Background
JARDINE, John was born on September 27, 1844 in England. 3rd son of William Jardine, Justice of the Peace, Dunstable.
JARDINE, John was born on September 27, 1844 in England. 3rd son of William Jardine, Justice of the Peace, Dunstable.
Studied at Christ College, Cambridge. Chancellor’s Gold Medal English Verse, Cambridge, 1864. Doctor of Laws.
Fellow University of Bombay, 1872. Sometime Dean of Arts and Dean of Law. Vice - Chancellor, 1895.
President Royal Asiatic Society Bombay. Entered Bombay Civil Service 1864. Political Officer in Native States of Kattywar, 1871.
Secretary for trial of the Gaekvar of Baroda, 1875. Secretary to Treaty with Portugal and Law Officer to Government of India, 1877. Judicial Commissioner of Burma, 1878.
President Burma School Board, 1881. Chief Secretary to Bombay Government, holding the Political, Secret, Educational, Persian, and Judicial portfolios, 1885. Contested Roxburghshire Liberal, 1900. Honourable Aber.; Member of Parliament (Liberal) Roxburghshire since 1906; Judge of High Court, Bombay, 1885; Acting Chief Justice, 1895; retired, 1897.
Liberal.
Clubs: Reform; Scottish Liberal, Edinburgh; Bvculla, Bombay.
Spouse 1880, Minnie D.,daughter of J. Hogg, M.R.C.S.