John Coatman, CIE, (1889–1963) was director of public information for the Indian Police Service and the British government in India. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1929 and was a member of the secretariat during the first Round Table Conference (November 1930 – January 1931). His writing promoted the benefits of the British Empire.
Report of the administration of Lord Reading, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1921–1926: General summary, Government of India Press, Simla, 1927.The Indian Riddle: A solution suggested, Humphrey Toulmin, London, 1932.Years of Destiny India 1926–1932, 1932.Magna Britannia, Jonathan Cape, London, 1936.India the Road to Self Government, George Allen & Unwin, 1941.The British Family of Nations, George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1950.Volkerfamilie commonwealth: die verwirklichung eines politischen ideals, Deutsch Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1950.Police, Oxford University Press, 1959. (Home University Library of Modern Knowledge)Eric Charles Handyside, C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Police, Tunbridge Wells, c. 1962. 
