Arthur Meek, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur Meek

Indian political service officer

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1883

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1955

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Arthur Meek

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Stanley Meek CMG (7 October 1883 – 14 August 1955) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer. Meek was born in Larne, Ireland, the son of a clergyman.
  • He was educated at Bedford School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned in 1903.
  • In 1907 he joined the Bombay Political Department.
  • He served as Military Governor of Basra from 1917 to 1919, for which he was mentioned in dispatches, and undertook a special mission to Tehama in Yemen in 1919, for which he was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in January 1920.
  • His final post was as Agent to the Governor-General in the Eastern States Agency from 1934 to 1937.
  • He retired in 1938.

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