Charles Arthur Roe
Deceased Person
1841 – 1926
Who was Charles Arthur Roe?
Sir Charles Arthur Roe was a colonial administrator and Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court between the years 1895 and 1898.
He was born in Dorset, England to John Banister Roe on 4 September 1841 and educated at Lancing in Sussex followed by Merton College, Oxford before taking up a post with the Indian Civil Service in Bengal in 1862.
He was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Punjab in 1863, Deputy Commissioner in 1878 and Additional Commissioner in 1883. A series of judicial appointments followed culminating in his appointment as Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court in 1895. He was also appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Punjab, Lahore.
Roe was created Knight Bachelor in 1897 and died in Oxford, England, in 1926.
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- Born
- 1841
- Also known as
- Sir Charles Arthur Roe
- Education
- Lancing College
- Died
- 1926
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on July 23, 2013
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