Thomas Holderness

Sir Thomas Holderness
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India
In office
1912–1920
Secretary, Revenue, Statistics and Commerce Department, India Office
In office
1901–1912
Secretary, Revenue and Agricultural Department, India
In office
1898–1900
Personal details
Born
Thomas William Holderness

11 June 1849
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died16 September 1924(1924-09-16) (aged 75)
Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England

Sir Thomas William Holderness, 1st Baronet, GCB, KCSI (11 June 1849 – 16 September 1924) was the first former member of the Indian Civil Service to be appointed to the post of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (although Sir George Russell Clerk had previously been a member of the East India Company Civil Service).