Francis Verner Wylie

For other people with the same name, see Francis Wylie.

Sir Francis Verner Wylie GCIE KCSI (9 August 1891 – 1970) was an Indian Civil Servant.^[1]

Francis Wylie was educated in Ireland at the Royal School, Dungannon, in County Tyrone, Ulster, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in 1914.^[2] In 1915, he arrived in India and was on military duty from 1916 to 1919. During 1919–38 he served in the Indian Political Service and was appointed Prime Minister of Alwar State during 1933-38 and later as Governor of Central Provinces and Berar during 1938–40. He was Political Adviser to the Crown Representative during 1940–41 and 1943–45. In 1941, Wylie succeeded Sir William Fraser-Tytler as British minister in Kabul, Afghanistan. From 1945 to 1947 he was Governor of the United Provinces.^[3]

In 1948, Wylie was appointed the British Government Director of the Suez Canal Company. In this capacity, he wrote several reports for the Suez Canal Company to the British Government.^[4]

Francis Wylie had a wife called Kathleen.^[2]

Titles

• 1891–1929: Francis Verner Wylie
• 1929–1938: Francis Verner Wylie, CIE
• 1938–1947: Sir Francis Verner Wylie, KCSI, CIE
• 1947–1952: Sir Francis Verner Wylie, GCIE, KCSI

See also

• List of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar
• Timeline of Afghanistan (1941)

References

1. Wylie, Sir Francis Verner (1891-1970) Knight Indian Civil Servant, National Register of Archives, UK.
2. Governor of UP Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, India.
3. Provinces of British India .
4. The Papers of Sir Alexander George Montagu Cadogan (1884–1968), Janus, University of Cambridge, UK.

External links

• Pictures in the National Portrait Gallery, London