Herbert Casson
British colonial administrator
About Herbert Casson
Lived 1867 – 1952 (aged 84–85).
Herbert Alexander Casson CSI (19 May 1867 – 1952) was a British administrator who served in the Indian Civil Service and as Deputy Commissioner in the Punjab.
Biography Casson was born in Old, Northamptonshire, the son of Rev. George Casson and Frances Gilbert. He was educated at Marlborough College and Hertford College, Oxford.
After graduating he joined the Indian Civil Service and arrived in India in 1889. and was appointed Deputy Commissioner in the Punjab in 1888. He served as Additional District Magistration for Bannu from 1893, Deputy Commissioner for Jhelum district from 1896, and later as Commissioner for Lahore Division and Ambala Division. He served as President of the Punjab Legislative Council between 1922 and 1925.
He married Gertrude Russell, daughter of Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell, on 23 October 1897 at Bombay. They had one child, Joan Gilbert Casson,
Casson died in 1952.
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British colonial administrator
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Herbert Casson was born in 1867.
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Herbert Casson died in 1952.
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