Sir Charles Stewart-Wilson KCIE (1864 – 20 July 1950)[1] was Barrister and an official in the Indian Civil Service who rose to become the Indian Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs.[2]

He was a prominent philatelist and one of the instigators, and the first President, of the Philatelic Society of India.[3] He edited the Philatelic Journal of India from 1898 to 1905[1] and he signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. Stewart-Wilson was also a Council Member of the Royal Philatelic Society London from 1915 to 1939.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Who Was Who in British Philately Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Association of British Philatelic Societies 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. ^ "STEWART-WILSON, Sir Charles" in Who Was Who. A & C Black, 1920–2008, online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ^ "The Philatelic Society of India" in The London Philatelist, Vol. VI, June 1897, No. 66, p. 174.


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