Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Mortimer Poulton (23 April 1898 – 1 September 1973) 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 ...

and Indian Political Service officer. He was Chief Commissioner of Balochistan in 1946, shortly before Indian independence.Provinces of British India
/ref> Commissioned into the Indian Army in 1917, he joined the Indian Political Department in 1922.

References

POULTON, Lt-Col Henry Mortimer
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014) 1973 deaths 1898 births Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan Indian Political Service officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire British Indian Army officers {{UK-bio-stub