Sir Claude Hamilton Archer Hill (1866 – 1934) was

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Career

Educated at St Mark's School in Windsor and

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,The India List 1905
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in 1887.His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor
Isle of Man Examiner Annual, 1927 After a posting as Under Secretary to the Government of

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(Home Department) from 1895, he was appointed successively First Assistant Resident at

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in 1897, Private Secretary to the

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in 1900 and then Deputy Secretary to the Government of India (Foreign Department) in 1903. His later appointments included political secretary to the Governor of Bombay in 1906, then Resident at

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and after that, Agent to the Governor at

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. Later he became a member of the Executive Council of Bombay and subsequently, Finance Member of the

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and Head of the Central Transport and Food Board of India. He retired in 1921. In retirement he became Director-General of the

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and then

.World Statesmen
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Family

In 1892 he married Frances May West; they had a son and two daughters.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Claude 1866 births 1934 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Lieutenant governors of the Isle of Man Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge