Francis Slacke

Francis Slacke, CSI (6 June 1853 – 8 August 1940) was a senior officer in the Indian Civil Service and later became Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.

Early life

Francis Alexander Slack (post Slacke) was born in the parish of Saint Saviour in Jersey and educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, University College, Oxford and St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] On 19 November, 1879 Slacke married Caroline Elizabeth Cave, 2nd daughter of Thomas Cave, M.P. and sister of Viscount Cave.

Career

Slacke entered the Indian Civil Service in 1874 and was admitted at the Inner Temple on 27 May, 1875. His appointments included:

Magistrate and Collector - 1892
Secretary to the Board of Revenue – 1896
Secretary to the Government of Bengal (Revenue and General Department) – 1900
Commissioner – 1903
Major, Calcutta Light Horse (1905-8)
Member of Board of Revenue – 1906
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal - 1906
Vice-President of Bengal Legislative Council - 1910
Vice-President of Bengal Executive Council - 1911

Slacke retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1912 and was subsequently appointed Fellow of Calcutta University (1907) and President of Fisheries Advisory Committee (1908).

References

^ Slack (post Slacke), Francis Alexander in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

Obituary of Mr F.A. Slacke, The Times, Friday, 9 August, 1940 (pg. 7; Issue 48690; col F)
Alumni Cantabrigienses, Slack (post Slacke), Francis Alexander, identifier SLK872FA

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Date of birth	6 June 1853
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Date of death	8 August 1940
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