Sir Cecil Fabian Brackenbury KCIE CSI (13 March 1881 – 29 September 1958) was a civil servant and bureaucrat who served as Chief Secretary of the Madras Presidency from 1935 to 1939.
Brackenbury joined the Indian Civil Service on 1 November 1905 and served as Assistant Collector and Magistrate in Chittoor, Ootacamund and Chingleput.
Brackenbury's term as Chief Secretary of Madras was a momentous period in Indian history.
Upon Rajagopalachari taking charge as Premier, he gifted khadi cloth to Brackenbury.
[3] Brackenbury's ashes are buried in Cambridge city Crematorium along with his wife, Ethel.