Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett (28 October 1883 30 May 1969) was a British administrator who served as governor of the United Provinces and of

Bihar Province Bihar Province was a province of British India, created in 1936 by the partition of the Bihar and Orissa Province. History In 1756, Bihar was part of Bengal. On 14 October 1803, Orissa was occupied by the British Raj. On 22 March 1912, both Biha ...

, collectively from 1936 to 1945. He also served as commander-in-chief of the

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. He was among the other officials to formulate an action plan with Governor-General of India,

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regarding the

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and detention of

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Biography

He was born to John Thomas Hallett (1830–1915) and Caroline Maria (1841–1915) on 28 October 1883 at

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. He had three siblings. His father was

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of Priors Hardwick. He received his education from the

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 ...

and

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. After completing his education, he joined the

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in 1907.

Career

He was first appointed

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and Collector in 1916. From 1920 to 1924, he served as Secretary to the government of Bihar Province, and later he was appointed Officiating Commissioner in 1929. He also served as Chief Secretary to the government of Bihar and

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from 1930 to 11 April 1933, and

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to the government of British India from 12 April 1933 until he was later appointed governor of Bihar from 1936 to 1937. Later, he served as sixth

governor of the United Provinces This is a list of governors of the United Provinces and the precursor offices associated with that title from the provisional establishment of the Governor of Agra in 1833 until the province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh when India became offi ...

from 7 December 1939 to 6 December 1945. Prior to his last appointment, he served as governor of the United Provinces for a period of five months from 17 May 1938 to 16 September 1938.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallett, Maurice Garnier 1883 births 1969 deaths People from Warwickshire (before 1974) People educated at Winchester College Alumni of New College, Oxford Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Companions of the Order of the Star of India Place of death missing British people in colonial India