Sir Walter Mytton Colvin (13 September 1847 – 16 December 1908) was a British lawyer and colonial administrator, part of the illustrious

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Colvin family The Colvin family is the family descended from James Colquhoun Colvin (1767–1847), the son of Alexander Colvin (1718–1791) and Elizabeth 'Bettie' née Kennedy (1714–1795). James was a merchant trading between London and Calcutta during the E ...

Biography

Walter Colvin, Sir

Auckland Colvin Sir Auckland Colvin (1838–1908) was a colonial administrator in India and Egypt, born into the Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He was comptroller general in Egypt (1880–2), and financial adviser to the Khedive (1883–87). From 1883 to 1892 h ...

's youngest brother, was born in

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in 1847. He was educated at

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and

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, where he was captain of the boats. He was called to the bar at the

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in 1871, went out to

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in the following year, and built up a vast practice as a criminal lawyer. He served for several biennial terms as a nominated member of the provincial legislature. His insight into the manners, customs, and thoughts of the people was of great value to the police commission of 1902–3, of which he was a member;

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was its head. Mainly for this service he was knighted in 1904.

Family

In 1873 he married Annie, daughter of Wigram E. Money, and had a family of three daughters. One of his cousins was Sir

Sidney Colvin Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 – 11 May 1927) was a British curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He is primarily remembered for his friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson. Family and early ...

, a curator and literary and art critic, and another relative was

John Russell Colvin John Russell Colvin (29 May 1807 – 9 September 1857) was a British administrator of the East India Company, and Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 1853 until his death from cholera during the Indian Rebellion of 1 ...

, who rose to be lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces of British India. He died at Allahabad on 16 December 1908, and was buried in the European cemetery there. There is a tablet to his memory in

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Church,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colvin, Walter Mytton 1847 births 1908 deaths Walter Mytton Administrators in British India People from Mawlamyine 19th-century English lawyers Members of the Middle Temple People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Knights Bachelor