PEARSON, Sir Francis Fenwick, 1st Bt (b 1911), IPS 1936, Chief Minister, Manipur State 1945-47 'Reminiscences of an Indian Political Officer': brief recollections of service in Indian Army; A.D.C. to Lord and Lady Willingdon, Rajkot, Under-Secretary, Foreign and Political Dept, Manipur, later ...
Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.
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A memoir written by Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Alexander Gordon Pinhey about his career in the Indian Political Service (IPS), 1927-47. The memoir details: His education, early career and reasons for joining the IPS A description of Baluchistan, where he served as Assistant Political Agent, 1929-...
A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947
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A memoir written by Major Hugh Dunstan Holwell Rance about his career in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service (IPS), 1932-47. The memoir details: His childhood and education His service in the Indian Army, 1932-36 and 1940-43 His service in the IPS, 1936-40, at Baroda [Vadodara], Si...
REDPATH, Maj Alexander William (b 1909), IPS 1934, First Secretary, British Legation, Kabul 1946-47 'Recollections of a Political Officer in India': memoirs of career in Indian Army, Rajputana, Multan, Central India States, Gilgit, Punjab States, Eastern States, Afghanistan
REYNOLDS, Blanche, Lady, wife of Sir Leonard William Reynolds (1874-1946), IPS 1902, Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana 1927-32 'Recollections of a Political Officer's wife in Rajputana': brief notes on her life in Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer and Mount Abu; also xerox copies of photographs ...
The file consists of a memoir written by Thomas Edward Rogers. The memoir covers his background, education and career. He also records his reasons for joining the Indian Political Service. The memoir relates his career in India and in the Foreign Service in Bengal, Persia [Iran] and the Gulf, Que...
SHATTOCK, John Swithun Harvey (b 1907), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1931-39, IPS 1939, Chief Minister, Chamba State 1946-47 Brief notes on the Attachment Scheme for petty States in Kathiawar and Gujarat 1939-40, and on Kashmir 1942-44 and 1947
A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career in the Royal Artillery, Rajputana, Sialkot, Persia, North West Frontier Province, Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, and Kuwait. Typescript with manuscript corrections.
THOMPSON, Sir (Joseph) Herbert (1898-1984), Indian Civil Service, Madras 1923-26, IPS 1926, Resident, Punjab States 1945-47 'Icarus went East': memoirs of his career in the Royal Naval Air Service; ICS Madras; Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar 1926-34; Hyderabad 1934-38; Jaipur and Rajputana 1938-...