Albert Fytche
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Order of the Star of India
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...
(1820–1892), for whom is named the bird Bambusicola fytchii, served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma
British rule in Burma
British rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese Wars through the creation of Burma as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence...
from February 1867 to April 1871. Commissioned in the 1830s, he was promoted to Captain in the 1840s. A string of promotions followed: Major in 1853, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1862, Colonel in 1864, Major-General in 1868 and Lieutenant-General in 1877.
External links
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar.