Alexander Tottenham

Sir Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham CIE (31 July 1873 – 13 December 1946) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Pudukkottai state from 1934 to 1944.

Early life

Alexander Tottenham was born to British naval officer John Francis Tottenham and his wife Laura Ellen Dodd Janverin on 31 July 1873. Alexander graduated from Clifton College, Bristol and did his post-graduation from Queen's College, Oxford. where he served as District Collector and Assistant Magistrate in the Madras Presidency. From 1923 to 1932, he was as a member of India's Central Board of Revenue. Alexander retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1933 at the age of sixty. A portrait of Alexander Tottenham hangs in the Government Museum, Thirukokarnam.