Charles Streynsham Collinson

Charles Streynsham Collinson (1753–1831) was an English official of the East India Company who served as the resident of Beauleah.

[1] He later returned to England settling in Sproughton near Ipswich.

[2] Charles was the son of Michael Collinson, a noted botanist like his father Peter Collinson.

[3] His sister Marianne Collinson was also in India and married Edward Close, a merchant.

their son Edward Charles Close was born in Rangamati, British India in March 1790.