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* ''Diversions of an Indian Political'' by Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion 1932. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276384 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Experiences of a political officer in Northern India from 1892. He also wrote [https://archive.org/details/cu31924012420240 ''Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya''] 1910, serving in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, and a further book on [[Iran|Eastern Persia]].
* ''Jungle Trails in Northern India: Reminiscences of Hunting in India'' by John Hewett. With 24 plates and a map 1938. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209125 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Sir John was Governor of United Provinces with many royal friends. Hunting largely between 1907 and 1912, including tiger hunting in the jungles of Tarai, Cooch Behar, the Central Provinces, and up north in Kumaon and Garhwal. The author joined the Indian Civil Service c 1877 when he was posted to the North-Western Provinces.
*[https://archive.org/details/captainshakespea0000wins/page/n5/mode/2up ''Captain Shakespear : a Portrait''] by H V F Winstone 1976. William Henry Irvine Shakespear born Multan 29 October 1878, joined the Political Department in India and in 1904 was posted to the Persian port of Bandar Abbas, the youngest Consul in the Indian administration. He was killed 24 January 1915, at which time he was Political Officer on Special Duties in Arabia. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2015/01/the-death-of-a-political-agent-captain-shakespear.html "The Death of a Political Agent: Captain Shakespear"] British Library Untold lives blog 24 January 2015.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209652 ''SW Persia: A Political Officers Diary 1907-1914''] by Sir Arnold Wilson 1941 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[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.)
