Quoting from the blog dated Thursday, May 22, 2008 of Murali RamaVarma: Sir Albion Raj Kumar Banerji (1871-1950) was the son of Sasipada Banerji who was a doyen of the Brahmo Samaj (The Society of God) founded by Raja Rammohun Roy in 1828 and a great social reformer in his own right. Sasipada Banerji along with his wife Rajkumari had visited England in 1871 at the invitation of Mary Carpenter, the renowned English educational and social reformer. Mrs. Rajkumari was the first Indian lady to visit England for which the couple was excommunicated from the community of conservative Bengali Brahmins. A son was born to them on the 10th of October 1871 while in England and they named him Albion Rajkumar Banerji. After his studies in England, Albion joined the Indian Civil Service. Mr.Banerji had a most distinguished career and was the Diwan, the role equivalent to that of the Prime Minister, in two princely states, viz. Cochin and Mysore. Between 1907 and 1914, he was the Diwan of Cochin under Maharajah Rama Varma XV, (Ozhinja Valiya Thampuran meaning the one who abdicated the crown) who reigned from 1895 to 1914 and brought much prosperity to the State. In 1911, during the Delhi Durbar of the King Emperor George V and Queen Mary, Sir Albion Raj Kumar Banerji was honoured by awarding the title, the Companion of the Indian Empire, CIE. [snip] Full text at: http://muralirvarma.blogspot.com/2008/05/sir-albion-raj-kumar-banerji-ics.html ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India