George Roos-Keppel

Sir George Olaf Roos-Keppel, GCIE, KCSI (7 September 1866 – 11 December 1921) was a British military officer who served in the capacities of Political Agent to the Governor-General in Kurram and Khyber, and later as Chief Commissioner, North West Frontier Province from 1908 till 1919.[1] Roos was born in the Park Lane area of London, the son of Gustaf Ehrenreich Roos, a Swedish merchant in England, and his wife, Elizabeth Annie Roffey, daughter of George Roffey of Twickenham.[2] George Roos was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 25 August 1886, and was promoted to captain on 1 September 1895.[5] For his service on the North West Frontier of India, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1900 New Year Honours list.In 1913, Roos-Keppel, along with Nawab Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum established Islamia College (Peshawar), which was inaugurated by Haji Sahib Turangzai.
United KingdomBritish ArmyLieutenant ColonelThird Anglo-Afghan WarKnight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian EmpireKnight Commander of the Order of the Star of IndiaGovernor-GeneralKurramKhyberChief CommissionerNorth West Frontier Province3rd Afghan WarPark LaneTwickenhamUnited Services College, Westward Ho!Royal Military College, SandhurstlieutenantRoyal Scots FusilierscaptainIndian Staff CorpsKhyber RiflesOrder of the Indian Empire1900 New Year Honoursbrevetlieutenant-colonelSahibzada Abdul QayyumIslamia College (Peshawar)Haji Sahib TurangzaiPashtoCambridgeInayatullah KhanSultan Mahmud-e-GhaznavitextbooksMilitary officersguide bookcolloquialKhyber PassSir Olaf CaroeThe London GazetteHarold DeaneChief Commissioner of theNorth-West Frontier ProvinceWilliam Rudolph Henry MerckSir John Stuart DonaldSir Hamilton Grant