Curzon Wyllie

Over a career spanning three decades, Curzon Wyllie rose to be a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Indian Army and occupied a number of administrative and diplomatic posts.

In 1870, Wyllie was selected for civil and political employment and appointed to the Oudh commission, serving under General Barrow[clarification needed] and Sir George Couper.

He was part of Major-General Sir Robert Phayre's contingent in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, when his actions earned him mentions in the Viceroy's dispatches.

In March 1901 Wyllie returned to Britain on being appointed the political aide-de-camp to Lord George Hamilton, the Conservative Secretary of State for India (1895–1903).

Curzon Wyllie was head of Secret Police and collected lot of information about Savarkar and this fact was not mentioned in contemporary British media.

[8] He was assassinated in London on the evening of 1 July 1909 by Madan Lal Dhingra at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, where he and his wife were attending an event organised by the National Indian Association.