▁United ▁States ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁Category : Pol it icians ▁from ▁T roy , ▁New ▁York ▁Category : B ur ial s ▁at ▁Oak wood ▁C emetery ▁( T roy , ▁New ▁York ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Philip ▁Mason ▁O BE ▁C IE ▁( 1 9 ▁March ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁– ▁ 2 5 ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 9 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁civil ▁servant ▁and ▁author . ▁He ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁two - volume ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁British ▁Raj , ▁The ▁Men ▁Who ▁Ru led ▁India ▁( written ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁' Ph il ip ▁Wood ru ff ', ▁the ▁latter ▁being ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁ma iden ▁name ), ▁and ▁his ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁Army , ▁A ▁M atter ▁of ▁Hon our ▁( 1 9 7 4 ). ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Philip ▁Mason ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁children - ▁two ▁sons ▁and ▁a ▁daughter - ▁of ▁Herbert ▁Alfred ▁Mason ▁( 1 8 7 6 – 1 9 6 8 ), ▁a ▁general ▁pract ition er ▁at ▁D uff ield , ▁Derby shire , ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Eth el ▁Add ison ▁( 1 8 8 0 – 1 9 5 6 ), ▁daughter ▁of ▁Herbert ▁Add ison ▁Wood ru ff , ▁an ▁engineer ▁and ▁manager ▁of ▁a ▁C amm ell ▁La ird ▁steel ▁factory . ▁The ▁Mason ▁family ▁had ▁been ▁far mers ▁for ▁several ▁gener ations ▁at ▁Bar row den ▁in ▁R ut land , ▁East ▁Mid lands ; ▁his ▁great - grand father