Background
OLDHAM, William Benjamin was born on April 16, 1845 in Monkstown, Company Dublin. 2nd son of late Thomas Wilson Oldham, Dublin.
OLDHAM, William Benjamin was born on April 16, 1845 in Monkstown, Company Dublin. 2nd son of late Thomas Wilson Oldham, Dublin.
Studied at Kingstown School. Trinity College, Dublin. Exhibitioner; Sizar; 1st Prize, Greek verse.
Indian Civil Service, 1865.
Orissa Famine, 1866-1867. Bihar Famine, 1874; Madras Famine, 1877-1878.
Bengal Famine, 1897. And Frontier Service.
Member of Bengal Board of Revenue to 1900. Decorated for Lushai Hills Campaign, 1892, when Inspector-General of Military Police. Was Member of Bengal Legislative Council.
President of Bengal Sanitary Board. Colonel commanding Calcutta Volume Rifles; Aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India.
Clubs: Authors’; Grange, Guernsey.
Spouse 1879, Maud Julia, 4thdaughter of General Sir A. B. Stransham, G. C.B.