George Bruce Malleson

Malleson in 1895

Colonel George Bruce Malleson CSI (8 May 1825 – 1 March 1898) was a Bengal Army officer and historian.

Biography

George Bruce Malleson was born on 8 May 1825 in Wimbledon, London, the son of John Malleson. Educated at Wimbledon and Winchester, he obtained a cadetship in the Bengal Army's Bengal Native Infantry in 1842, and served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War. His subsequent appointments were in the civil line, the last being that of guardian to the young maharaja of Mysore Chamarajendra Wadiyar X from 1869 to 1877. He retired from the military at the rank of colonel in 1877, having been created C.S.I. in the 1872 Birthday Honours.[1][2]

He was a prolific writer, his first work to attract attention being the famous Red Pamphlet, published at Calcutta in 1857, when the Sepoy Mutiny was at its height.[3] He continued, and considerably rewrote the History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-8 (6 vols., 1878–1880), which was begun but left unfinished by Sir John Kaye. Among his other books the most valuable are History of the French in India (2nd ed., 1893) and The Decisive Battles of India (3rd ed., 1888).[4][2]

He authored the biographies of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, the French governor-general Dupleix[5] and the British officer Robert Clive for the Rulers of India series.[6]

He died at 27 West Cromwell Road, London, on 1 March 1898.[2]

Works

References

  1. ↑ Chisholm 1911, pp. 490–491.
  2. 1 2 3 Lloyd 1901.
  3. ↑ Raugh, Harold E. (2016). "The Battle of the Books: An Indian Mutiny Historiography Part One". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 94 (380): 294–313. ISSN 0037-9700 – via JSTOR.
  4. ↑ Chisholm 1911, p. 491.
  5. ↑ H. P. (1891). "Akbar (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson; Dupleix by G. B. Malleson". Revue Historique. 47 (2): 387–393. JSTOR 40938228.
  6. ↑ H. P. (1895). "Lord Clive, (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson". Revue Historique. 59 (2): 404–408. JSTOR 40939319.
  7. ↑ History of Afghanistan: Official Text-Book for the Examination of Military Officers in Interpretership Pushtu. World Digital Library, 13 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Review of Ambushes and Surprises by Col. G. B. Malleson". The Athenaeum (3017): 231. 22 August 1885.

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