Background
PORTER, Leslie Alexander Selim was born on August 19, 1854. Son of late Reverend J. L. Porter, D., Doctor of Laws, President Queen’s College, Belfast.
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Leslie Alexander Selim PORTER
Leslie Alexander Selim PORTER, British Chief Secretary.
Education
Studied at Royal Academical Institution and Queen’s College, Belfast. Master of Arts; Doctor of Laws.
Career
Entered Indian Civil Service, 1876. AssistantSecretary to Government, United Presbyterian, 1878-1883. Officiated as Deputy Secretary and Secretary to Government of India, Legislative Department, 1891.
Secretary to Deccan Agriculturists Relief Act Commission, 1891-1892. Magistrate and Collector, 1894. Commissioner, 1901.
Officiated as Chief Secretary to Government, 1903-1904.
Member of the Council of the LieutenantGovernor, 1903-1904. Member Governor-General’s Legislative Council, 1904-1906. Member Telegraph Committee, 1906-1907.
Vice-President of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor, 1909. Officiating Lieutenant-Governor, 1910. S.I. 1906; Member Board of Revenue, United Provinces, since 1906; and of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor since 1907.
Membership
Club: East India United Service.
Connections
Spouse 1882, Aletta Harrison, y.daughter of Lieut. - Col. Aston.
- Father:
- J. L. Porter
- Spouse:
- Aletta Harrison
