Life of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone (Paperback)

Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779 1859) was appointed through family influence to the East India Company, and arrived in India in 1796. He learnt Persian, and developed an interest in Indian literature and politics. After postings in Afghanistan and Poona he became Governor in 1819 of the recently acquired territory that became known as the Bombay Presidency. His biographer also had connections to India. Thomas Edward Colebrooke (1813 1890) was the son of British administrator and Sanskrit scholar Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765 1837), and although he lived in England and served as an M. P., Colebrooke remained interested in colonial affairs. He had written about Elphinstone's life in 1861 for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and subsequently expanded his work into these two volumes, published in 1884. Volume 1 examines Elphinstone's childhood, education and early career, covering the period up to 1817.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Life of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	February 2011
Authors:	Thomas Edward Colebrooke
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	418
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-09722-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	1-108-09722-7
Barcode:	9781108097222

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