Sir (Frederic) Arthur Hirtzel GCB (14 May 1870 – 1 January 1937) was a British civil servant in the India Office and an academic.
His first important posting came in March 1901 when he was appointed Private Secretary to Sir Arthur Godley, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.
[5] During the period 1925 to 1930, he was also Chairman of the Board of Governors at his old school, Dulwich College.
His main residences were 47 Palace Court, London, which he occupied during much of his official and married life, and East End House, Fairford, Gloucestershire, a spacious, three-storeyed property dating back to 1640 with later additions in the 1730s and 1890s.
[6][2] Perhaps surprisingly, Hirtzel never set foot in India, and his holidays were spent in Minehead and Cornwall.