Malcolm : soldier, diplomat, ideologue of British India : the life of Sir John Malcolm (1769-1983) / John Malcolm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malcolm, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Malcolm, John, 1769-1833.

Malcolm, John.

Diplomats--India--Biography.

Diplomats.

Soldiers.

India.

Scotland.

Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography.

Great Britain.

Colonial administrators--India--Biography.

Colonial administrators.

Soldiers--Scotland--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 641 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : John Donald, 2014.

Summary:

Highly regarded in India to this day, Sir John Malcolm is remarkably little known in his native Scotland. This book describes his extraordinary journey from humble origins to become a leading player in the transformation of the East India Company from a largely commercial enterprise into an agent of imperial government, during a crucial period of British and Indian political history. Born in 1769, Malcolm was one of 17 children of a tenant farmer in the Scottish Borders. Leaving school, family, and country at the age of 13, he achieved distinction in India over the next half-century. A quintessential Renaissance man, he excelled in many fields: as a professional soldier he campaigned with Wellington in south India and rose to major-general; as an administrator, he pacified central India and later became governor of Bombay. He led three company missions to Persia in the early stages of the Great Game of diplomatic rivalry between Britain and Russia. He was fluent in several languages and wrote nine influential books, including The History of Persia . Based on extensive research in Britain and India, this biography brings to life the story of a talented and ambitious man living in a dramatic era of imperial history.

Contents:

Part 1 Scotsman

1 Eskdale Childhood, 1769-1782 9

Part 2 Soldier

2 The Madras Army, 1783-1794 21

3 Britain, The Cape and Madras, 1794-1798 35

4 Hyderabad, 1798 53

5 Mysore, 1799 77

Part 3 Diplomat

6 Envoy to Persia, 1799 91

7 The First Persian Mission, 1800-1801 99

8 Private Secretary - 'Send Malcolm', 1801-1802 125

9 Private Secretary - Scandal in Hyderabad 133

10 Private Secretary - Lord Wellesley's Factotum, 1801-1802 141

11 Private Secretary - The College of Fort William, 1801-1802 153

12 The Mahrattas - Peace and War, 1803 159

13 The Mahrattas - Scindiah, 1804 177

14 The End of the Weilesley Era, 1805 195

15 The Mahrattas, 1805-1807 215

16 Mysore - Love and Marriage, 1807-1808 233

17 The Second Persian Mission, 1808 245

18 Mutiny at Masulipatam, 1805 271

19 The Third Persian Mission, 1810 287

20 Baghdad and Back, 1810 309

21 Persian Postscript, 1811-1833 323

Part 4 Author

22 Bombay, 1811 333

23 England - Family, Career and the Literary World, 1812-1816 339

Part 5 Proconsul

24 India - Shuttle Diplomacy, 1817 367

25 India-War, 1817-1818 385

26 India - Surrender of the Peshwah, 1818 401

27 India - Ruler of Central India, 1818-1821 415

Part 6 Ideologue

28 Civil Governance - Three Scots in Western India 441

29 England - Country Gentleman, 1822-1827 457

30 Governor of Bombay - Events, 1827-1830 487

31 Governor of Bombay - Quarrel with the Judges 517

32 England - East Days, 1831-1833 527.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1906566739

OCLC:

879627554

Publisher Number:

99958905607