Sir Harold Arthur Stuart (29 July 1860 – 1 March 1923) was an Indian Civil Servant, the first Director of the Central Criminal Intelligence Department, 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

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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

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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 {{UK-diplomat-stub