Meston, James Scorgie Meston, Baron, 1865-1943

1897-1899 director of land records and agriculture; 1899-1903 financial secretary to government; 1905-1906 adviser on civil service reform to Cape Colony and Transvaal; 1906-1912 secretary to finance department of the government of India; 1908 CSI; 1911 KCSI; 1912-1918 lieutenant-governor of the United Provinces; 1918-1919 finance member of executive council; 1919 baronetcy; 1920-1926 chairman of Chatham House; 1928-1943 chancellor of Aberdeen University

Epithet: Indian Civil Servant

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