Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

Sir Hugh Daly (29 May 1860 – 25 August 1939) was a

British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

officer and colonial administrator. Daly was the seventh child of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly and Susan Kirkpatrick. Like his brother, Arthur Daly, he was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...

. He then studied at

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before being commissioned into the

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in 1881. Daly was transferred to the

in 1883 and saw action in the

Third Anglo-Burmese War The Third Anglo-Burmese War ( my, တတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် – မြန်မာစစ်, Tatiya Anggalip–Mran cac), also known as the Third Burma War, took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance conti ...

, during which he was

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. Daly was Superintendent of North Shan States between 1888 and 1891. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1892. Daly went on the become the Assistant Secretary, Foreign Department between 1892 and 1896 and the Deputy Secretary, Foreign Department between 1896 and 1903. He was promoted to

major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

on 10 July 1901, and later gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Indian Army. He was invested as a Companion of the

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(CSI) in the

1903 Durbar Honours The New Year Honours 1903, announced at the time as the Durbar Honours, were appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India. The list was announced on the day of the 1903 Delhi Durbar held to celebrate the suc ...

, and was Agent to the Governor-General in Central India between 1905 and 1910. He was Resident of

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and Chief Commissioner of Coorg between 1910 and 1916. Daly was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1911 and as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in 1916. Sir Hugh Daly, served as the Resident of Mysore State and Chief Commissioner of Coorg (1910-). He played a vital role in signing the 1913 Treaty of Mysore, which made the Mysore Government equal to the British India Government. He was also involved in negotiating with the

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with regards to sharing the Cauvery River water, on behalf of the Mysore State. He served as the first honorary president of the

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. The

in Bangalore is named after him. Daly married Diana Maria Denison on 16 July 1891. Together they had one daughter. Daly retired to the

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, where he died in 1939.

Daly Memorial Hall, Bangalore

The foundation of the

was laid on 30 August 1916 by

Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar; 4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is popularly called ''Rajarshi'' ( sa, rājarṣi, li ...

, the Maharaja of Mysore. The construction cost was INR 24,783, out of which INR 10,000 was granted by Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, and the rest from other patrons such as Maharaja of Baroda,

Begum of Bhopal The Nawabs of Bhopal were the Muslim rulers of Bhopal, now part of Madhya Pradesh, India. The nawabs first ruled under the Mughal Empire from 1707 to 1737, under the Maratha Empire from 1737 to 1818, then under British rule from 1818 to 1947, an ...

and the Raja of Travancore. The completed Daly Memorial Hall was inaugurated on 25 July 1917 by the

Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar Yuvaraja Sri Sir Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar (5 June 1888 – 11 March 1940), was the heir apparent of the princely state of Mysore from 1895 until his death in 1940. Biography Narasimharaja Wodeyar was born at the Mysore Palace, the sec ...

Yuvaraja Yuv(a)raj(a) (Sanskrit: युवराज) is an Indian title for the crown prince, and the heir apparent to the throne of an Indian (notably Hindu) kingdom or (notably in the Mughal Empire or British Raj) princely state. It is usually applied t ...

of Mysore.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, Hugh 1860 births 1939 deaths Gloucestershire Regiment officers British Indian Army officers People educated at Winchester College Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Burmese War