Pycroft's road triplicane

 

Pycroft's road triplicane 1899

 named after Sir Thomas Pycroft.  has been renamed to Bharathi Salai now.

Sir Thomas Pycroft wa jis a British administrator and civil servant who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1862 to 1867.

On completion of his education, he was offered a "writership" by the East India Company .

Pycroft arrived in Madras in August 1829 and served, initially, as writer and then, in the revenue and judicial departments in South Arcot from 1829 to 1839 when he returned to the United Kingdom. 

In 1843, Pycroft came back to India after a three-year hiatus and was transferred to the Madras secretariat.

Pycroft became  Secretary of the Revenue Department in 1845  Chief Secretary  from 1855 till 1862,  and  as a member of the council from 1862 to 1867.

In 1866, Pycroft was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India . The street in which he lived was named Pycroft's Road in his honour.

Pycroft died at Folkestone in 1892 at the age of 84.

Source : Wikipedia

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