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FRASER (Col. Hastings)
Memoir & Correspondence of General James Stuart Fraser of the Madras Army.
By His Son. 1st Ed., xxii+483+lxxxipp., portrait frontis., facsimile letter. Whiting & Co.
1885
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Entered Madras NI 1800: various staff appointments followed inc. ADC to Governor of Madras; Deputy Commissary in Madras Expedition to Mauritius 1810; Commandant of Pondicherry 1816 &c. In several actions at Coorg; Resident in Mysore & Chief Commissioner of Coorg; Resident of Hyderbad 1838-52 &c. in a long career spanning over fifty years. Buckland (Dictionary of Indian Biography) notes: "Joined the Madras N.I. 1800: escorted the Mysore Princes to Bengal, 1807: A.D.C. to Sir G. Barlow when Governor of Madras... Deputy Commissary in the Madras expedition to Mauritius, 1810: Military Secretary to the Governor of Madras, 1813: Commandant at Pondicherry, 1816... in several actions at Coorg... &c." Orig. dark olive green cloth, gilt, cloth rather spotted/worn o/w good sound copy & scarce. See illustration on our website.
£75
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