Education
Studied at Malvern College. Passed out first for Indian Civil Service at final examination in 1874.
Studied at Malvern College. Passed out first for Indian Civil Service at final examination in 1874.
Joined Indian Civil Service at Allahabad, 1874. Served also in Bareilly and Moradabad. Private Secretary to Sir John Strachey, the Financial Member of Viceroy’s Councif, 1876.
Assistant-Secretary Foreign Office, 1879. Political Officer, Kandahar, 1880. Assist, to Agent, Governor-General, Quetta, 1881.
Political Agent, Quetta, 1883. Deputy Secretary, Foreign Office, 1889. Revenue Commissioner, Quetta, 1891.
Resident in Kashmir, 1894. Acting Foreign Secretary, 1896. Appointed Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner, Baluchistan, 1896.
Foreign Secretary to Government of India, 1900-1903. President of Central Committee for Delhi Durbar, 1903. Lieutenant- Governor, Burmah, 1903-1905.
Decorated for distinguished service.
Club: East India United Service.