Sir Tennant Sloan, KCIE, CSI (9 November 1884 – 15 October 1972) was a British colonial administrator in India and Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Educated at the Glasgow Academy, Glasgow University, and Christ Church, Oxford, Sloan joined the Indian Civil Service, retiring as adviser to the Governor of the United Provinces in 1945. He was appointed CIE in 1930, CSI in 1936, and knighted KCIE in 1942.[2]
Birth name | Tennant Sloan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 November 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 October 1972 | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sloan played for Glasgow Academicals.[3]
He was capped by Glasgow District in 1906.[4]