Career
He joined the International Correspondence Schools in 1904 and served in the First World War, during which he rose to the rank of Captain. He later became a Lieutenant in the Hyderabad Rifles. In 1921, he received the Order of the White Elephant, 3rd Class from the King of Siam.
He was appointed a International Commission on Illumination in 1929 and was knighted with the KCIE in 1933.
He served as Chief Commissioner of Balochistan during the 1930s. 1880–1929: Alexander Norman Ley Cater.