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	Lt-Col '''Sir William Kerr Fraser-Tytler''' [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire\|KBE]] [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] (26 December 1886 – 23 August 1963)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Fraser-Tytler, Lt-Col Sir William Kerr, (26 Dec. 1886–23 Aug. 1963), Indian Army retired\|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-50372\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO\|year=2007\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u50372\|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}}</ref> was a [[British Army\|British soldier]] and diplomat. He was [[diplomat\|Envoy]] to Afghanistan from 1935 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%201880-2012.pdf\|title=British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880-2010\|publisher=Colin Mackie, Gulabin.com\|accessdate=7 November ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>''Who Was Who''</ref>		Lt-Col '''Sir William Kerr Fraser-Tytler''' [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire\|KBE]] [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George\|CMG]] [[Military Cross\|MC]] (26 December 1886 – 23 August 1963)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Fraser-Tytler, Lt-Col Sir William Kerr, (26 Dec. 1886–23 Aug. 1963), Indian Army retired\|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-50372\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO\|year=2007\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u50372\|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}}</ref> was a [[British Army\|British soldier]] and diplomat. He was [[diplomat\|Envoy]] to Afghanistan from 1935 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%201880-2012.pdf\|title=British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880-2010\|publisher=Colin Mackie, Gulabin.com\|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref><ref>''Who Was Who''</ref>

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Lt-Col '''Sir William Kerr Fraser-Tytler''' [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] [[Military Cross|MC]] (26 December 1886 – 23 August 1963)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fraser-Tytler, Lt-Col Sir William Kerr, (26 Dec. 1886–23 Aug. 1963), Indian Army retired|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-50372|access-date=2021-06-21|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u50372|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}}</ref> was a [[British Army|British soldier]] and diplomat. He was [[diplomat|Envoy]] to Afghanistan from 1935 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/britishambassadors/pdf/AMBS%201880-2012.pdf|title=British Ambassadors and High Commissioners 1880-2010|publisher=Colin Mackie, Gulabin.com|accessdate=7 November 2022}}</ref><ref>''Who Was Who''</ref>

== Life ==
He was educated at [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]] and graduated in 1909.

Commissioned into [[Lovat's Scouts]] 1 April 1908.<ref>London Gazette 25 September 1908</ref> Entered the Indian Army 1910 and posted to the [[25th Cavalry]] Frontier Force in 1911. Served on the North West Frontier of India 1914-17 and then in East Africa 1917-18 where he won the [[Military Cross]].<ref>London Gazette 27 July 1918</ref> He served during the [[3rd Afghan War]] then went on deputation to England with the Indian Peace contingent from 22 June to 13 October 1919.<ref>History of Services of Officers Holding Gazetted Appointments under the Foreign and Political Department. Correct up to 1 July 1935</ref> After that he was appointed to the Foreign and Political Department.

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. Councellor, H.M.'s Legation, Kabul, 1928. North West Frontier, 1928-30; Councellor and Chargé d'Affaires, H.M.'s Legation, Kabul 1930-32; Deputy-Secretary, Government of India and Officiating Foreign Secretary, 1933. Appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George]] in June 1933.<ref>London Gazette 3 June 1933</ref> Officiating Private Secretary to the Viceroy, 1934. Appointed H.M. Minister H.M.'s Legation, Kabul, Afghanistan 1935-41.<ref>Who's Who 1935</ref> Appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in January 1939.<ref>London Gazette 2 January 1939</ref>

=== 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).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Haward|first=Edwin|date=1951-04-01|title=Afghanistan: a Study of Political Developments in Central Asia|url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2606239|journal=International Affairs|volume=27|issue=2|pages=256–257|doi=10.2307/2606239|jstor=2606239|issn=0020-5850}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-10-08|title=Afghanistan: a Study of Political Developments in Central Asia|journal=Foreign Affairs|language=en-US|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1951-07-01/afghanistan-study-political-developments-central-asia|access-date=2021-06-21|issn=0015-7120}}</ref> [[Malcolm Yapp]] wrote that Fraser-Tytler's work is 'well told and the analysis of processes vigorous and penetrating.'<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yapp|first=M. E.|date=March 1968|title=Afghanistan: a Study of Political Developments in Central and Southeastern Asia. By W. K. Fraser-Tytler. Oxford University Press: London, 1967. Pp. xvi + 362, sketch maps, illustrations, 45s.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/abs/afghanistan-a-study-of-political-developments-in-central-and-southeastern-asia-by-w-k-frasertytler-oxford-university-press-london-1967-pp-xvi-362-sketch-maps-illustrations-45s/99587BA5AD9A6D19B8C02D41D47C278B|journal=Modern Asian Studies|language=en|volume=2|issue=2|pages=173–174|doi=10.1017/S0026749X00001694|s2cid=145134443 |issn=1469-8099}}</ref>

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==References==
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