served as British Resident to Cochin from 2 December 1920 to 25 June 1923 and was succeeded by C. W. E. Cotton. He was Commissioner of Madras City in 1919-20 and President and Mayor of the corporation in 1917-18.

He returned to Northern Ireland to live in Belfast, where he died in 1961.^[3]

References

1. ^Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
2. ^Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
3. ^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995

{{cite book | title=The India List and India Office List| url=| last=Great Britain India Office| year=1905| publisher=Harrison and Sons| location=London| pages=452}}
{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html#Kochin|title=List of diwans of Kochin|publisher=worldstatesmen.org}}

4 : Indian Civil Service (British India) officers|1876 births|1961 deaths|People from Glenties

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