Joseph William Pritchard (5 August 1903 – 13 January 1963[citation needed]) was a British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service and an administrator who served as the Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province from 1940 to 1943.
[1] Pritchard was educated at the Newport Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
[1] On graduation, Pritchard wrote the Indian civil service exams and qualified.
[1] Pritchard joined the Indian Civil Service on 25 October 1927[2] as Assistant Magistrate and Collector in the Madras Presidency.
On 1 July 1940, Pritchard was promoted to Chief Commissioner and was given independent charge of Coorg.