About Charles Archer
Lived 1861 – 1941 (aged 79–80). Charles Archer was a politician.
Charles Archer (1861–1941) was an administrator in British India. He was acting Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan province four times. Following military service in the Indian Staff Corps, he began his political career in 1887 as the Assistant to the Agent to the Governor-General of Baluchistan. He collaborated with his brother William in translating three of Ibsen's plays: Rosmersholm, Lady Inger of Ostrat, and Peer Gynt. He was appointed CIE in the 1906 New Year Honours and CSI in the 1911 Delhi Durbar Honours.
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