See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• MALCOLM
• SIR JOHN MALCOLM (1769-1833)

MALCOLM (1769-1833)  , Anglo-See also:

• INDIAN

Indian soldier, diplomatist, See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Burnfoot on the Esk, near See also:

• LANGHOLM

Langholm, See also:

• DUMFRIESSHIRE

Dumfriesshire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, on the 2nd of May 1769 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a humble See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, but three of his sons attained the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve he received a cadetship in the Indian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and in See also:

• APRIL

April 1783 he landed at See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, shortly afterwards joining his See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment at Veilore . In 1792, having for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time devoted himself to the study of See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, he was appointed to the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS
• CORNWALLIS, SIR WILLIAM (1744-1819)

Cornwallis as Persian interpreter, but two years afterwards was compelled by See also:

• ILL

ill See also:

• HEALTH

health to leave for See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . On his return to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in 1796 he became military secretary to See also:

• SIR

Sir Alured See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke, See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief at Madras, and afterwards to his successor See also:

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

General See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris; and in 1798 he was appointed by Lord See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley assistant to the See also:

• RESIDENT

resident at See also:

• HYDERABAD, HAIDARABAD
• HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD

Hyderabad . In the last-mentioned capacity he highly distinguished himself by the manner in which he gave effect to the difficult measure of disbanding the See also:

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

French See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps in the pay of the See also:

• NIZAM

nizam . In 1799, under the walls of See also:

• SERINGAPATAM, or SRIRANGAPATANA

Seringapatam, began his intimacy with See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel ArthurWellesley, which in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time ripened into a See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long friendship . In the course of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he acted as first secretary to the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission appointed to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle the See also:

• MYSORE

Mysore 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, and before its See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close he was appointed by Lord Wellesley to proceed as See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia for the purpose of counteracting the policy of the French by inducing that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance . Arriving at See also:

• TEHERAN
• TEHERAN (more properly TEHRAN)

Teheran in . See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 'Soo, he was successful in negotiating favourable See also:

• TREATIES

treaties, both See also:

• POLITICAL

political and commercial, and returned to Bombay by way of See also:

• BAGDAD, or BAGHDAD

Bagdad in May 18o' . He now for some time held the See also:

• INTERIM

interim See also:

• POST

post of private secretary to Lord Wellesley, and in 1803 was appointed to the Mysore residency . At the close of the Mahratta See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, in 1804, and again in 1805, he negotiated important treaties with Sindhia and See also:

• HOLKAR

Holkar, and in 18o6, besides seeing the arrangements arising out of these alliances carried out, he directed the difficult See also:

• WORK

work of reducing the immense See also:

• BODY

body of irregular native troops .

In 18o8 he was again sent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to Persia, but circumstances prevented him from getting beyond See also:

• BUSHIRE, or BANDER BUSHIRE

Bushire; on his reappointment in 181o, he was successful indeed in procuring a favourable reception at court, but otherwise his See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy, if the See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information which he afterwards incorporated in his See also:

• WORKS

works on Persia be See also:

• LEFT

left out of See also:

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

account, was (through no See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault of his) without any substantial result . He sailed for England in 1811, and shortly after his arrival in the following year was knighted . His intervals of leisure he devoted to See also:

• LITERARY

literary work, and especially to the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of a See also:

• HISTORY

History of Persia, which was published in two See also:

• QUARTO

quarto volumes in 1815 . On his return to India in 1817 he was appointed by Lord Moira his political See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent in the See also:

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

Deccan, with eligibility for military command; as brigadier-general under Sir T . Hislop he took a distinguished See also:

• PART

part in the victory of See also:

• MEHIDPUR, or MAFIIDPUR

Mehidpur (December 21, 1817), as also in the subsequent work of following up the fugitives, determining the conditions of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and settling the country . In 1821 he returned oncemore to England, where he remained until 1827, when he was appointed See also:

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

governor of Bombay . His See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in this See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was directed to the promotion of various economical reforms and useful administrative See also:

• MEASURES

measures . Leaving India for the last time in 183o, he shortly after his arrival in England entered See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as member for See also:

• LAUNCESTON

Launceston, and was an active opponent of the Reform See also:

• BILL

Bill . He died of See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis on the 3oth of May 1833 . Besides the work mentioned above, Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MALCOLM
• MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

Malcolm published See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch of the Political History of India since . . . 1784 (in 1811 and 1826) ; Sketch of the Sikhs (1812) ; Observations on the Disturbances in the Madras Army in' floc) (1812) ; Persia, a Poem, See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous (1814) ; A Memoir of Central India (2 vols., 1823) ; and Sketches of Persia, anonymous (1827) .

A See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous work, Life of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert, Lord See also:

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

Clive, appeared in 1836 . See Life and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of Sir John Malcolm, by J . W . See also:

• KAYE, SIR JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1876)

Kaye (2 vols .. 1856) .