The Kaisar-I-Hind medal to Arthur Frederick Cox

The Kaisar-I-Hind medal to Arthur Frederick Cox, C.S.I., Indian Civil Service: Kaisar-I-Hind, VR, 1st class in gold, hallmarked 1901, with suspension brooch and in Garrard case.

A.F. Cox 1848-1925. Childhood spent in India; educated Ealing Great Schools and King's College; intended for a career in medicine but put off by a visit to a dissection room; passed Indian Civil Service Exam, winning a total of £120 in prize money for his proficiency in the Tamil and Tegu languages; posted to India 1871; wrote North Arcot District Manual while in the Revenue Department there; concerned in numerous interesting cases, including one in which British officials were extorting money from Indians, and a native assistant used a form of oath involving holding burning camphor to induce the victims to testify, Cox being in effect accused by the perpetrators of having used torture (the case reached Parliament, where all suggestion of wrongdoing was rejected); Judge in Madras 1887-89; Accountant General Bombay 1889-94; Comptroller and Auditor General Calcutta 1894-1906; critical of Indian Government fiscal policy - his views ultimately supported in London; Kaisar-I-Hind 1st Class 1901; retired 1906