Sir Harold Arthur Stuart (29 July 1860 – 1 March 1923) was an Indian Civil Servant, the first Director of the
Central Criminal Intelligence Department
The Department of Criminal Intelligence (DCI) was established in April 1904 under Sir Harold Stuart on recommendations of Sir Andrew Fraser, following the report of the 1903 Police Commission instituted by the then Viceroy of India Lord Curzon. ...
, and later a Home Secretary to the Government of India.
[Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom.p1035. 1920] A graduate of
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
, Harold Stuart was born in the city of
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
to Peter Stuart. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1881, serving as the Under Secretary to the Government of Madras. From April 1904 till 1909, Stuart served as the head of the newly formed Central Criminal Intelligence Department, later serving as the Home Secretary to the Government of India and subsequently in the Executive Council.
In 1919 he was appointed as the British High commissioner to the
Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission
The Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission was created by the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, to supervise the occupation of the Rhineland and "ensure, by any means, the security and satisfaction of all the needs of the Armies of Occupation" ...
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British police officers in India
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
People from York
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
1923 deaths
Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission
1860 births
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