Charles Alexander Innes

Sir Charles Alexander Innes (27 October 1874 – 28 June 1959) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as Governor of the British Crown Colony of Burma from December 1927 to December 1932. He was also formerly chairman of the Mercantile Bank of India.

Early life and education

Innes was born in Secunderabad, Hyderabad, to Deputy Surgeon-General Charles Alexander Innes, and Jessie Mary Arnold (née Marshall). His mother was born in Madras to General Hubert Marshall of the old Madras Army. Innes Jr. was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St. John's College, Oxford. He passed the Indian Civil Service examination in 1897. and a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the 1921 Birthday Honours. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1924 New Year Honours.

Personal life In 1900, Innes married Agatha Rosalie (née Stevenson), daughter of Colonel Kenlie Stevenson of the Indian Army. They had one daughter and four sons. She was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal in 1933 and died in 1956. Sir Charles was descended from the Inneses of Drainie.

The line has multiple descendants extant. On the distaff side, his daughter, Rosalie, married Thomas Wynford Rees (1888–1959), who served as Sir Charles' private secretary while Innes was Governor of Burma (1927–1932). Rees was a highly decorated officer in the British Indian Army, who would eventually attain the rank of Major General. Together, Thomas Wynford Rees and Rosalie Innes had one son, Peter Wynford Innes Rees, Baron Rees (1926–2008), a prominent lawyer and Conservative Member of Parliament.