See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• JOSEPH FRANCOIS DUPLEIX (1697-1763)

DUPLEIX (1697-1763)  , See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• RIVAL

rival of See also:

• CLIVE, CAROLINE (1801-1873)
• CLIVE, CATHERINE [KITTY] (1711-1785)
• CLIVE, ROBERT CLIVE, BARON (1725-1774)

Clive (q.v.), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Landrecies, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1697 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• DUPLEIX, JOSEPH FRANCOIS (1697-1763)

Dupleix, a wealthy See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer-general, wished to bring him up as a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, and, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to distract him from his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, sent him on a voyage to India in 1715 on one of the French See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's vessels . He made several voyages to See also:

• AMERICA

America and India, and in 1720 was named a member of the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council at See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry . He displayed great business aptitude, and, in addition to his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official duties, made large ventures on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, and acquired a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . In 1730 he was made See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of French affairs in See also:

• CHANDERNAGORE

Chandernagore, the See also:

• TOWN

town prospering under his energetic See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and growing into great importance . His reputation procured him in 1742 the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of governor-general of all French establishments in India . His ambition now was to acquire for France vast territories in India; and for this purpose he entered into relations with the native princes, and adopted a See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental splendour in his See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress and surroundings . The See also:

• BRITISH

British took the alarm . But the danger to their settlements and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power was partly averted by the See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter mutual See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy which existed between Dupleix and La Bourdonnais, French governor of the isle of See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon . When See also:

• MADRAS

Madras capitulated to the French in 1764, Dupleix opposed the restoration of the town to the British, thus violating the treaty signed by La Bourdonnais . He then sent an expedition against Fort St See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David (1747), which was defeated on its See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march by the See also:

• NAWAB

nawab of See also:

• ARCOT

Arcot, the ally of the British . Dupleix succeeded in gaining over the nawab, and again attempted the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Fort St David, but unsuccessfully .

A midnight attack on See also:

• CUDDALORE

Cuddalore was repulsed with great loss . In 1748 Pondicherry was besieged by the British; but in the course of the operations See also:

• NEWS

news arrived of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace concluded between the French and the British at See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle . Dupleix next entered into negotiations which had for their See also:

• OBJECT

object the subjugation of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern India, and he sent a large See also:

• BODY

body of troops to the aid of two claimants of the See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty of the Varnatic and the See also:

• DECCAN (Sans. Dakshina, " the South ")

Deccan . The British were engaged on ire See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of their rivals . After temporary successes the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme failed . Dupleix was a great organizer, but did notpossess the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for command in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field that was shown by Clive . The conflicts between the French and the British in India continued till 1754, when the French See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, anxious to make peace, sent out to India a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner with orders to supersede Dupleix and, if necessary, to See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest him . These orders were carried out with needless harshness, what survived of Dupleix's See also:

• WORK

work was ruined at a See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow, and he himself was compelled to embark for France on the 12th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1754 . He had spent his private fortune in the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of his public policy; the company refused to acknowledge the See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation; and the government would do nothing for a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man whom they persisted in regarding as an ambitious and greedy adventurer . The greatest of French colonial See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors died in obscurity and want on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1763 . In 1741 he had married Jeanne See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert, widow of one of the councillors of the company, a woman of strong See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect, known to the See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus as See also:

• JOANNA (1479-1555)

Joanna Begum, who proved of great use to her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband in his negotiations with the native princes . She died in 1756, and two years later he married again .

See Tibulle Hamont, Dupleix, d'apres sa correspondance inedite See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1881); H . Castonnet, Dupleix, ses expeditions et ses projets Paris, 1888) and La Chute de Dupleix (See also:

• ANGERS

Angers, 1888) ; G . B . See also:

• MALLESON, GEORGE BRUCE (1825-1898)

Malleson, Dupleix (Rulers of India See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, 189o) ; and E . See also:

• GUERIN, JEAN BAPTISTE PAULIN (1783-1855)
• GUERIN, PIERRE NARCISSE, BARON (1774-1833)

Guerin, Dupleix (1908) .