A Welcome Address from Sir Charles Aitchison welcoming Lord and Lady Dufferin on their first visit to Lahore, India, dated 5 March 1885, Persian script on paper heightened with opaque colours and gold, headers within cloud bands and on gold frames, within a repeating border of flowers and vine, dated 5 March 1885, glazed and framed, document 70 x 32cm. Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison KCSI CIE (20 May 1832 – 18 February 1896) was a Scottish colonial administrator who was Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, then a province of British India. He served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from March 1878 to May 1880. In 1886, Lord Dufferin appointed a "Public Service Commission" under Sir Charles Aitchison to investigate the problems of the civil services in India and to come up with a scheme for fulfilling the claims of Indians to higher and more extensive employment in public service. Sir Charles founded Aitchison College, Lahore in 1886. Good overall with two waterstain marks to left of document at bottom and top, wood frame, handwritten note to reverse