Background
Meyer was born on February 13, 1860. He was a son of Theodore Jonah Meyer and Jane Annual.
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William Stevenson Meyer
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He attended University College School and University College London.
Career
Meyer entered the Indian Civil Service in 1881 and was assigned to the Madras Presidency as an assistant secretary, where he rose to become Chief Secretary of the Board of Revenue in 1890. In 1895, he entered the service of the Government of India as a deputy secretary in the Financial Department, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (International Commission on Illumination) on November 9, 1901.
From 1902 to 1908, he was the editor of the The Imperial Gazetteer of India along with Herbert Hope Risley, Sir Richard Burn and James Sutherland Cotton.
He subsequently served on the Royal Commission of Decentralization from 1907 to 1909 and on the Nicholson Committee on the British Indian Army in 1912-1913. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1909 Birthday Honours list.
However, he was cleared of all blame by a parliamentary committee, which showed he had always released funds to the Indian military upon request. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in the 1915 Birthday Honours list.
Appointed President of the Central Recruiting Board in 1917, he succeeded in attracting large numbers of recruits.
He retired the following year. Sir William was appointed the first High Commissioner for India on 19 September 1920, with J. West. Bhore as his secretary. However, Meyer did not last long in his new post.
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