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{{Infobox officeholder |<br />
name = James Henry Spring Branson |<br />
birth_date = 11 June 1842 |<br />
image = |<br />
birth_place = |<br />
spouse = <br />
| office1 = [[Advocate-General]] of [[Madras Presidency]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1887<br />
| term_end1 = 1897<br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = [[V. Bhashyam Aiyangar]] (acting)|<br />
| office2 = [[Madras Legislative Council|Member of the Madras Legislative Council]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1886<br />
| term_end2 = 1897|<br />
death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1897|04|08|1842|06|11}}|<br />
death_place = [[Madras Presidency]], [[India]] |<br />
occupation = [[lawyer]]|<br />
profession = [[Advocate-General]], [[legislator]] <br />
}}<br />
'''James Henry Spring Branson''' (11 June 1842 &ndash; 8 April 1897) was an officer of the Indian volunteer force and a lawyer, who was the acting [[Advocate General]] of the [[Madras Presidency]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Spring Branson was commissioned into the Indian volunteer force and served with the [[Madras Artillery Volunteers]]. As Commandant, his decision to allow "native gentlemen" to serve with the regiment almost caused a revolt amongst the [[White people|white]] soldiers.<ref>Mrinalini Sinha, ''Colonial Masculinity: The 'manly Englishman' and The' Effeminate Bengali' in the Late Nineteenth Century'' (Manchester University Press, 1995), 83.</ref> The Madras Government hastily rescinded Spring Branson's order and continued to enforce the ban on "native" volunteers. He resigned from the army as a lieutenant-colonel a few years later in order to practice as a lawyer.<br />
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He was appointed first, Crown Prosecutor and then, Public-Prosecutor, Madras, 4 July 1885. In March 1887, he was appointed acting [[Advocate-General of Madras|Advocate-General of Madras Presidency]]. Spring Branson served as a legislator in the [[Madras Legislative Council]] between 1886 and his death. He served as President of the Madras Bar Association.<br />
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He died in 1897 and is buried in the [[Church of England|Anglican]] [[St. Mary's Church, Chennai]]. Branson Gardens in [[Chennai]] are named after him.<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book|title=India List and the India Office List|year=1893|pages=384|place=London|publisher=Harrison and Co.}}<br />
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