Francis Henry Bennett Skrine

1847 - 1933  (85 years)

• Name	Francis Henry Bennett Skrine  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Born	23 Dec 1847	Cullen, Tipperary, Ireland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Hadley, Middlesex, England   [4]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Residence	1868	India   [8]
  Residence	1881	Wimbledon, Surrey, England   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son; Occupation: Magistrate Royal Civil Service
  Residence	1901	Oxford, St Giles, Oxfordshire, England   [6]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1911	St Margaret and St John, London, England   [5]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head; Occupation: Indian Civil Service Retired
  Residence	1921	St George's Hanover Square,St Margaret and St John, London, Middlesex, England   [3]
  	Occupation: Indian Civil Service Retired; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Died	8 Dec 1933	Les Bosquets, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France   [7, 9]
  Person ID	I20740	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Family	Helen Lucy Stewart,   b. 16 Dec 1867, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 7 Jan 1954, Les Bosquets, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches du Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d''Azur, France  (Age 86 years)
  Married	25 Jan 1887	Cawnpore, Bengal, India   [2, 9, 10]
  Children	1. Sir Clarmont Percival Skrine, British Consul-General in Kashgar,   b. 28 Feb 1888, Kensington, London, England ,   d. 1974  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F5648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Francis Henry Bennett Skrine (1847–1933) was an English traveller, orientalist and official in British India. Life He was the son of the Rev. Clarmont Skrine of Warleigh Lodge, Wimbledon, previously an army officer, and his wife Mary Anne Auchmuty Bennett, daughter of Major Charles Butson Bennett. He was educated at Blackheath School and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1868. In 1870 Skrine was appointed assistant magistrate and collector in Nadia district. He worked on famine relief in Bihar during 1874, and in Madras in 1877–8. He was officiating commissioner of Bhagalpur in 1893–4. He became collector of customs at Calcutta in 1895, and commissioner of Chittagong Division, retiring in 1897. Subsequently Skrine travelled in Central Asia." (Wikipedia)

  
  

• Sources

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