Dalrymple, William. “The original corporate raiders”. Guardian Weekly, 20 Mar. 2015, pp. 26-9.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mariana Starke | Her father, Richard Starke
, a reader with the East India Company
, had been deputy director of Fort St George at Madras, then of Fort St David at Cuddalore, where he was... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Anne Barker | George Barker
was ordered back to Calcutta almost as soon as the couple had reached Simla. (The switch of British power in India, from the East India Company
to the Crown, was causing re-organization... |
| Residence | Charlotte Lennox | All her life CL
moved frequently from one lodging to another (lodging which often consisted of a room in someone else's house). During the productive 1750s she moved house at least nine times, in or... |
| Textual Features | Eva Mary Bell | This follows the fortunes of George Thomas
(1756-1802), an actual historical figure from Tipperary, who deserted from the British navy in Madras at the age of about fifteen and became a soldier of fortune or... |
| Textual Production | Catherine Marsh | CM
marked with a pamphlet, England's Sins and India's Martyrs, the Day of Humiliation set aside by the British government for prayer and fasting in response to the Indian Rebellion (or Mutiny) against... |
| Travel | Frances Isabella Duberly | Five hundred volumes had been supplied by the East India Company
for reading-matter for the soldiers. They took ten days to reach the Cape de Verde Islands, then on 17 November stopped briefly in... |
Timeline
1769-70: Bengal suffered famine, exacerbated by compulsory...
National or international item
1769-70
Bengal suffered famine, exacerbated by compulsory purchase of British goods and the throwing out of work of local artisans. Its onset coincided with a serious threat to British power there by forces from the Sultanate...
15 July 1772: The East India Company, whose steady stream...
Building item
15 July 1772
The East India Company
, whose steady stream of wealth coming out of India had diminished in the face of famine and suppression of local industry, asked the Bank of England
for a bailout loan £400,000.
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