My uncle (mother's brother) was Edward (Ted) Middleton and he was a District Superintendent of Police in the 1930's and 1940'as which meant he was the Chief Police Officer of a District or the top police officer of the District. The next highest position was the very top - Inspector General for the whole Presidency of Madras.. Thus the District Superintendent of Police would be the second highest position in the hierarchy of the whole Madras Presidency. The only person higher than your great-grandfather would have been the Inspector General. I don't know what my uncle's salary was, but he was very well paid compared to my mother who was a High School Teacher getting Rs. 150 a month. But women teachers were paid as half the men. On Jun 14, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Ian Poyntz via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Stewart Green, stewartgreen372@gmail.com, has asked me to post the > following message for him. He has been unable to send it himself. >

In terms of Rank, at that time in 1916, Moira is probably correct in what she mentioned. There were also many other District Superintendents of Police in other districts. DSPs as these ranks are refered to these days. In the present Police hierarchy, the DSP is still the top police office of a district. There are a few more senior posts/positions between the DSP rank and the Inspector General of Police - who is still the highest ranked Police Officer in the state. David Barnabas Bangalore, INDIA >>>On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 2:48 AM, Moira via <india@rootsweb.com> wrote: > My uncle (mother's brother) was Edward (Ted) Middleton and he was a > District Superintendent of Police in the 1930's and 1940'as which meant he > was the Chief Police Officer of a District or the top police officer of the > District. The next highest position was the very top - Inspector General > for the whole Presidency of Madras.. Thus the District Superintendent of > Police would be the second highest position in the hierarchy of the whole > Madras Presidency. The only person higher than your great-grandfather > would have been the Inspector General.<<< > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >