Ceylon 1796-1798

Richards, Robert, active 1788-1798, Secretary to Governors in Council of Bombay

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Epithet: Secretary to Governors in Council of Bombay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00006b ...

Barbut, G B, active 1778-1798, Major

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Bartholomew, John, active 1778-1798, translator

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Active in Ceylon. Epithet: translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000064 ...

Spens, J, active 1778-1798, Lieutenant Colonel

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At Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1798. Epithet: Lieutenant Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00006c ...

Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806

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A member of an old Scots-Irish family, Macartney studied at Trinity College (M.A., 1759) in Dublin. He was knighted and appointed envoy extraordinary to Russia in 1764 and, on his return, entered Parliament, becoming chief secretary for Ireland (1769-72). In 1775 he became governor of the Caribbee Islands (Grenada, the Grenadines, and Tobago), being created an Irish baron in 1776, and from 1780 to 1786 he served as governor of Madras. After being created a viscount (1792), he was sent to China t...

Harris, George, active 1778-1798, General

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At Bombay and Madras. Epithet: General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000066 ...

De Meuron, Charles Daniel, 1738-1806, General

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Epithet: General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00001a ...

Chitty, Moottian, active 1788-1798, of Jaffnapatnam, Ceylon

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Epithet: of Jaffnapatnam, Ceylon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00006e ...

Cleghorn, Hugh, 1752-1837

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1773-1788 professor of civil history at the University of St Andrews; 1788-1790 tour of Europe with the tenth earl of Home; 1795 British agent in Ceylon; 1799-1801 secretary of state in Ceylon Epithet: historian and colonial administrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00011c ...

Barnard, Andrew, active 1798-1803, Colonial Secretary at Cape of Good Hope

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Epithet: Colonial Secretary at Cape of Good Hope British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00013b ...

Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...

East India Company (active 1600-1858)

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North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827

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Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, British colonial governor and philhellene. From the description of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford manuscript material : 1 item, 1821 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 262691699 Governor of Ceylon, 1798-1805. From the description of Letters, 1799 October 26 - 1800 September 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122589667 From the description of Letters, 1804 Sept. 20 - Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Jonville, Pierre de Mervé de, active 1796-1798

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Rajasinha, Vikrama, Sri, 1780-1832, King of Kandy

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b. 1780, came to the throne 1798, deposed 1815, d. 1832. Title: King of Kandy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00006a ...

Chamur, John, active 1778-1798, of the East India Company

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Epithet: of the East India Company British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000065 ...

Glenbervie, Sylvester Douglas, Baron, 1743-1823

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Epithet: Baron Glenbervie British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000141 British politician and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "Dear Sir", [no year] Mar. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575106 ...

Clive, Edward, 1754-1839, 1st Earl of Powis, governor of Madras

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1774-1794 MP for Ludlow; 1775-1798 and 1804-1839 lord lieutenant of Shropshire; 1793 appointed to the board of agriculture; 1794 created Baron Clive of Walcot; 1797-1803 governor of Madras; 1804 created earl of Powis; 1804-1830 lord lieutenant of Montgomeryshire Epithet: governor of Madras Title: 1st Earl of Powis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0003a9 ...

Jonville, Joseph De, active 1788-1808, of the Ceylon civil service

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Ensign in the army in Corsica circa 1795. Brother of Pierre de Mervé de Jonville. Civil servant in Ceylon circa 1798-1805. Epithet: of the Ceylon civil service British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000067 ...

Agnew, Patrick Alexander, 1822-1848, Lieutenant-Colonel Adjutant-General Madras

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel Adjutant-General Madras British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00035f ...

Duncan, Jonathan, 1756-1811

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Epithet: Governor of Bombay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x00029f ...

Strange, Thomas Andrew Lumisden, 1756-1841

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Indian jurist and Recorder of Madras, 1798. From the description of Letter: Madras, to Henry Dundas, 1803 February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122581317 Epithet: Cheif Justice at Madras British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x000181 Epithet: KB, Indian jurist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002a3 ...

Rosenhagen, [Philip?], Rev., active 1796-1798, [Archdeacon of Colombo?]

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Epithet: [Archdeacon of Colombo?] British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00013d ...

Walker, A, active 1788-1798, Captain

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At Bombay, 1798. Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00006d ...

Kindersley, W, active 1778-1798, at Madras

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Signs a document on behalf of the Carnatic Bank, 1799. Responds to a request of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, for Tamil literature & translations. Epithet: at Madras British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000068 ...

Page, William, active 1778-1798, Governor in Council of Bombay

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Epithet: Governor in Council of Bombay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000069 ...

Chitty, Waytialinga, active 1778-1798

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Involved in Ceylon pearl fishery, circa 1798 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x00006f ...