William Kerr Fraser-Tytler
Lt-Col Sir William Kerr Fraser-Tytler
Life
He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford and graduated in 1909.
Commissioned into
Appointed Under-Secretary to the Government of India 1921-23; Secretary to H.M.'s Legation, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1923–24; served in Travancore, Southern India, and on the North West Frontier, 1925-28. Councillor, H.M.'s Legation, Kabul, 1928. North West Frontier, 1928-30; Councillor and Chargé d'Affaires, H.M.'s Legation, Kabul 1930-32; Deputy-Secretary, Government of India and Officiating Foreign Secretary, 1933. Appointed a
Bibliography
He is the author of Afghanistan: A Study in Political Developments in Central and Southern Asia, London, Oxford University Press, 1950, 348 p. (reprinted 1950, 1953, 1962).[10][11] Malcolm Yapp wrote that Fraser-Tytler's work is 'well told and the analysis of processes vigorous and penetrating.'[12]
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880-2010" (PDF). Colin Mackie, Gulabin.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ Who Was Who
- ^ London Gazette 25 September 1908
- ^ London Gazette 27 July 1918
- ^ History of Services of Officers Holding Gazetted Appointments under the Foreign and Political Department. Correct up to 1 July 1935
- ^ London Gazette 3 June 1933
- ^ Who's Who 1935
- ^ London Gazette 2 January 1939
- JSTOR 2606239.
- ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- S2CID 145134443.