Alexander Cardew

{{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|KCSI}} | image = Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew.jpg | image_size = | caption = Cardew in 1931 | order1 = Governor of Madras (acting) | term_start1 = 29 March 1919 | term_end1 = 10 April 1919 | predecessor1 = John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland | successor1 = Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon | governor-general1= Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford | order2 = Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras | term_start2 = 1914 | term_end2 = 1919 | governor2 = John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland | birth_date = 14 March 1861 | birth_place = Bath, Somerset, England | death_date = {{death-date and age|12 January 1937|14 March 1861}} | death_place = Kensington, London, England | spouse = }}

'''Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (14 March 1861 – 12 January 1937) was an Indian civil servant of British origin who served as the acting Governor of Madras from 29{{nbsp}}March 1919 to 10{{nbsp}}April 1919.

==Early life== Alexander Cardew was born in Bath, Somerset on 14 March 1861 the eldest son of the Reverend J.W. Cardew.<ref name="obit" /><ref name="oxforddnb">{{Cite ODNB |title=Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/93241}}</ref><ref name="worldstatesmen">{{cite web|title=Provinces of British India|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm#Madras|publisher=World Statesmen}}</ref> He was educated at the Somersetshire College and The Queen's College, Oxford and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1881.<ref name="obit" />

==India== Cardew served as an Under-Secretary in the Government of Madras from 1885 to 1890.<ref name="gemorrisonp788">{{cite book|title=The Correspondence of G. E. Morrison 1912–1920|pages=788|first=George Ernest|last=Morrison|publisher=CUP Archive|year=1978|id={{ISBN|0-521-21561-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-521-21561-9}}}}</ref> Between 1892 and 1899 he was Inspector-General of Prison.<ref name="obit" /> He also served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1906 to 1919 and in the Governor's Executive Council from 1914 to 1919.<ref name="gemorrisonp788" />

==As Governor of Madras== Cardew served as the Acting Governor of Madras from 29 March 1919 to 10 April 1919. <ref name="oxforddnb" /><ref name="worldstatesmen" />

==Family life== Cardew married Evelyn Roberta Firth in 1886 and they had two sons and two daughters.<ref name="obit" />

Alexander Evelyn Cardew. Born 19 Nov 1888. BA Balliol 1913. Married Broadway Parish Church 6 July 1920 Gertrude Evelyn Staniforth daughter of Rev. Staniforth. Margaret Isabel Cardew. Born March 1890. Married 9 Dec 1919 St James, Spanish Place, Captain Cuthbert Bellord RAF

Janet Cardew. Born September 1892.

Francis Mackay Cardew. Born 10 June 1904.

On 12 January 1937 he collapsed and died in the street in Kensington, London from a heart attack, aged 75.<ref name="obit" />

==Notes== {{Reflist|2|refs= <ref name="obit"> {{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sir A.G. Cardew – Service in Madras |department=Obituaries |date=13 January 1937 |page=14 |issue=47581 |column=D }}</ref> }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardew, Alexander}} Category:1861 births Category:1937 deaths Category:Governors of Madras Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Category:Politicians from Bath, Somerset Category:Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Category:Members of the Madras Legislative Council Category:British civil servants in British India