Below is a list of chief commissioners of
Baluchistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
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Chief commissioners of Baluchistan
*1877–1887:
Sir Oliver St John (acting)
*1887–1889:
Sir Robert Sandeman
*1889:
Sir Harry Prendergast (acting)
*1889–1891:
Sir Robert Sandeman
*1891:
Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes (born 1963) is a journalist and specialist on Russian matters. Born in London, he was educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He covered the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan for various newspapers in the UK and abroad. He has als ...
*1891:
Sir Oliver St John
*1891:
Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes (born 1963) is a journalist and specialist on Russian matters. Born in London, he was educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He covered the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan for various newspapers in the UK and abroad. He has als ...
(acting)
*1891:
John Biddulph
Colonel John Biddulph (25 July 1840 – 24 December 1921) was a British soldier, author and naturalist who served in the government of British India.
Biddulph was born in 1840, and was the third son of Robert Biddulph. He was educated at Wes ...
(acting)
*1891–1892:
Sir Robert Sandeman
*1892:
Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes (born 1963) is a journalist and specialist on Russian matters. Born in London, he was educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He covered the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan for various newspapers in the UK and abroad. He has als ...
(acting)
*1892–1896:
Sir James Browne
*1896:
James Adair Crawford (acting)
*1896–1899:
Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes (born 1963) is a journalist and specialist on Russian matters. Born in London, he was educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He covered the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan for various newspapers in the UK and abroad. He has als ...
*1899:
Henry Wylie
Maj.-Gen. Henry Wylie (24 July 1844 – 5 October 1918) 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 f ...
(acting)
*1899–1900:
Hugh Barnes
Hugh Barnes (born 1963) is a journalist and specialist on Russian matters. Born in London, he was educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities. He covered the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan for various newspapers in the UK and abroad. He has als ...
*1900–1904:
Charles Yate
*1904–1905:
John Ramsay (acting)
*1905–1907:
Alexander Tucker (acting)
*1907–1909:
Sir Henry McMahon
*1909:
Charles Archer (acting)
*1909–1911:
Sir Henry McMahon
*1911–1912:
John Ramsay
*1912:
Charles Archer (acting)
*1912–1914:
John Ramsay
*1914:
Charles Archer (acting)
*1914–1915:
John Ramsay
*1915:
Charles Archer (acting)
*1915–1917:
John Ramsay
*1917–1919:
Henry Dobbs
Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs (26 August 1871 – 30 May 1934) was an administrator in British India and High Commissioner in Iraq.
Career
Dobbs was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Servic ...
*1919–1922:
Armine Dew
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Armine Brereton Dew (1867–1941) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India; he served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan during colonial rule.
He was the son of Major Frederick Napoleon D ...
*1922–1923:
Henry St John (acting)
*1923–1926:
Frederick Johnston
*1926–1927:
Edmond James
Edmond Henry Salt James, CIE, CBE was an administrator in British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indi ...
(acting)
*1927–1929:
Henry St John
*1929:
Edmond James
Edmond Henry Salt James, CIE, CBE was an administrator in British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indi ...
(acting)
*1929–1931:
Charles Bruce (acting)
*1931–1932:
Norman Cater
Sir Alexander Norman Ley Cater KCIE (15 June 1880 – 21 October 1957) was an administrator in British India.
Born at Lower Bebington, Cheshire, the son of Charles A. Cater, he was educated at Wellington College and Christ's College, Cambridge ...
(acting)
*1932:
John Brett (acting)
*1932–1936:
Norman Cater
Sir Alexander Norman Ley Cater KCIE (15 June 1880 – 21 October 1957) was an administrator in British India.
Born at Lower Bebington, Cheshire, the son of Charles A. Cater, he was educated at Wellington College and Christ's College, Cambridge ...
*1936:
Ronald Wingate
Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate, 2nd Baronet, (30 September 1889 – 31 August 1978) was a British colonial administrator, soldier and author. Wingate was born in 1889 in Kensington, London, and educated at Bradfield College and Balliol Colleg ...
(acting)
*1936–1937:
Arthur Parsons
Major-General Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons (1884–1966) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India. He was commissioned into the Oxfordshire Volunteer Light Infantry as an acting second lieutenant in 1904, and w ...
(acting)
*1937:
Ronald Wingate
Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate, 2nd Baronet, (30 September 1889 – 31 August 1978) was a British colonial administrator, soldier and author. Wingate was born in 1889 in Kensington, London, and educated at Bradfield College and Balliol Colleg ...
(acting)
*1937–1938:
Olaf Caroe
Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Kruuse Caroe, (15 November 1892 – 23 November 1981) was an administrator in British India, working for the Indian Civil Service and the Indian Political Service. He served as the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India ...
(acting)
*1938–1939:
Arthur Parsons
Major-General Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons (1884–1966) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India. He was commissioned into the Oxfordshire Volunteer Light Infantry as an acting second lieutenant in 1904, and w ...
*1939–1943:
Sir Herbert Metcalfe
*1943–1946:
Rupert Hay
Sir William Rupert Hay (December 16, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India. He served as Chief Commissioner of Balochistan during the colonial era.
Career
Hay was educated at Bradfield and ...
*1946:
Henry Poulton
*1946–1947:
Sir Geoffrey Prior
Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior, KCIE, FRGS (9 December 1896 – 11 October 1972) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer.
The only son of Richard Delabere Prior, the young Prior was educated at Shrewsbury School and then t ...
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