Geoffrey Prior

Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior KCIE FRGS (9 December 1896 – 11 October 1972) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer.

Sir Geoffrey Prior
Born9 December 1896
India
Died11 October 1972
South Africa

The only son of Richard Delabere Prior, the young Prior was educated at Shrewsbury School[1] and then trained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned into the Indian Army on 14 July 1915. In August 1923, he joined the political service department, in which he rose to be under-secretary. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1936 and in 1943 was made a knight commander of the same Order. By the time of the British withdrawal from India in August 1947, Prior held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.[2][3]

Prior was one of the last Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan, during the era of British India.[3]

References
  1. “Prior, Sir (Charles) Geoffrey, (9 Dec. 1896–11 Oct. 1972), retired Governor” in Who Was Who 1971–1980 (A. & C. Black, 1989 reprint ISBN 0-7136-3227-5); online edition at ukwhoswho.com (subscription required)
  2. “PRIOR, SIR CHARLES GEOFFREY, K.C.I.E.” in The India Office and Burma Office List (1947), p. 306
  3. Provinces of British India


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