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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Morrison    
First Name(s)  John    
Entry  Soldier and adventurer in the second half of the 18th century : at first in the E. I. Co.'s service : arrived in Bengal, 1768, as a Major in the Company's forces. In 1769 the idea came to him of re-establishing Shah Alam on his throne : about two years after resigned his post under the Company, 1771 : about 1772 he entered Shah Alam's service, and received from him the titles of General and C. in C. of the Great Mogul's forces, and "" Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary"" to George III : went to England, empowered by the Great Mogul to lay before Government his proposal to invest the King of England with the absolute sovereignty of the Kingdom of Bengal, and the provinces of Bihar and Orissa, in exchange for a body of British troops to defend his throne at Delhi : to press home this scheme, Morrison wrote his Tract on The Advantages of an Alliance with the Great Mogul, published in 1774    
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