Horatio Boileau Goad

Horatio Boileau Goad (18 September 1839 – 12 February 1896) was a policeman who rose to be the secretary of the Municipal Corporation of Simla, British India.[1]Goad committed suicide in 1896.

Career description

He had an extraordinary knowledge of local languages and customs and was a master of disguise.[2] He was the eldest son of Major Samuel Boileau Goad who built and owned 33 homes in Simla.

Literary depiction by Kipling

Rudyard Kipling based the character Strickland in Plain Tales from the Hills on Goad.

Suicide

Goad committed suicide in 1896.

References

  1. ^ "Simla 1881–1888". Higman Consulting GmbH. 1997-10-10. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ Rintoul, M. C. (1993). Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction. Taylor & Francis. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-415-05999-2.
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