Arthur Upton Fanshawe | |
|---|---|
 Sir Arthur Upton Fanshawe in 1898 | |
| Born | 18 December 1848 |
| Died | 1931, aged 82 |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Arthur Upton Fanshawe, KCIE , CSI , CVO (1848-1931) was a British civil servant in India during the British Raj. He served primarily in the Indian Post Office.
Fanshawe was born in Essex on 18 December 1848, [1] the son of Rev. John Faithfull Fanshawe and elder brother of Herbert Charles Fanshawe, and was educated at Repton School. He passed the Civil Service entrance exam in 1869. [2] He took a post with the Bengal Civil Service in 1871, and was appointed to the position of postmaster for Bombay in 1882. [3] After a stint serving in the Finance and Commerce Department, in 1889 he became the Governor of the Indian Post Office, [4] a position he held until 1906.
In 1893, Queen Victoria announced the creation of a Royal Commission on Opium to regulate the British opium trade in the Far East. Fanshawe, a supporter of the opium trade, was nominated to the Commission by the Indian Government. [3] The Commission's report found that opium use in Asia was not a major problem in Asia [5] and its conclusions effectively removed the opium question from the British public agenda for another 15 years. [6]
Fanshawe was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1903 Durbar Honours. [7] [8]
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