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Lieutenant-Colonel '''Arthur Stanley Meek''' [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] (7 October 1883 – 14 August 1955) was a [[British Indian Army]] and [[Indian Political Service]] officer.<br />
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Meek was born in [[Larne]], [[Ireland]], the son of a clergyman. He was educated at [[Bedford School]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] and was commissioned in 1903. In 1907 he joined the [[Bombay Political Department]]. He served as Military Governor of [[Basra]] from 1917 to 1919, for which he was [[mentioned in dispatches]], and undertook a special mission to [[Tehama (district)|Tehama]] in [[Yemen]] in 1919, for which he was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in January 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31735 |date=13 January 1920|page=685 |supp=y}}</ref> His final post was as Agent to the Governor-General in the [[Eastern States Agency]] from 1934 to 1937. He retired in 1938.<br />
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