Henry Fraser
Encyclopedia
Henry Fraser, Colonel
, C.B.
( – ) was a British military officer in India
in Central Province
's Police Department.
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
, C.B.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
( – ) was a British military officer in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in Central Province
Central Provinces and Berar
The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India. The province comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered much of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur. The Central Provinces was formed in...
's Police Department.
Life
- First commn., Madras cavalry 1854 ;
- arrived, 14th March, 1854;
- asst. to gen. supt., thagi and dakaiti dept., Nagpur, July, 1860;
- Joint magistrate, Nagpur and Berars, Aug., 1861 ;
- From Nov., 1861, served in the police dept., Central Prov. ;
- Acted as inspr.-gen., July- Aug., 1868 ;
- 1st class district supt., Nov., 1885 ;
- Reverted to military duty, 1890.