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Sir Ralph Griffith, K.C.S.I., C.I.E. (4 March 1882 – 11 December 1963) was an administrator in British India and served as the last Chief Commissioner and the first Governor of the North-West Frontier Province during the British ''Raj''. ==Education and early career== Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith was the younger brother of Sir Francis Griffith and the son of Francis Robert Griffith (1828 – 1901) Educated at Blundell's School and the Royal Military College. He was commissioned in 1901 into the Middlesex Regiment and transferred to the Indian Army and the 26th Prince of Wales's Own Light Cavalry in 1903 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1903.〔January 1908 Indian Army List〕 He was appointed Adjutant of the Governor's Body Guard, Bombay from 1907 to 1908.〔January 1908 Indian Army List〕 Griffith joined the Indian Political Service (which was then recruited half and half from the Indian Army and the Indian Civil Service) in November 1908.〔January 1919 Indian Army List〕 and served an apprecticeship under Sir George Roos-Keppel, who, like him, was a fluent speaker of Pashto. He was promoted Captain in 1910 and Major in 1916. His early positions included Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar, secretary to the head of the Province, and Resident in the turbulent region of Waziristan, where his influence and understanding of the Wazir tribesmen reduced tensions in the area. When Assistant Political Agent, Mohmand he was mentioned in dispatches for services on the North West Frontier during the early part of World War One.〔London Gazette 4 July 1916, page 6699〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Griffith (governor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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