Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Armine Brereton Dew KCIE CSI (1867–1941) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India; he served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan during colonial rule.
[1] He was educated at Wellington College then in February 1886 was commissioned into the 4th Battalion of the Shropshire Light Infantry, a unit of the Militia.
He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1891 and took part in the Hazara 1891 operations (earning medal & clasp).
[3] Attached the Gilgit Agency, 1894, appointed to civil employment with the Political Department with the North West Frontier Province in December 1897 [4] and promoted Captain in 1899.
[5] He married in 1900 to Esme Mary, daughter of Sir Adelbert Talbot, KCIE.