Government office In 1862, Phayre was made commissioner for the entire province of British Burma. He left Burma in 1867. He served as 12th
governor of Mauritius from 21 September 1874 to 31 December 1878. He was appointed a CB in 1864, promoted to colonel in 1866 and was knighted with the KCSI in 1867. In 1871, he was promoted to major-general and was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1873. He retired to
Bray in Ireland and was appointed a GCMG in 1878.
Naturalist Phayre wrote the first standard
History of Burma (1883). He is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including: •
Phayre's leaf monkey,
Trachypithecus phayrei •
Indochinese flying squirrel,
Hylopetes phayrei •
Phayre's squirrel,
Callosciurus phayrei •
Eared pitta,
Hydrornis phayrei • Brown Asian forest tortoise,
Manouria emys phayrei •
Ashy-headed green pigeon,
Treron phayrei Numismatist Phayre collected coins (some are now in the
British Museum collection), and in 1882 wrote
Coins of Arakan, of Pegu, and of Burma,
International Numismata Orientalia, part 8. The title page notes that he was a corresponding member of the Société Académique Indo-Chinoise. He was also a member of the
Royal Asiatic Society. ==Arms==