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GILES, EDWARD, fourth son of Ven. John Douglas Giles, Rector of Willoughby, Lincs., and Archdeacon of Stow, and Sarah Elizabeth, second dau. of James Tuthill Allen, Burnham, Somerset; b. 6 Jun 1849; adm. 5 Feb 1863, as BB; QS 1864; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 3 Jun 1868; rowed against Cambridge 1871; 1st cl. Modern History 1872; BA 1872; MA 1883; Indian Civil Service, Educational Dept., Bombay; arrived in India 14 May 1873; Professor of History and Political Economy, Elphinstone Coll., Bombay 1873-5; Educational Inspector May 1875; Director of Public Instruction, Bombay Presidency Apr 1897-1907; additional member, Legislative Council, Bombay 1898, 1901, 1904, 1906; officiating Director-Gen. of Education, India Mar 1907 - Mar 1908; retd. 29 Mar 1908; CIE 1 Jan 1903; m. 19 Jan 1878 Rose Ethel Louise, only dau. of Gen. Sir John William Schneider KCB, Bombay Army, previously EICS Bombay; d. 18 Apr 1938.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.