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'''Francis Slacke''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CSI}} (6 June 1853 – 8 August 1940) was a senior officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]] and later became [[List of governors of Bengal Presidency#Lieutenant Governors of Bengal (1854–1912)|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Francis Alexander Slack (post Slacke) was born in the parish of [[Saint Saviour, Jersey|Saint Saviour]] in [[Jersey]] and educated at [[Blundell's School]] in [[Tiverton, Devon|Tiverton]], [[University College, Oxford]] and [[St John's College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id= SLK872FA|name=Slack (post Slacke), Francis Alexander}}</ref> On 19 November 1879 Slacke married Caroline Elizabeth Cave, 2nd daughter of [[Thomas Cave (Liberal politician)|Thomas Cave]], [[Member of Parliament|M.P.]] and sister of Viscount Cave.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Slacke entered the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1874 and was admitted at the [[Inner Temple]] on 27 May 1875. His appointments included:<br />
* Magistrate and Collector - 1892<br />
*Secretary to the Board of Revenue – 1896<br />
*Secretary to the Government of Bengal (Revenue and General Department) – 1900<br />
*Commissioner – 1903<br />
*Major, [[Calcutta Light Horse]] (1905-8)<br />
*Member of Board of Revenue – 1906<br />
*Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal - 1906<br />
*Vice-president of Bengal Legislative Council - 1910<br />
*Vice-president of Bengal Executive Council - 1911<br />
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Slacke retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1912 and was subsequently appointed Fellow of [[Calcutta University]] (1907) and President of Fisheries Advisory Committee (1908).<br />
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==References==<br />
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*Obituary of Mr F.A. Slacke, ''[[The Times]]'', Friday, 9 August 1940 (pg. 7; Issue 48690; col F)<br />
*{{cite web |url=http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=Slack&suro=c&fir=Francis&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 |title=Slack (post Slacke), Francis Alexander |website=[[Alumni Cantabrigienses]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008142102/http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?sur=Slack&suro=c&fir=Francis&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 |archive-date=8 October 2012}}<br />
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