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*[https://archive.org/details/letterstonobody00wilsiala/page/n7 ''Letters to Nobody, 1908-1913''] by the Rt. Hon. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson 1921. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8921/page/n4/mode/2up 2nd file, with images correctly rotated]. Archive.org. He came to India in 1908 as Finance Minister. ([https://archive.org/details/cu31924028345993/page/n9 ''Letters to Somebody; a Retrospect''] by the Rt. Hon. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson 1922 Archive.org. Contains minimal comments about India, including his appointment pages 82-83.)
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1973-macartney-at-kashgar-by-skrine-s-pdf/ ''Macartney at Kashgar: New Light on British, Chinese and Russian Activities in Sinkiang, 1890-1918''] by C.P. Skrine and Pamela Nightingale. 1973. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
:Macartney’s wife Catherine wrote of her time at Kashgar in [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1951-an-english-lady-in-chinese-turkestan-by-lady-macartney-s-pdf/ ''An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan''] first published 1931. Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2943/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:A later biography is ''The Diplomat of Kashgar: A Very Special Agent. The Life of Sir George Macartney, 18 January 1867-19 May 1945'' by James McCarthy.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210403 ''Chinese Central Asia''] by C P Skrine. Indian Civil Service, British Consul General in Chinese Turkistan 1922-1924. First published 1926 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.210403/2015.210403.Chinese-Central#page/n401/mode/2up Index].[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001872231 HathiTrust Digital Library version] where images are rotatable. The Consulate was at Kashgar.
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037450601.0x000002 ''Thim Days Is Gone'']. British Library Mss Eur F226/28 Qatar Digital Library. A memoir written c 1980 by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career, initially in the Royal Artillery in a Light Battery,and an Indian Mountain Battery in the 1930s. He then joined the Foreign and Political Department in October 1936, [http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037450601.0x000040 page 33] and his postings included the Persian Gulf and Kuwait. Further details are in [http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/02/thim-days-is-gone-a-colonial-memoir.html Thim Days Is Gone – a colonial memoir] 16 February 2017 Untold lives blog, British Library.
*''The Men Who Ruled India'', published in two volumes, by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym): ''The Founders'' (1953), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126942 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; and ''The Guardians'', (1954) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127070 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The author was Philip Mason who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1928, and his books are about members of the Indian Civil Service.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1978-a-shaft-of-sunlight-memories-of-a-varied-life-by-mason-s-pdf/ ''A Shaft of Sunlight–Memories of a Varied Life''] by Philip Mason 1978. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, located under Books/Indian Subcontinent. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3511/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. [https://archive.org/details/shaftofsunlightm0000maso Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version]. [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/philip-mason/a-shaft-of-sunlight-memories-of-a-varied-life/ Review of the book] kirkusreviews.com.
:[https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/03/guardianobituaries1 "Philip Mason obituary: Last witness to the Raj"] by Hugh Tinker 2 Feb 1999. ''The Guardian''
:Listen to the [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/philip-mason/ 1978 interview Philip Mason, with transcripts]. He talks of his training for the ICS, his work as a court official and map surveyor, and of his life as an author.
*[https://archive.org/details/youngmanscountry0000smit/page/n7 ''A Young Man's Country : letters of a subdivisional officer of the Indian Civil Service 1936-1937''] by W. H. Saumarez Smith 1977. Archive.org Lending Library. The author was in the Indian Civil Service 1934-1947. The letters were written when he was at Madaripur, in the district of [[Faridpur]], in East Bengal (now Bangladesh).
*[http://apnaorg.com/books/english/reminiscences-discreet-indiscreet/book.php?fldr=book ''Reminiscences, Discreet and Indiscreet''] by T. N. Kaul (Triloki Nath), 1982. Website of "Academy of the Punjab in North America". An Indian, he joined the Indian Civil Service in 1937.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1978-peacocks-calling-one-mans-experience-of-india-1939-1947-by-cowley-s-pdf/ ''Peacocks Calling: one man’s experience of India. 1939-1947''] by Bill [William] Cowley, 1978. Published in India 1977? Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3522 Archive.org mirror version]. [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/item/cowley-papers/ Description of the contents of the book] based on papers at the Centre of South Asian Studies. s-asian.cam.ac.uk. Appointed to the ICS 1939 and became a Magistrate in the Punjab with promotions to lst class Magistrate. Became involved with the Boy Scouts and took over administration of Youth Movement and Boy Scouts.
*[https://archive.org/details/enchantedfrontie0000rust/page/n7 ''Enchanted Frontiers: Sikkim, Bhutan, and India's Northeastern Borderlands''] by Nari Rustomji 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. An Indian born c 1918, he was educated in England, and returned, appointed to the ICS, in 1942.
*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/n9 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India''] by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author’s husband was a metallurgist/chemical engineer who worked for the Inspectorate of Armaments in ordnance factories at [[Ishapore]] and Ambernath (Bombay Presidency) 1941-46, having been transferred from [[Hong Kong]].
