Wolseley Haig

Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig KCIE CSI CMG CBE (7 August 1865 ) was British soldier, civil servant and academic. He was a civil servant in British India, then Professor at Trinity College, Dublin, and later a Scottish herald.

Early life Haig was the son of Major Robert Wolseley Haig RA, FRS, (1830–72) the military astronomer, and Maria Georgina Brown. His maternal great-grandfather was Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London. He was also descended from the Haigs of Bonnington, a branch of the Border house of Haig of Bemersyde, and was thus related to Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. He was educated at Wellington College, and then Sandhurst. He was promoted to captain on 6 February 1895, and to major on 6 February 1902.

Indian civil service Haig entered the Berar Commission in 1892 and became Assistant Commissioner, then Deputy Commissioner, Inspector-General of Police, Jails, Stamps, Registration, and Excise, and Civil and Sessions Judge. He was officiating Secretary to the Board of Examiners, Fort William, 1897 and 1898–99. He entered the Political Department in 1901 as First Assistant to the Resident at Hyderabad, a post that gave him day to day control of Berar.

Personal life Haig married Beatrice, older sister of Michael Lloyd Ferrar, in 1892. Beatrice died in 1927. They had one son and two daughters.

Selected publications Books Hints on the study of Urdu, for the use of candidates for the lower and higher standard examinations in that language. Pioneer Press, Allahabad, 1898. Historical landmarks of the Deccan. Pioneer Press, Allahabad, 1907. The history of the Nizam Shahi kings of Ahmadnagar. British India Press/Education Society's Press, Bombay, 1923. (Reprinted from The Indian Antiquary, April 1920 – November 1923.) The Cambridge history of India Vol. III Turks and Afghans. University Press, Cambridge, 1928. Edited by Wolseley Haig. Persian grammar. Linguaphone Institute, London, c. 1930. Persian. Linguaphone Institute, London, 1933. (With Darab Khan, Mojtaba Minovi and Ghulām Ḣusain) (third edition) (Linguaphone Oriental language Courses) The Cambridge shorter history of India. University Press, Cambridge, 1934. Editor H.H. Dodwell. (contributor) The Cambridge history of India Vol. IV The Mughul period. University Press, Cambridge, 1937. Planned by Wolseley Haig, edited by Richard Burn. Other works Various entries in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Contributions to the Persian Bible published in London by B. & F.B.S., 1928.