J. K. Stanford

Who was J. K. Stanford?

John Keith Stanford OBE MC was a British writer of the mid 20th century.

He was educated at Rugby School and St. John's College, Oxford. Stanford was commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment in 1915 and was attached to the Tank Corps from 1917. He ended the First World War with the rank of Captain.

Appointed to the Indian Civil Service on 24 October 1919, he arrived in India on 24 December 1919.

Deputy Director of Commercial Intelligence, Calcutta, January 1922. Services replaced at the government of Burma’s disposal, June 1923. Under Secretary Home and Police Department, December 1923. Officiating Deputy Commissioner, June 1924 Registrar, High Court, Rangoon, June 1925 Officiating Deputy Commissioner, June 1927 He married his second wife, Eleanor, née Davies, in 1927. District Commissioner of Prome District 1929 District Commissioner of Insein District 1930 Following his time in Prome & Insein District he played a part in the Burma Rebellion 1930-31. O.B.E., 1932. Secretary Revenue Department, Burma, June 1932. He then became the Deputy Commissioner for Myitkyina from 1932-36. He retired in 1938 and then took part in Vernay-Cutting’s expedition to the North-East Burma Hills. Between 1927 and 1939 he did much ornithological work in Burma. Amongst his other publications: The Birds of Northern Burma, 1938.