The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Weir, Charles James
Weir, Charles James I.C.S., retired; educ: Queen’s College, Belfast; joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Madras, 1879; became Under Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, 1886; Deputy Accountant General, 1888; District and Sessions Judge, 1890; Collector and Magistrate, 1894; Secretary to Government, Local, Municipal, Educational and Legal Departments, 1899; Acting 4th Member, Board of Revenue, Madras, 1900; Additional Member, Legislative Council, Madras, 1903-05; President of the Committee to consider and report on the revised draft of the Madras Forest Code; 3rd Member, Board of Revenue, Madras, 1906; became 1st Member, Board of Revenue, Madras; retired, 1911.