Studies in Literature And History

Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911) was a British civil servant, literary historian and poet. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1856, and served a long career in India. He went on to become Home Secretary to the Government of India in 1873 and the Governor-Generalâ??s agent in the state of Rajputana the following year. His next post was as Foreign Secretary to the Government of India from 1878 to 1881. He was then appointed Lieutenant-Governor of North West Provinces, and Chief Commissioner of Oudh from 1882 to 1887. His Verses Written in India was published in 1889. He wrote a number of other books on poetry, Indian history, Warren Hastings, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. His literary achievements brought him advanced degrees, a D. C.L. from Oxford (1889) and an LL. D. from Cambridge (1891), an Honorary Fellow of Kingâ??s College, Cambridge (1893), and membership in the British Academy (1902). His works include: Asiatic Studies (1st series) (1882), Warren Hastings (1889), The Rise and E