Alan Tritton

Scotland and the Indian Empire (eBook, ePUB)

Politics, Scholarship and the Military in Making British India

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the story of two Scotsmen, Baillie and Edmonstone, who went out to India in 1782 and 1791 respectively, to earn their fortune. Neil Edmonstone rose through the ranks to be appointed the Acting Governor-General of India, Secretary of the Secret, Foreign and Political Department and for more than 20 years the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Company. John Baillie was appointed the Political Agent, aged 30, for Bundelkhand, which he brought successfully under British control, before his appointment as British Resident at Lucknow in 1807.

Both men had no less than 21 Anglo-Scottish and Scottish-Indian children, 9 of whom were all sent back to Inverness in Scotland to be educated and brought up by John's sister Margaret Baillie. This book tells us their stories as well as those of their parents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786726551
• Artikelnr.: 57982473

Autorenporträt

Alan Tritton is Vice-President and Member of Council of the Royal Geographical Society. He lives in Essex in the UK.