Memories of Madras / by Sir Charles Lawson.

  • Sir Charles Lawson
Date:
1905
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Credit: Memories of Madras / by Sir Charles Lawson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as Collector, deficiency of re- venue, 195 ; recalled to Madras, 196 ; services dispensed with, pension refused by Court of Directors, 197 ; starts a cross- ing opposite India House, Direc- tors indignant but impotent, 198 ; public sympathy aroused, 199 ; pension granted, revela- tion of his fortune, associated with establishment of Oriental Club, 200 ; member of Com- mittee Marine Society, portrait, 201 ; death, bequests, 202, 203, 204 ; buried at Charlton, 204. Sadleir, James : member of the Madras Council, insulted by Lord Macartney, 84 ; duel that ensued, 85, 86, 87. Smith, General : member of Mili- tary Committee, Madras, ob- jects to Colonel Wood’s applica- tion for sick leave, 226 ; also to having been himself summoned to Madras, 229 ; gives qualified evidence against Colonel Wood, 231 ; Government censured by Directors for not consulting him, 235- Stanhope, Earls : descendants of Governor Pitt, 49 ; decease of sixth Earl, his interest in that ancestor’s portrait, 49 n. Staunton, Sir George Leonard ; deputed to arrest General Stuart, 77 ; birth, graduates as M.D., goes to Grenada, farewell letter from Dr. Johnson, 161 ; becomes Attorney - General, taken prisoner to France, re- lease effected, 162 ; accompa- nies Lord Macartney to Madras, proceeds to Calcutta, returns to Madras, 163 ; proceeds to Se- ringapatam, 164 ; negotiates peace with Tippoo, returns to Madras and England, 165 ; pensioned, created a Baronet, accompanies Lord Macartney to China, returns home, death, buried in Westminster Abbey, 167 ; epitaph, portrait, son, 167 ; baronetcy extinct, 168. Staunton, Sir George (the younger) : succeeds to baro- netcy, accompanies Lord Mac- artney to China, enters Parlia- ment, 167 ; distinguished Ori- entalist, writes memoir of his father, 168. Stuart, Major - General James ; succeeds to command of Coast Army, 74 ; held in poor esteem by Lord Macartney, removed from command, 75 ; arrested and deported, 76 ; duel with Lord Macartney, 77 ; obtains command of regiment, death, 78. T Tippoo, Sultan : invades Travan- core, successes over General Medows, 115 ; concludes peace of Seringapatam, 116; appre- ciation of Lady Oakeley’s kind- ness to his sons, 119 ; fall of Seringapatam, 138 ; his stan- dard conveyed to ^Madras, 139 ; Lord iMornington’s description of him, 141 ; a French view of his career, 301, 302 app. Townshend, Audrey, Viscountess : daughter of Governor Harrison, her marriage, inherits father’s property, supposed original of characters in fiction, obituary notice, 62 ; .bequests, 63. Townshend, Sixth iMarquis : de- scended from Governor Harri- son, estates, 64 ; compulsory sale of heirlooms, including Governor’s portrait, 65. W Wathen, i\lr. James ; dissent from Mrs. Graham’s opinion of jMa- dras society, 269 ; his own treatment there, 270 ; attends service at Fort Church, obser- vations of local characteristics, 271 ; leaves with regret, 272. Webbe, Josiah : first Chief Secre- tary to Government, iNladras, arrival in iMadras, rapid promo- tion, 174 ; confidence reposed in him by General Harris, first
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