The British in India: A Social History of the Raj

2228 Pages·2018·37 MB·English

by  David Gilmour

Humphrey Trevelyan, Political Agent in central India, greets Bhawani Singh, the young Maharaja of
Chhatarpur, at the latter’s investiture in 1942.

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A Note About the Author
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To Ramachandra Guha and Sujata Keshavan
– and of course for Sarah
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece: Humphrey Trevelyan meets the Maharaja of Chhatarpur, 1942 (©
British Library Board/Bridgeman)
  1. The ‘Earl of Abergavenny’, by Thomas Luny (© British Library
Board/Bridgeman)
  2. Madras Landing, by C. Hunt (© National Maritime Museum)
  3. Steamers in the Suez Canal (Hudson Collection, CSAS)
  4. Calcutta: Government House and the Esplanade (private collection)
  5. Old Court House Street, Calcutta, c. 1865 (Samuel Bourne/Hulton
Archive/Getty)
  6. The Residency, Bangalore (private collection)
  7. The Mall, Simla (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
  8. Christ Church, Lucknow (private collection)
  9. Victoria Terminus, Bombay (Courtesy of Special Collections, University of
Houston Libraries)
10. James Skinner, by Ghulam Husayn Khan (© British Library
Board/Bridgeman)
11. Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, by Robert Home (© British Library
Board/Bridgeman)
12. Sir Charles Trevelyan, by John Fonceca (© British Library
Board/Bridgeman)
13. Sir James Rivett-Carnac, by Henry Pickersgill (© British Library
Board/Bridgeman)
14. Lockwood Kipling with his son Rudyard (© National Trust/Charles Thomas)
15. John Beames, 1858 (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
16. Sir Alfred Lyall (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
17. Sir Harcourt Butler (private collection)
18. 19th Lancers – officers and staff, 1874 (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
19. General Roberts and friends (Lady Stokes Papers, CSAS)
20. Officers of the 40th Pathans near Quetta (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
21. Regimental Mess of the 32nd Sikh Pioneers, Ambala (© British Library
Board/Bridgeman)
22. The Barracks: ‘Daily Means of Occupation and Amusements’ (© British
Library Board/Bridgeman)
23. Emily Eden, by Simon Rochard, August 1835 (© National Portrait Gallery)
24. Frances Johnson, née Croke, by Thomas Hickey, c. 1784 (© Matthew
Hollow Photography/Government Art Collection)
25. Lady Canning, by Henry Hering, c. 1860 (© National Portrait Gallery)
26. Lady Dufferin, 1880s (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
27. J. J. Cotton in Madras (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
28. ‘Farewell to Waltair’ (D’Arcy Waters Papers, CSAS)
29. Railway engineer and his staff (Bourne Papers, CSAS)
30. Engineer and his staff with their inspection carriage (Bourne Papers, CSAS)
31. Bridge-building on the Godaveri (Bourne Papers, CSAS)
32. The conservator of forests on tour (Walker Papers, CSAS)
33. Jungle wallah with elephants (Walker Papers, CSAS)
34. ‘The way we learn Burmese’ (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
35. The west front of The Grange (Lady Stokes Papers, CSAS)
36. Entrance hall of The Grange (Lady Stokes Papers, CSAS)
37. Lady Stokes on the verandah (Lady Stokes Papers, CSAS)
38. The Residency, Rajkot (private collection)
39. A houseboat in Kashmir (Wildeblood Papers, CSAS)
40. Jungle wallah’s house, Burma (Walker Papers, CSAS)
41. Baba with dandy-wallahs (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
42. Bathtime with ayah (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
43. ‘Donald’ on his pony (Mcleod Papers, CSAS)
44. Boys with their dogs (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
45. The Watson-Field wedding (private collection)
46. The Urquhart-Condon wedding (private collection)
47. Shah Alam II and Robert Clive (private collection)
48. Major William Palmer and his Indian family, by Johann Zoffany (© British
Library Board/Bridgeman)
49. Missionary picnic, Bangalore (Album of Revd Robert Ellis © British Library
Board/Bridgeman)
50. The evening drive (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
51. Outdoor meal, 1882 (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
52. Tea party in Calcutta, c. 1890 (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
53. Members of the Nilgiri Ladies Club (Lady Stokes Papers, CSAS)
54. Picnic of the Nilgiri Ladies Club (Lady Stokes Papers, CSAS)
55. A regatta at Naini Tal (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
56. Cricket at Naini Tal (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
57. Colonel Cotterell putting (Hudson papers, CSAS)
58. Charles Watson with dogs and ponies (private collection)
59. Polo players in Burma (Crosfield Papers, CSAS)
60. Winston Churchill and other polo players (© Imperial War Museum, Elihu
Rose Collection)
61. Lepidopterists in Pyintha, Burma (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
62. Fishing party on the Cubbany (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
63. Snipe-shooting (Hudson Papers, CSAS)
64. The Ooty Hunt (Lady Stokes Papers, CSAS)
65. Pig-stickers (Showers Papers, CSAS)
66. A lady hunter with a blackbuck (Showers Papers, CSAS)
67. South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta (© British Library Board/Bridgeman)
68. Bungalow in Barrackpore (private collection)