Dictionary of Indian Biography/Burne, Sir Owen Tudor
BURNE, SIR OWEN TUDOR (1837–)
Maj-General: son of the Rev. Henry Thomas Burne: entered the Army, 1855: served in the Crimea and in the Indian mutiny: present in 15 actions, including the siege and capture of Lucknow: promoted for gallantry in the field: Military Secretary to Lord Strathnairn, when C.-in-C. in India, 1861: Private Secretary to Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, 1869–72: Political A.D.C. to the Secretary of State for India, 1872: Assistant Secretary, 1873, and later. Secretary, Political and Secret Department, India Office, 1874: Private Secretary to Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1876–7: Member of the Council of India, 1887–97: author of Clyde and Strathnairn, in the "Rulers of India" series; Lord Strathnairn, Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, etc.: C.I.E., 1877: K.C.S.I.. 1879.