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James Meston, 1st Baron Meston

He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and at the University of Aberdeen, and passed the Indian civil service examination in 1883.

After his return to India in 1906, Meston was secretary to the finance department of the government of India until 1912, when he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.

He was posted to the North-Western Provinces and Oudh in 1885 (which later became the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh), where he was director of land records between 1897 and 1899 and financial secretary to the government between 1899 and 1903.


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