Steuart Pears Explained

Sir Steuart Edmund Pears, KCIE, CSI (1875 – 9 September 1931) was a British administrator in India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he spent most of his career in the Political Department of the Government of India.[1]

He was British Resident in Mysore from 1925 to 1930 and Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province from 1930 until death the following year.

On 9 September 1931, Pears died after falling off a cliff in Nathia Gali, the summer headquarters of the government.[2]

References

  1. News: 10 September 1931 . Sir Steuart Pears . 14 . The Times.
  2. News: 10 September 1931 . Sir Steuart Pears Killed . 12 . The Times.