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| birth_date = 9 December 1896<br />
| birth_place = India<br />
| death_date = 11 October 1972<br />
| death_place = South Africa<br />
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'''Sir Charles Geoffrey Prior''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society|FRGS]] (9 December 1896 – 11 October 1972) was a [[British Indian Army]] and [[Indian Political Service]] officer. <br />
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The only son of Richard Delabere Prior, the young Prior was educated at [[Shrewsbury School]]<ref> [https://www.ukwhoswho.com/search?q=Prior%2C+Sir+%28Charles%29+Geoffrey%2C+%289+Dec.+1896–11+Oct.+1972%29%2C+retired+Governor “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}}</ref> 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.<ref>“PRIOR, SIR CHARLES GEOFFREY, K.C.I.E.” in ''The India Office and Burma Office List'' (1947), p. 306</ref><ref name=PBI>[http://rulers.org/indprov.html Provinces of British India]</ref><br />
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Prior was one of the last Chief Commissioners of [[Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)|Baluchistan]], during the era of [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]].<ref name=PBI/><br />
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