Clairmont Percival Skrine

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Sir Clairmont Percival Skrine (1888-1974) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the British consul-general in Kashgar from 1922 to 1924, Under-Secretary of State for India and agent for the Madras States from 1936 to 1939.

Early life

Born in the United Kingdom in 1888, Clairmont was the son of Francis H. Skrine of the Indian civil service. Clairmont had his education in England and qualified for the Indian civil service in 1912.

Career

Clairmont served in the Indian civil service from 1912 to 1915 and joined the Indian political service in 1915. From 1922 to 1924, Skrine was posted in Kashgar as the British consul-general. On 20 November 1936, Skrine was appointed agent for the Madras States. Skrine served till 1 April 1937, when the agency was abolished and replaced with a residency. Clairmont also served as the first resident for the Madras States from 1 April 1937 to 15 January 1939.

Later life

From 1946 to 1948, Skrine served as Counsellor for Indian Affairs in Teheran, Persia. Skrine died in 1974 at the age of 86.

References

Cook, Chris (2012). The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives. Routledge. p. 182. ISBN 1136509615, ISBN 9781136509612.

Persondata
Name	Skrine, Clairmont Percival
Alternative names
Short description	Under-Secretary of State for India, agent for the Madras States from 1936 to 1939
Date of birth	1888
Place of birth	United Kingdom
Date of death	1974
Place of death

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