Lieutenant-Colonel William John Keen, CIE, CBE, JP (1873 – 26 July 1958) served as the Chief Commissioner of the

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from 1925 until 1926. Commissioned a second lieutenant in the British Army in 1892, he transferred to the Indian Army in 1894, won promotion to lieutenant in 1895 and to

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of the

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19 November 1902. In 1910 he became a Major and was appointed a CIE in 1915.Provinces of British India
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British people in colonial India 1873 births 1958 deaths Royal Welch Fusiliers officers Indian Staff Corps officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Indian Political Service officers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English justices of the peace People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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