Francis Verner Wylie
Sir Francis Verner Wylie GCIE KCSI (9 August 1891 – 1970) was an Indian Civil Servant.[1]
Francis Wylie was educated in Ireland at the Royal School, Dungannon, in County Tyrone, Ulster, and at Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in 1914.[2] In 1915, he arrived in India and was on military duty from 1916–19. During 1919–38 he served in the Indian Political Service and was appointed Prime Minister of Alwar State during 1933-38 and later as Governor of Central Provinces and Berar during 1938–40. He was Political Adviser to the Crown Representative during 1940–41 and 1943–45. In 1941, Wylie succeeded Sir William Fraser-Tytler as British minister in Kabul, Afghanistan. From 1945–47 he was Governor of the United Provinces.[3]
In 1948, Wylie was appointed the British Government Director of the Suez Canal Company. In this capacity, he wrote several reports for the Suez Canal Company to the British Government.[4]
Francis Wylie had a wife called Kathleen.[2]
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- Pictures in the National Portrait Gallery, London