Scotland and the Indian Empire: Politics, Scholarship and the Military in Making British India

Scotland and the Indian Empire: Politics, Scholarship and the Military in Making British India

Alan Tritton
Our Price:  £8.99
List Price:  £35.00
Saving Of:  74%

Availability:  

  

In stock

Author:  Alan Tritton
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  232
Publisher:  Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year:  2019
ISBN:  9781788318099

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.

You may also like
Industry, Empire and Unrest: Scotland, 1790-1880
Iain Hutchison
Condition: New
£80.00   £14.95

Iain Hutchison's book traces the major developments in a particularly turbulent phase ofScottish history.


Making Make-Believe Real: Politics as Theater in Shakespeare's Time
Garry Wills
Condition: New
£15.34   £3.99

A penetrating study of the images, symbols, pageants, and creative performances ambitious Elizabethans used to secure political power Shakespeare's plays abound with kings and leaders who crave a public stage and seize every opportunity to mak


The Making of Miracles in Indian States: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Gujarat
M. Govinda Rao
Condition: New
£22.99

The Making of Miracles in Indian States studies three Indian states at very different levels of development, all of which grew in excess of 8% per year for a decade in the 21st century: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Gujarat.