Winter Charles Renouf CIE (1868 – 28 June 1954) was a British member of the Indian Civil Service and noted philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He edited The Philatelic Journal of India and was Hon. Vice-President of the Philatelic Society of India.

Early life and family

Winter Renouf was born on 5 March 1868 in St Helier, Jersey, in the Channel Islands.[1] His father, Francis G. Renouf, was a mathematician and a master mariner, and his mother was Elizabeth J. Renouf (née Vardon).[1][2][3] He was educated at Victoria College, Jersey, before attending Wren and Gurney's preparatory school in London from where he won a scholarship[4] to Christ Church, University of Oxford.[5] He passed the examination of the Indian Civil Service in 1887 in second place.[6]

He married Ellie Marion (née Sheeu) on 14 November 1893, at Rawalpindi.[7] Their best man was Mr O'Dwyer.[7] She died in 1941.[8]

Career

Renouf reached India in 1889 where he joined the Bengal Civil Service.[9] He served in the Punjab as assistant commissionerat Murree.[10] In 1892 he was appointed Justice of the Peace.[10] In 1899 he was appointed deputy commissioner.[5] In 1901, he became director of land records and agriculture.[5] In 1910, he published a monograph on the advantages of growing "hard" Canadian red wheats there over the "soft" white wheats that predominated, the later having been wrongly introduced following a report of the MacDougal Brothers in their favour in 1882.[11] He was later political agent at Bahawalpur.[8] In 1921, he was president of the Cantonment Reforms Committee set up by the Government of India.[12] He retired in 1922.[8]

Philately

Renouf edited The Philatelic Journal of India and was Hon. Vice-President of the Philatelic Society of India. He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921.[13] He joined the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1923 where he was proposed by Edward Denny Bacon and Herbert R. Oldfield.[14] His classification of Indian postmarks is referred to in the pages of the India Study Circle's India Post as "Renouf types". His Indian collection was auctioned by Robson Lowe in 1960.[13]

Death and legacy

Renouf died at his home in Jersey on 28 June 1954.[8] He is buried with his wife at St Clement, Jersey.

Publications

Articles

  • "The Cultivation of 'Stronger' and More Valuable Wheats for Export from the Punjab", Bulletin, No. 1 (1910), Department of Agriculture, Punjab.

Books

  • Early Indian Cancellations and Postmarks 1852-84. Philatelic Society of India, Lahore, 1919. (Supplement, 1923)
  • British-Indian Stamps Used Abroad. Philatelic Society of India, Lahore, 1920. (Supplement, 1923)

References

  1. 1 2 Jersey, Church of England Births and Baptisms. St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands: nglican Parish Registers, Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage. 1813–1915. p. 398.
  2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WS-P329
  3. ↑ Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011, Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London, 2011. Archived here.
  4. ↑ "Colleges, Public Schools, &c.", The Times, 27 August 1887, p. 13.
  5. 1 2 3 Office, Great Britain India (1819). The India List and India Office List. Harrison. p. 598.
  6. ↑ "The Civil Service of India". St James's Gazette. London. 5 July 1887. p. 13.
  7. 1 2 "By the way". Civil and Military Gazette. Lahore. 20 November 1893. p. 4.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Mr. W. C. Renouf", The Times, 1 July 1954, p. 10.
  9. ↑ "To the North-West Provinces, Oudh, Punjab, and Central Provinces". Englishman's Overland Mail. West Bengal. 19 November 1889. p. 14.
  10. 1 2 "Indian Civil Service". Civil and Military Gazette. Lahore. 23 July 1892. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Agriculture", The Times, 16 May 1910, p. 14.
  12. ↑ https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.962/mode/2up
  13. 1 2 Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014. Archived here.
  14. ↑ "Philatelic Societies' Meetings: The Royal Philatelic Society, London", The London Philatelist, Vol. 32, No. 383 (November 1923), pp. 267-268 (p. 267).
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