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Auteur(s) : Tritton, Alan (1931-....) Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Scotland and the Indian empire [Texte imprimé] : politics, scholarship and the military in making British India / Alan Tritton

Publication : London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-215 p.-[16] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 24 cm

Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [207]-208. Glossaire. Index
"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."

Sujet(s) : Baillie, John (1772-1833) Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Edmonstone, Neil (1765-1841) Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Écossais -- Inde -- 19e siècle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Inde -- 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique) Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet