Sir Steuart Edmund Pears, KCIE, CSI (1875 – 9 September 1931) was a British administrator in India. A member of the

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, he spent most of his career in the Political Department of the Government of India. He was British Resident in Mysore from 1925 to 1930 and Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province from 1930 until death the following year. On 9 September 1931, Pears died after falling off a cliff in

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, the summer headquarters of the government.{{Cite news , date=10 September 1931 , title=Sir Steuart Pears Killed , pages=12 , work=

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1875 births 1931 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Indian Political Service officers Accidental deaths from falls