Koftgari Work Steel Box, 314 x 164 x 78mm (approx.), decorated in silver and gold, the hinged lid inscribed, ‘Presented by Municipal Committee Sialkot to H.E. Sir W. M. Hailey, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Governor Panjab’, green velvet interior, good condition £600-800 Footnote William Malcolm Hailey was born on 15 February 1872 and educated at Merchant Taylor’s School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1895 and held amongst other appointments that of Chief Commissioner at Delhi and Major in the Indian Defence Forces, 1912-18; Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General in Finance and Home Departments, 1919-24; Governor of the Punjab, 1924-28 and Governor of the United Provinces, 1928-30 and 1931-34. He went on to hold numerous public, committee and society appointments. In 1936 for his many services to India and elsewhere he was created 1st Baron of Shahpur, Pakistan and Newport Pagnell. His other honours included the O.M., 1956; G.C.S.I., 1932, (K.C.S.I., 1922); G.C.M.G., 1939; G.C.I.E., 1928 (C.I.E., 1911). He died on 1 June 1969.
Koftgari Work Steel Box, 314 x 164 x 78mm (approx.), decorated in silver and gold, the hinged lid inscribed, ‘Presented by Municipal Committee Sialkot to H.E. Sir W. M. Hailey, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., Governor Panjab’, green velvet interior, good condition £600-800 Footnote William Malcolm Hailey was born on 15 February 1872 and educated at Merchant Taylor’s School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1895 and held amongst other appointments that of Chief Commissioner at Delhi and Major in the Indian Defence Forces, 1912-18; Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General in Finance and Home Departments, 1919-24; Governor of the Punjab, 1924-28 and Governor of the United Provinces, 1928-30 and 1931-34. He went on to hold numerous public, committee and society appointments. In 1936 for his many services to India and elsewhere he was created 1st Baron of Shahpur, Pakistan and Newport Pagnell. His other honours included the O.M., 1956; G.C.S.I., 1932, (K.C.S.I., 1922); G.C.M.G., 1939; G.C.I.E., 1928 (C.I.E., 1911). He died on 1 June 1969.
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