Madeira Lying off the coast of Africa and under Portuguese rule (a longstanding ally of Britain), Madeira was in an ideal position for ships heading…
The Child family’s interest in East India Company sea trade was carried forward through their investment in shipping. Company ships were instrumental in the network…
Three generations of the Child family at Osterley, much like the Taylor brothers who are illustrated left, were intimately involved in the East India Company….
When returning to England, how did East India Company officials and their families marry the England they imagined to that they were greeted with? For…
India Goods & The Importance of Kerse Yet where in this story of interior decoration are the exotic Asian goods that exist at Aske Hall…
On 7 April 1978 Dr Nandy wrote to the 9th Baronet to introduce himself as the biographer of his ancestor, Cantoo Baboo, and the two…
From his first purchase of property (the produce of a jack fruit tree) in 1742 at the age of 22, Cantu (“brought up in a…
“A Banyan is a person…by whom the English gentlemen in general conduct all their business. He is interpreter, head book-keeper, head secretary, head broker, the…
Francis Sykes (1730-1804) arrived in India for the second and last time with Robert Clive on 3 May 1765 after a tedious eleven month voyage. …
The Russell family purchased Swallowfield Park in the mid 1820s. By 1826 they had begun to renovate the house. This section gives an overview of…
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