Charles Archer

Charles Archer CSI CIE (1861–1941) was an administrator in British India. He was acting Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan province four times.^[1] Following military service in the Indian Staff Corps, he began his political career in 1887 as the Assistant to the Agent to the Governor-General of Baluchistan.^[2] He collaborated with his brother William in translating three of Ibsen's plays: Rosmersholm, Lady Inger of Ostrat, and Peer Gynt.^[3] He was appointed CIE in the 1906 New Year Honours and CSI in the 1911 Delhi Durbar Honours.