Armine Dew

Who was Armine Dew?

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Armine Brereton Dew, KCIE, CSI was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India; he served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan during colonial rule.

He was the son of Major Frederick Napoleon Dew, J.P., D.L. Herefordshire.

He was educated at Wellington College then in February 1886 was commissioned into the 4th Battalion of the Shropshire Light Infantry, a unit of the Milita.

Then Dew obtained a commission into the regular army, being commissioned into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in November 1888. He was appointed to the Indian Army and the Queen's Own Corps of Guides in December 1889. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1891 and took part in the Hazara 1891 operations. Attached the Gilgit Agency, 1894, appointed to civil employment with the Political Department with the North West Frontier Province in December 1897 and promoted Captain in 1899.

He married in 1900 to Esme Mary, daughter of Sir Adelbert Talbot, KCIE.

Promoted to Major in 1906. He was Political Agent in Gilgit from 1908-12 in 1911 was appointed a CIE. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914.