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| Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Malcolm | | | First Name(s) | John | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Sir | | | Birth Year | 1769 | | | Death Year | 1833 | | | Entry | Son of George Malcolm : born May 2, 1769 : educated at Westerkirk : to India in the E. I. Co.'s military service, 1782 : reached Madras, 1783 : in 1792 was at the siege of Seringapatam, under Cornwallis, and appointed Persian Interpreter to the Nizam's troops : Secretary to Sir Alured Clarke (q.v.), who was C. in C, Madras, 1795-7: at the taking of the Cape : Secretary to Lord Harris (q.v.), 1797-8 : Assistant Resident at Hyderabad, 1798 : present with the Nizam's troops at the capture of Seringapatam, May 4, 1799 : Secretary, jointly with Munro, to the Commission for the Settlement of Mysore : selected by Lord Wellesley to bean Envoy to Persia, 1799-1801 : negotiated two treaties, commercial and political : on his return appointed Private Secretary to the Governor-General, Lord Wellesley, 1801-3 : sent on special mission to Bombay in 1802 : nominated Resident in Mysore, Feb. 1803 : Political Officer with General Arthur Wellesley on the outbreak of the Mahratta war, 1803 : drew up the treaties of Sirji-Anjengaum of Dec. 30, 1803, and of Burhanpur of Feb. 27, 1804 : Resident at Sindia's court, 1804, and in Mysore, 1805 : served with Lord Lake, 1805 : made the treaty of Nov. 22, 1805, with Daulat Rao Sindia, and of Dec. 24, 1805, with Jeswant Rao Holkar : sent by Lord Minto on a mission to Persia, 1808, which was foiled by French influence: deputed to deal with the mutinous Madras officers at Masulipatam : again sent to Persia, 1810 : overshadowed there by Sir Harford Jones : wrote his Political History of India, 1811 : and History of Persia, 1815 : knighted and K.C.B. in 1815 : D.C.L. at Oxford, 1816 : Political Agent to the Governor-General, and Brig-General of the army of the Dekkan in the Pindari-Mahratta war, 1817-8 : won the battle of Mahidpur, Dec. 21, 1817 : made the treaty of Mandiswar of Jan. 6, 1818, with Malhar Rao Holkar : made Baji Rao, the Peshwa, abdicate : took Asirghar, April 9, 1819 : administered Central India, including Malwa : disappointed of being Governor of Bombay, of being Governor of Bombay, or Madras, he returned to England, 1822 : made Governor of Bombay, 1827 had disputes with the Supreme Court of Bombay, the Government declining to execute the process of the Court, which Sir J. P. Grant {q.v.), then sole Judge, thereupon closed : new Judges were appointed, and Grant resigned : left India in Dec. 1830 : M.P. for Launceston, 1831-2 : began the Life of Lord Clive : wrote on the Government of India : died July 30, 1833 : his statue, by Chantrey, placed in Westminster Abbey : wrote also on Central India and Sketch of the Sikhs : he had great diplomatic experience and skill, and was very successful and influential with all classes. |
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