Dictionary of Indian Biography/Candy, Sir Edward Townshend

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CANDY, SIR EDWARD TOWNSHEND (1845–)

I.C.S. : born April 15, 1845 : son of Major Thomas Candy : educated at Cheltenham : entered the Bombay Civil Service, 1865 : was Judicial Assistant to the Political Agent, Kattiawar, 1872–82 : officiating Judicial Commissioner in Sind, 1886–7 : Vice-chancellor of the Bombay University, 1897–1902 : Judge of the Bombay High Court, 1889–1902 : Member of the Police Commission, 1902–3: retired in 1903: C.S.I, in 1903: Knight Bachelor in 1904.