Horace Williamson
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Horace Williamson | |
|---|---|
| Director, Delhi Intelligence Bureau | |
| In office 1931–1936 | |
| Preceded by | David Petrie |
| Special advisor to the Secretary of State for India | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1880 |
| Died | 15 April 1965 (aged 84–85) |
| Profession | Police officer |
Sir Horace Williamson CIE, MBE (1880 - 15 April 1965) was a British colonial officer in the Indian Imperial Police and director of the Delhi Intelligence Bureau.[1][2]
Horace Wiiliamson was born in 1880 to a barrister.[3] He was educated at Cheltenham College and joined the Indian Police Service in the United Provinces in 1900.[3][4]
Williamson rose through the ranks, becoming in charge of the police in Agra in 1909.[4] He then became Superintendent in 1913 and Assistant to the Inspector General in 1916.[3][4] He was awarded the M.B.E. in 1919 and the C.I.E. in 1921.[4] Promoted to Deputy Inspector General in 1923, he later served as Officiating Inspector General in 1928.[3][4] In 1931, at the height of the civil disobedience movement, he succeeded David Petrie as Director of the Delhi Intelligence Bureau, a position for which he was awarded the King's Police Medal later that year.[3][4][5][6] Between 1936 and 1942 he was special advisor to the Secretary of State for India.[3]
He died in 1965.[3]
Selected publications
- India and Communism. Calcutta: Government of India Press. 1933.
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