S. D. Pears

Steuart Durand Pears was a British civil engineer and administrator who served as President of the Madras Corporation from 1902 to 1906.

Biography

Born in Ootacamund, British India to Colonel Arnold Christian Pears, Pears was educated at Clifton College and left for India in July 1877. His younger brother was Sir Edmund Radcliffe Pears.
He died at Kersbrook Cottage, Lyme Regis, Dorset, aged 93.

Career

Pears served in the Public Works Department of the Madras Government from 1877 to 1896. From 1893 to 1896, he was in charge of the Mullaperiyar Dam project.