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and Hyderabad was fortunate in this. The
presence of an English gentleman like him in our
midst after Sir George Casson Walker's departure,
had a steadying effect on all affairs and helped
to preserve the dignity and refinement we were
accustomed to associate with the higher spheres
of administration,
Though less inflexible than Sir George, Mr.
Glancy was yet able to guard the finances with
the conscientious care of a good steward. He
occasionally yielded to pressure and sanctioned
allowances besides pay to persistent claimants,
but he was not lavish, and he never seemed to-
relish the sweet uses of patronage. He held a
position which was very high in those days, that
of Moin-ul-Moham, next to the Prime Minister
in rank, but he did not forget that he was an
English gentleman. He gave himself no airs,
nor did he parade his power. It was a lesson in
official courtesy to see him taking counsel with
elders like Sir Faridoon Mulk in important affairs.
In 1919, under the New Constitution, he became
Sadr-ul-Moham of Finance and Member of the
Executive Council, and I had the pleasure of
working with him as a colleague. We sat on the
Salaries Commission together and it was an educa-
tion to me to follow his modest method of offering
helpful suggestions tentatively. There was no
self-assertion in anything he did.
In 1921 he had to leave Hyderabad owing
to some, urgent matter at home. .When His