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Sir Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham CIE (31 July 1873 – 13 December 1946) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Pudukkottai state from 1934 to 1944.
Sir Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham | |
|---|---|
| Diwan of Pudukkottai | |
| In office 1934–1946 | |
| Monarch | Rajagopala Tondaiman |
| Preceded by | B. G. Holdsworth |
| Succeeded by | C. P. Karunakara Menon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1873 |
| Died | 13 December 1946 (aged 73) Pudukkottai, British India |
| Occupation | civil servant |
Alexander Tottenham was born to British naval officer John Francis Tottenham and his wife Laura Ellen Dodd Janverin on 31 July 1873.[1] Alexander graduated from Clifton College, Bristol[2] and did his post-graduation from Queen's College, Oxford.[1]
Alexander passed the 1896 Indian Civil Service examinations and arrived in India on 5 December 1897[3] where he served as District Collector and Assistant Magistrate in the Madras Presidency. From 1923 to 1932, he was as a member of India's Central Board of Revenue.[4] Alexander retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1933 at the age of sixty.[4]
In 1934, Tottenham was appointed Diwan of Pudukkottai and he served until his death in 1946. Tottenham is regarded as one of the best administrators of Pudukkottai and promoted arts and industry.[5] A portrait of Alexander Tottenham hangs in the Government Museum, Thirukokarnam.[6]
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