H. H. Burkitt

Harold Hamilton Burkitt (22 October 1876 – 2 May 1961)^[1] was an Irish civil servant of the Indian civil service. Burkitt Road in the neighbourhood of T. Nagar in Chennai is named after him.

Early life[edit]

Burkitt was born in Glenties, County Donegal to Emma Eliza Parsons Burkitt and Thomas Henry Burkitt.^[2] He was educated at Galway Grammar School and Trinity College Dublin. He passed the Indian civil service examinations held in 1899 and arrived in India on 3 December 1900.

Career[edit]

In India, Burkitt served as Assistant Collector and magistrate in the Madras Presidency for sometime before being appointed British Resident to the Cochin kingdom. Burkitt served as British Resident to Cochin from 2 December 1920 to 25 June 1923 and was succeeded by C. W. E. Cotton. He was Commissioner of Madras City in 1919-20 and President and Mayor of the corporation in 1917–18.

He returned to Northern Ireland to live in Belfast, where he died in 1961.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
^ Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995

Great Britain India Office (1905). The India List and India Office List. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 452.

[1] Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958

[2] Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911

[3] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995

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