Dictionary of Indian Biography/Collen, Sir Edwin Henry Hayter
COLLEN, SIR EDWIN HENRY HAYTER (1843–)
Born June 17, 1843 : son of Henry Collen : Maj-General : educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich : entered the Royal Artillery, 1863 : served in the Abyssinian war, 1868 : Secy, to the Indian Army Commission, 1879 : Afghan war, 1880 : Soudan, 1885 : Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department, 1887–96 : Military Member of Governor-General's Supreme Council, 1896–1901 : C.I.E., 1889 : C.B., 1897 : K.C.I.E., 1893 : G.C.I.E., 1901.