Wolseley Haig was a civil servant in British India, then Professor at Trinity College, Dublin, and later a Scottish herald.
12 Facts About Wolseley Haig
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Wolseley Haig was 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.
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Wolseley Haig was educated at Wellington College, and then Sandhurst.
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Wolseley Haig won a medal and clasp for his service.
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Wolseley Haig was promoted to captain on 6 February 1895, and to major on 6 February 1902.
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Wolseley 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.
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Wolseley Haig 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.
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Wolseley Haig held the same post at Ispahan 1916 and Tehran 1919.
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Wolseley Haig was known for his meticulous attention to detail and the careful planning which went into his work.
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Wolseley Haig made two important translations into English of Badaoni's Tarikh-i-Bada'uni, a source for the reign of Emperor Akbar's, and the Burhan-i-Massir of Tabatabai, an important source for the Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmadnagar.
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Wolseley Haig married Beatrice, older sister of Michael Lloyd Ferrar, in 1892.
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Wolseley Haig died at home, in Kensington, London, on 28 April 1938 after a long illness.