| Education & Degree |
Educated at Wanganui (New Zealand), Canterbury College (New Zealand), and Christ Church, Oxford.
Passed first in the Indian Civil Services (Open) Examination in 1895.
Honours: K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., C.I.E., Hon. D.Litt. (Durham), Hon. Litt.D. (New Zealand), I.C.S.
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| Highlights of Career |
- Assistant Magistrate in U.P., 1896
- Under Secretary to Government of U.P., 1899
- Under Secretary to Government of India, 1901
- Deputy Secretary to Government of India, 1904
- Magistrate and Collector, Aligarh, 1910
- Member, Executive Committee of Coronation Durbar, 1912
- Acting Secretary, Home Department, Government of India, 1913
- Inspector-General of Police, U.P., 1916
- Joint Secretary, Government of India, 1919-21
- Reforms Commissioner, 1919-20
- Governor of Assam, 1921-22
- Governor of United Provinces, 1922-28
- Member, Council of India, 1928-29
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