Percy James Mead (15 November 1871 – 7 April 1923) was an English first-class

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er and an officer in the Indian Civil Service in the

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. The son of Lieutenant Colonel C. J. Mead, he was born at

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in November 1871. He was educated at Haileybury, before matriculating to King's College, Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge, Mead entered the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in 1894. During his early years in British India, Mead played three first-class cricket matches for the Europeans cricket team in the Bombay Presidency Matches between 1895 and 1903, with little success. Mead served in a number of roles within the ICS, beginning with his appointment as an assistant magistrate and collector in Bombay, an appointment he held until 1897. He then spent two years as an administrator for Sachin State, before being appointed Under-Secretary for revenue and finance to the Government of Bombay in 1901. Mead served as private secretary to

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, the acting Governor of Bombay Presidency in 1903. His next appointment was as

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Settlement Officer, an appointment he held in 1905 and 1906. In 1910, he was a Superintendent of census operations, before being appointed a junior collector in 1911. He was appointed a Companion to the Order of the Indian Empire in the

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. Mead became a senior collector in 1916, while in 1917 he was appointed Director of Industries. Two years later he was appointed Chief Secretary and Financial Secretary to the Government of Bombay. In the

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he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Mead's final appointment was as Commissioner of

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in early 1923; shortly after his appointment he died in April of that year following a short illness at Mahabaleshwar.News and Notes. ''Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)''. 17 April 1923. p. 5

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mead, Percy 1871 births 1923 deaths People from Richmond, London Cricketers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Indian Civil Service (British India) officers English cricketers Europeans cricketers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India