Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cox, Percy Zachariah

by Charles Edward Buckland

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COX, PERCY ZACHARIAH (1864–)

Major : son of Arthur Cox : born Nov. 20, 1864 : educated at Harrow and Sandhurst : joined the Army in 1884, and the Indian Staff Corps in 1889 : employed in the Political Department at Zaila, Somali coast, 1893 : Berbera, 1894–5 : H.B.M.'s Consul and Political Agent, Muscat, since 1899 : C.I.E. in 1902 : F.R.G.S. : F.Z.S.