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[[Major-General]] '''Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE|CBE|DSO}} (1884–1966) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and administrator in [[British India]]. He was commissioned into the Oxfordshire Volunteer Light Infantry as an acting second lieutenant in 1904, and was given a full second lieutenancy in 1906. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1909 and to captain in 1915. He was a major by 1923, in which year he was awarded the DSO to add to his OBE. He was appointed a CBE in 1927 and was knighted with the KCIE in 1938, by which time he was a lieutenant-colonel. He served as governor of the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] in 1939.<ref>[http://rulers.org/indprov.html Provinces of British India]</ref> | [[Major-General]] '''Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE|CBE|DSO}} (1884–1966) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and administrator in [[British India]]. He was commissioned into the Oxfordshire Volunteer Light Infantry as an acting second lieutenant in 1904, and was given a full second lieutenancy in 1906. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1909 and to captain in 1915. He was a major by 1923, in which year he was awarded the DSO to add to his OBE. He was appointed a CBE in 1927 and was knighted with the KCIE in 1938, by which time he was a lieutenant-colonel. He served as governor of the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] in 1939.<ref>[http://rulers.org/indprov.html Provinces of British India]</ref> | ||
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Major-General Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons KCIE CBE DSO (1884–1966) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India. He was commissioned into the Oxfordshire Volunteer Light Infantry as an acting second lieutenant in 1904, and was given a full second lieutenancy in 1906. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1909 and to captain in 1915. He was a major by 1923, in which year he was awarded the DSO to add to his OBE. He was appointed a CBE in 1927 and was knighted with the KCIE in 1938, by which time he was a lieutenant-colonel. He served as governor of the North-West Frontier Province in 1939.[1]
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| Preceded by Ronald Wingate |
Chief Commissioner of Balochistan 1936–1937 |
Succeeded by Ronald Wingate |
| Preceded by Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe |
Chief Commissioner of Balochistan 1938–1939 |
Succeeded by Sir Herbert Aubrey Francis Metcalfe |
| Preceded by Sir George Cunningham |
Governor of the North-West Frontier Province 1939 |
Succeeded by Sir George Cunningham |