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{{short description|English cricketer and Indian Civil Service officer}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Percy James Mead
| birth_date = 15 November 1871
| birth_place = [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|4|7|1871|11|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mahabaleshwar]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| nickname =
| family =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1895/96–1903/04
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 17
| bat avg1 = 2.83
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 7
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 6 June
| year = 2022
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31159.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Percy James Mead''' {{postnominal|CIE|CSI}} (15 November 1871 – 7 April 1923) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]] in the [[Bombay Presidency]].

The son of Lieutenant Colonel C. J. Mead, he was born at [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] in November 1871. He was educated at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|Haileybury]], before matriculating to [[King's College, Cambridge]]. After graduating from Cambridge, Mead entered the [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) in 1894.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses|first=John|last=Venn|date=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=380|volume=4|url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft|language=en}}</ref> During his early years in [[British India]], Mead played three [[first-class cricket]] matches for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Matches]] between 1895 and 1903, with little success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14095/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Percy Mead|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-06|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Mead served in a number of roles within the ICS, beginning with his appointment as an assistant magistrate and collector in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], an appointment he held until 1897. He then spent two years as an administrator for [[Sachin State]], before being appointed Under-Secretary for revenue and finance to the Government of Bombay in 1901.<ref name="BOOK"/>

Mead served as private secretary to [[James Monteath]], the acting [[List of governors of Bombay Presidency|Governor of Bombay Presidency]] in 1903.<ref>The Homeward Mail. ''Homeward Mail from India, China and the East''. 21 December 1903. p. 10</ref> His next appointment was as [[Taluqdar|Talukdari]] Settlement Officer, an appointment he held in 1905 and 1906. In 1910, he was a Superintendent of census operations, before being appointed a junior collector in 1911.<ref name="BOOK"/> He was appointed a Companion to the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1914 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=12630|date=2 January 1914|page=9|supp=y}}</ref> Mead became a senior collector in 1916, while in 1917 he was appointed Director of Industries. Two years later he was appointed Chief Secretary and Financial Secretary to the Government of Bombay.<ref name="BOOK"/> In the [[1921 New Year Honours]] he was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32178|date=1 January 1921|page=5|supp=y}}</ref> Mead's final appointment was as Commissioner of [[Sindh|Scinde]] in early 1923; shortly after his appointment he died in April of that year following a short illness at [[Mahabaleshwar]].<ref>News and Notes. ''Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)''. 17 April 1923. p. 5</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31159}}

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[[Category:1871 births]]
[[Category:1923 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Richmond, London]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]
[[Category:People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College]]
[[Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]]

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