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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British Indian Army officer}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}<br /> [[Major-General]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons&#039;&#039;&#039; {{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.&lt;ref&gt;[http://rulers.org/indprov.html Provinces of British India]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32826/pages/3673 DSO citation]. &#039;&#039;[[The London Gazette]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-off}}<br /> {{succession box |title=[[List of Chief Commissioners of Balochistan|Chief Commissioner of Balochistan]]||<br /> years=1936–1937|<br /> before= [[Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate|Ronald Wingate]]| <br /> after=[[Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate|Ronald Wingate]]}}<br /> <br /> {{succession box |title=[[List of Chief Commissioners of Balochistan|Chief Commissioner of Balochistan]]||<br /> years=1938–1939|<br /> before= [[Olaf Caroe|Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe]]| <br /> after=[[Herbert Metcalfe|Sir Herbert Aubrey Francis Metcalfe]]}}<br /> <br /> {{succession box |title=[[List of Governors of the North-West Frontier Province|Governor of the North-West Frontier Province]]||<br /> years=1939|<br /> before= [[George Cunningham (governor)|Sir George Cunningham]]| <br /> after=[[George Cunningham (governor)|Sir George Cunningham]]}}<br /> <br /> {{end}}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Parsons, Arthur}}<br /> [[Category:Administrators in British India]]<br /> [[Category:British Indian Army generals]]<br /> [[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]<br /> [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]<br /> [[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]<br /> [[Category:1884 births]]<br /> [[Category:1966 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Sherwood Foresters officers]]<br /> [[Category:British military personnel of the Waziristan Campaign]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Political Service officers]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{UK-gov-bio-stub}}</div>

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