Virgil Thomson

Sir William Pell Barton KCIE CSI (29 May 1871—28 November 1956) had a distinguished career in the Indian Political Service. He was British Resident in Baroda (1919), Mysore (1920—25) and Hyderabad (1925—30) and was well known as an authority on the North West Frontier and the Princely states during the days of British rule in India. On leaving the service he worked as an historian of the Princely states and was a frequent contributor to periodicals...