John Malcolm Politician

Major-general Sir John Malcolm GCB, KLS (2 May 1769 – 30 May 1833) was a Scottish soldier, diplomat, East India Company administrator, statesman, and historian.

Personal facts

John Malcolm
Birth dateMay 02, 1769
Birth place
Scotland , Dumfriesshire , Burnfoot Dumfries and Galloway
Nationality
British people
Date of deathMay 30, 1833
Place of death
England , London

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Office holder

military operations
Battle of Mahidpur
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
governor general
military branch
Madras Army
military rank
Major-general (United Kingdom)
monarch
George IV of the United Kingdom
William IV of the United Kingdom
service end1833
service start1782
successor
John FitzGibbon 2nd Earl of Clare

John Malcolm on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.birlinn.co.uk/Malcolm.html
  2. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/malcolm_john.htm
  3. https://archive.org/details/lifeandcorrespo06kayegoog
  4. https://archive.org/details/lifecorresponden01kaye