J. W. Pritchard

Joseph William Pritchard
Sir; Joseph William Pritchard
Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province
	In office; 1 July 1940 – 26 April 1943
Preceded by	John de la Hay Gordon
Succeeded by	Ketoli Chengappa
Personal details
Born	5 August 1903

Sir Joseph William Pritchard (born 5 August 1903) was a civil servant of the Indian Civil Service and an administrator who served as the Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province from 1940 to 1943.[1]

Early life

Pritchard was educated at the Newport Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] On graduation, Pritchard wrote the Indian civil service exams and qualified.[1]

Career

Pritchard joined the Indian Civil Service on 25 October 1927 as Assistant Magistrate and Collector in the Madras Presidency.[1] After serving in various appointments at different stations, in November 1939, Pritchard was appointed Commissioner of Coorg Province and posted to Mercara.[1] As Commissioner, Pritchard was the highest British official in Coorg and reported to the Chief Commissioner of Coorg who was the British Resident to the Kingdom of Mysore and based in the city of Bangalore.

On 1 July 1940, Pritchard was promoted to Chief Commissioner and was given independent charge of Coorg.[1] By this action, Coorg's administrative links with Mysore were severed. Pritchard served as the first independent Chief Commissioner of Coorg till 1943, when he was appointed District Collector of Tanjore district in 1943.[2] Pritchard served in Tanjore district from 16 February 1943 to 22 April 1944.[2]

Notes

Pritchard, Joseph William. India Office and Burma Office List. India Office. 1945. p. 305.
"List of District Collectors of Thanjavur district". Thanjavur district website. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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[indiaofficep305-1] Pritchard, Joseph William. India Office and Burma Office List. India Office. 1945. p. 305.

[tanjore_collectors-2] "List of District Collectors of Thanjavur district". Thanjavur district website. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.