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Michael Fenwick Macnamara

Michael Fenwick Macnamara retired as a senior official from the Australian Civil Service in 2005 and has since been engaged in the pursuit of British Indian history, with a focus on the senior administrators of the Indian Civil Service.

A PhD in British Indian history, he is a member of the Kipling Society and of the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.
Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler: A Master Governor in British India (1890–1928)

Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler: A Master Governor in British India (1890–1928)

The British Indian Civil Service was a small elite, which administered and governed a vast population. From their number were drawn the Governors of the various provinces. Relatively little work has been completed to explore the role these officials had in maintaining the British Indian Empire.