Charles Umpherston Aitchison

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Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison

Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison (1832 ? 1896), was a British Indian administrator. He was Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab from 1882 to 1887. He was of Scottish origins.

He is specially remembered today for founding the Aitchison College , Lahore (now in Pakistan ) in 1886. He also played an important role in supporting the earlier establishment of the University of the Punjab in 1882, on the recommendation of Dr Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner .

Aitchison later also was Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 1878 to 1880.