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Mutiny European officers of the Madras Army.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/700

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IOR/H/700
Title
Mutiny European officers of the Madras Army.
Date
1808-1810
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(1) pp. i-iii, List of Contents. (2) pp. 1-413, Enclosures in Madras Secret Letters 27th Dec. 1809, 5th Feb. and 15th April 1810, relative to the disturbances amongst the European Officers of the Madras Army, Cases of suspended officers, &c., including:-- (3) pp. 1-2, Charge against and Sentence on Lieut. Col. John Bell. (Commanding the Garrison of Seringapatam) 9th Dec. 1809. (4) pp. 5-6, Lieut.-Col. T. H. S. Conway (Adjutant-General) to A. Falconer (Chief Secretary) 22nd Dec. 1809, Decisions of Officers allowed the option between Court-martial and Dismissal; pp. 315-6, 20th March 1810, relative to Col. Doveton. (5) p. 9, List of Packet. (6) pp. 13-5, Lieut.-Col. A. Gore to Lieut.-Col. Campbell 4th May 1808, with address from Madras Officers to Lord Minto. (7) pp. 17-22, 27-30, 36-7, Major R. Barclay (Military Secretary) to Capt. W. Macpherson 2nd May to 8th June 1808. (8) Capt. W. Macpherson. pp. 23, 27, 31, 33, 37, to Major R. Barclay 16th May to 11th June 1808; pp. 34-6, to Officers Commanding Divisions 26th May 1808. (9) Lieut.-Gen. Hay Macdowall (Commander-in-Chief). pp. 23-6, to Governor Barlow -- Jan. 1809; pp. 47-9, Extract from Madras Gazette 24th Jan. 1809, Speech to the Madras European Regiment; pp. 51-2, 97-8, 109-10, 125-6, 149-51, to G. Buchan -- Jan. 1809. (10) p. 33, Lieut. Col. B. Forbes to Lieut.-Col. Campbell (33rd Foot) 30th May 1808. (11) G. Buchan (Chief Secretary). pp. 37-8, to Lieut.-Col. C. Corner 26th July 1808; pp. 40-1, to Lieut.-Col. H. Davis 22nd July 1808; pp. 63, 73-4, 93, 101-3, 113-5, 129-33, 153-8, 165, to Lieut.-Gen. Hay Macdowall 19th Dec. 1808 to 25th Jan. 1809; pp. 65-6, 75-8, to Officer Commanding the Southern Division 18th and 21st Dec. 1808; pp. 67-8, 79, to Officer Commanding in Malabar 18th and 21st Dec. 1808; p. 69, to Officer Commanding at Seringapatam 18th Dec. 1808; pp. 81-4, to Collector of Tinnevelly 21st Dec. 1808; p. 85, to Magistrate of Tellicherry 21st Dec. 1808; pp. 105-6, 121, to Lieut.-Col. A. Saintleger 16th and 17th Jan. 1809; p. 137, to Lieut.-Col. S. Gibbs (Commanding at Nunjengoode) 21st Jan. 1809; pp. 141-2, to Lieut.-Col. J. Cuppage (Commanding in Malabar) 21st Jan. 1809. (12) pp. 38-9, Lieut.-Col. C. Corner to G. Buchan 24th July 1808. (13) pp. 41-4, Lieut.-Col. H. Davis to G. Buchan, Bangalore, 25th July 1808. (14) pp. 53-60, Memorial of Officers Commanding Native Corps of the Madras Army to the Court of Directors, n.d., Injurious Insinuations by Capt. John Munro (Madras European Regiment and Quartermaster-General). (15) G. H. Barlow (Governor of Madras in Council). pp. 87-9, to Sir Thomas Maitland (Governor of Ceylon) 20th Dec. 1809; p. 117, G.O. 17th Jan. 1809, Thanks to the 6th Native Cavalry; pp. 191-2, to Secret Committee, London, 13th May 1809. (16) Lieut.-Col. A. Saintleger. pp. 110-2, to Lieut.-Gen. Macdowall 28th Dec. 1809; pp. 169-84, Case in the Madras Supreme Court of Judicature. (17) pp. 145-6, Capt. John Munro, Report on Ordnance Equipment for the Tinnevelly Detachment, Recruits for H.M.'s 59th Regt. [This appears to have nothing to do with the disturbances.] (18) pp. 161-2, S. Macdowall (Assistant Adjutant-General) to Governor Barlow 24th Jan. 1809. (19) pp. 187-8, Major John De Morgan (2nd Bat. 22nd N.I.) to Officer Commanding in Malabar and Canara 14th April 1809. (20) p. 189, J. Benny to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 8th April 1809. (21) pp. 189-90, Samuel Dyer (Garrison Surgeon, Tillicherry) to J. Benny 1st April 1809. (22) pp. 195-7, Capt. J. Grant (Commanding the Bodyguard) to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 19th March 1809. (23) pp. 199-204, Examinations of Writers in the Military Board Office. (24) pp. 207-26, Papers concerning the case of Capt. J. M. Coombs; pp. 227-38, Lord Minto's Minute on the subject -- Dec. 1809. (25) pp. 243-54, Lieut.-Col. J. Cuppage to Lord Minto 26th Jan. 1810, with Papers on his case. (26) Lieut.-Col. Robert Bell (Artillery). pp. 259-87, to the Court of Directors 13th May 1809, with Papers on his case; pp. 289-99, to Lord Minto 6th Nov. 1809, with Papers. (27) pp. 303-8, Charges against and sentence on Major Joseph Storey (1st Bat. 19th N.I.), n.d. (28) Major-Gen. F. Gowdie (Commander-in-Chief), General Orders. pp. 311-2, 20th March 1810, Suspension of Lieut. Col. J. Doveton; p. 319, 21st March 1810, Lieut.-Col. Doveton suspended; pp. 331-2, 4th April 1810, Governor's thanks to Major-Gen. Gowdie and Members of the Court-Martial (Major-Gen. Henry Warde, President). (29) pp. 323-4, Charge against and sentence on Lieut. Col. Robert Munro of the 2nd Bat. 15th N.I., 25th Oct. 1809. (30) pp. 327-8, Charge against and sentence on Major David Courtenay Kenny 23rd Oct. 1809; p. 335, Court-Martial's recommendation to mercy. (31) pp. 339-45, Capt. J. S. Lushington to Lord Minto 8th April 1810, Asking his Lordship's recommendation of his case to the Directors. (32) pp. 347-56, Major George Wahab's Memorial to Lord Minto 22nd March 1810. (33) pp. 355-73, Capt. J. de Haviland to Major-Gen. Gowdie 28th Feb. 1810, Request to be tried at the Presidency. (34) pp. 375-413, Behaviour of Capt. Thomas Sydenham in reference to the alleged misconduct of Lieut.-Col. Doveton.

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