The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bliss, Sir Henry William
Bliss, Sir Henry William, B.A., I.C.S. Retd; son of late Rev. James Bliss: b. 1840: educated at Merton, Oxford; joined I.C.S. 1863; Commissioner of Salt and Abkari Revenue, 1878; on special duty on these subjects; Fellow of the Madras University, 1882; Member of the Finance Committee, 1886; Member of the Board of Revenue, 1887; first Member, 1889; C.I.E. 1889; Member of the Governor-General’s Legislative Council, 1890-2 Member of Council, Madras, 1893-8; Offg. Governor of Madras, March 189G; K.C.I.E., 1897; retired, 1898; Member of the London Country Council for the Holborn Division 1901-1907. Address: The Abbey, Abingdon.