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Honourable Company: A History of The English East India Company

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by John Keay


  Fort William, see Calcutta

  Fort York, see Benkulen

  Fox, Charles James, 270, 389-90, 419

  Francis, Philip, 386-7, 388, 399, 403, 404, 405, 407-8

  French East India Company, see Compagnie des Indes

  Fryer, Dr John, 130, 132, 133, 135, 137

  Fukuoka, 57

  Fullerton, Lieutenant, 242

  Fulta, 303, 305, 306, 307

  Fur trade, 432-5

  Furber, H., 235, 251, 420

  Fursland, President, 105

  Gang-i-Sawai, 186, 187

  Garraway, Sir Henry, 26

  Gary, Captain Henry, 133-4, 136, 139, 140

  Gayer, Sir John, 183-4, 187, 189-92, 212-13

  General Court, see Court of Proprietors

  General Society, see ‘New Company’

  George I, King, 226

  George II, King, 336

  George III, King, 379, 390

  Gheriah (Vijayadrug), 260-1, 264, 267-9, 294

  Gilolo Passage, 357

  Globe, 61-4, 102

  Goa, 72, 76, 94, 102, 108, 123

  Goa, Convention of, 108, 117, 121, 122, 131

  Goddard, Colonel Thomas, 407, 413

  Godolphin’s Award, 212

  Golconda (Hyderabad), 61, 67, 68, 189, 194, 200, 214, 243-4

  Goldsborough, Sir John, 165, 166, 173

  Gombroon, 105-7, 116, 124, 128, 139, 251, 344

  Grant, Captain, 301, 303

  Grantham, Sir Thomas, 139-40, 142

  Greenberg, Michael, 454

  Grenville, Lord, 368

  Griffin, Captain Thomas, 283-4

  Gujarat, 73-4, 79, 94, 115-18, 142, 184; see also Surat, Ahmadabad, Baroda etc.

  Gunung Api, 44

  Gwadar, 103

  Gwalior, Scindias of, 402, 404, 406, 407-8, 413, 415

  Gyfford, Mrs Katherine, 251-3, 255-9, 263, 273

  Gyfford, William, 251-3

  ‘Hadah’, 93, 94

  Hainan Island, 354

  Haiphong, 197

  Hakluyt, Richard, 11

  Hamilton, Captain Alexander, 69, 132, 133, 143, 144, 145, 146, 176, 194, 196-7, 206, 210, 223, 253-4, 449

  Hamilton, Dr William, 227, 228, 229

  Hand, John, 175, 176

  Hanoi, 197

  Harihapur, 68

  Harlow, V. T., 377

  Harrington, 264

  Harrison, Edward, 243-4

  Harvey, John, 256-7

  Hastings, Warren, 153, 169, 306, 321, 365, 370-2, 382, 385-8, 394-420, 421-6

  Hawkins, William, 74-80, 85-9, 100, 122

  Hayes, Captain Robert, 47

  Heath, Captain William, 161-4, 205-7

  Hector, 15-26, 20, 22-4, 32, 34, 41, 74-7, 85, 89, 90

  Hedges, Robert, 230

  Hedges, William, 149-53, 171, 172, 173

  Hijili Island, 157-8, 159, 303, 320

  Hippon, Anthony, 63 Hirado, 55-60, 64-6

  Hokkaido, 59

  Holland, 4, 5, 10, 11-13, 31-4, 36-7, 40, 50-1, 53-4, 65, 106-7, 125, 126;

  see also Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Anglo-Dutch Treaty of Defence

  Holwell, John Zephaniah, 301, 303-4, 306, 379

  Hong Kong, 198, 333, 357-8, 455-6

  Honshu, 57, 59

  Hope, Ensign, 337, 338

  Hopewell, 38, 195, 196, 211

  Hormuz, 76, 94, 103, 104-7, 125

  Hosiander, 64, 97

  Hudson, Henry, 9, 59

  Hudson, Richard, 59

  Hué, 425, 427-8

  Hughes, Sir Edward, 411, 414, 416

  Hughli, 124, 142, 149, 152, 154-5, 159, 167, 171, 192, 223, 309, 320

  Hughli River, 130, 154-6, 161, 164-5, 236, 302, 307, 312-15, 414

  Hume, Alexander, 238, 239

  Hunt, Richard, 43

  Hunter, Sir William, 128, 154, 165-6, 170, 181, 383

  Hyder Ali of Mysore, 343, 381, 389, 401, 407, 410-15, 416

  Hyderabad, Nizams of, 243, 244, 286, 288, 289, 291, 342, 401, 407, 410-11

  Imhoff, Marian (Mrs Warren Hastings), 399

  India Act 1784, 390-1, 393, 435

  ‘Indian Mutiny’, 392

  Indigo trade, 98, 99

  Indore, Holkars of, 402

  Interlopers, 144, 151, 171-7, 180, 199-200, 237-8;

  see also Michelborne, Pitt etc.

  Irrawaddy, 333

  Isfahan, 103, 104, 124

  Ives, Surgeon Edward, 256, 269, 295, 305, 307, 311, 313, 314

  Iyeyasu, Shogun of Japan, 53, 55, 58, 65

  Jakarta, 20, 45; see also Batavia

  James I, King, 4, 19, 24-5, 39, 41, 43, 57-8, 76, 93, 99, 103, 120

  James II, King, 131, 177, 178, 202

  James, Sir William, 265-9, 311, 353, 380, 390

  Jamestown, Saint Helena, 129

  Japan, 13, 53-60, 64-6, 196, 197-8, 199, 436

  Jardine, William, 455

  Jardine Matheson & Co., 434, 454, 455-6

  Jasbir Singh, A. K., 424

  Jask, 103, 104

  Java, 7, 10, 19-21, 29-32, 53, 358, 446-9, 453;

  see also Bantam, Batavia etc

  Jeffreys, Judge, 175

  Jehangir, Moghul Emperor, 78-80, 86, 89, 95-6, 99-102

  Jenkins, Captain Robert, 264-5, 271

  Jenkins’ Ear, War of, 271, 333

  Jenny, 426-8

  Johnstone, John, 376, 379, 382-3, 387

  Johore, 448

  Joint Stock, First, 99, 113

  Second, 99, 111, 113

  Third, 113-14

  Fourth, 127

  United, 124, 127

  Jolly, Dr, 243

  Jolo Island, 354

  Jones, Captain Jasper, 298

  Jones, Sir William, 422

  Joseph, Benjamin, 102

  Jourdain, John, 40-6, 59, 64, 79-81, 85-9, 90, 92, 114

  Jourdain, Sulivan & de Souza, Co., see Madras Association

  Kabaena, 36

  Kanchipuram, 417

  Kandahar, 127

  Kanhoji Angrey, 257-64

  Kara Sea, 9

  Karikal, 275, 287

  Karwar, 251, 253-4, 256-7

  Kasimbazar, 149, 151-2, 167, 192, 294, 300

  Katwa, 317

  Keating, Colonel Thomas, 404

  Kedah, 357, 360, 429, 444

  Kedah, Sultan of, 361, 444-5

  Keeling, Captain William, 37, 39, 40, 60, 74-6, 99, 102

  Kegwin, Captain Richard, 137-40

  Kent, 307, 313-14

  Kerala, 410

  Khan Dauran, 226-8

  Khanderi Island, 261

  Khem Sawant, Raja of Wadi, 255

  Khwaja Sarhad, 225-9

  Kidd, Captain William, 188, 213, 256

  Killpatrick, Major James, 305, 318

  King, James, 432

  King George Sound Co., 434

  Kistna River, 245

  Knipe, Major Charles, 277, 284

  Konkan Coast, 257-69

  Kora, 400

  Kra, 200

  Krakatoa, 20

  Kyushu, 53, 55, 57

  La Bourdonnais, Bertrand-François, 276-80, 334

  Lady Hughes, 437

  Lahribandar, 103, 117

  Lally, Comte de, 339-44, 411

  Lancaster, Sir James, 10-23, 24, 29, 30, 73

  Law, Jean 315

  Lawrence, Major Stringer, 243, 284-6, 287, 290, 292, 297, 340-2, 346

  Leadenhall Street, 112, 182, 219, 363-6, 392, 421

  Levant Company, The, 11, 13, 26, 27-8, 35, 52, 151, 174

  Lhasa, 423

  Light, Captain Francis, 360-1, 429, 444

  Lindsay, Sir John, 409, 410

  Linschoten, Jan Huyghen van, 54

  Lintin Island, 456

  Lion, 107

  Lockyer, Rev. Charles, 194, 195, 211

  London, 5, 93, 357

  Lonthor, 4, 47

  Louis XIV, King, of France, 200-1

  Love, Colonel H. D., 415

  Loyal Bliss, 256

  Lucas, Sir Gervase, 13
3, 137

  Luzon, 345, 354

  Macartney, Lord George, 417-20, 435, 438, 440

  Macartney Mission 1793, 352, 435-6, 439

  Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord, 178, 317, 419

  McCluer, Captain John, 440-2, 443

  MacLean, Lauchlin, 387

  Macpherson, Sir John, 433

  Macao, 65, 108, 117, 123, 198, 206, 207, 348, 352, 433, 436, 441-2

  Macassar, 37, 41, 51, 63, 193

  Macclesfield, 208-9

  Madagascar, 15-16, 75, 95, 124, 184-8, 239, 262, 443

  Madras, 68-70, 125-6, 130, 141, 164, 178, 189, 192-6, 199, 204-5, 213-16, 223, 230, 240-5, 271-95, 338-44, 346, 381, 385, 396, 408-18

  Madras Association, 360, 396, 431

  Maharashtra, 401-8

  Mahé, 344, 410

  Malabar Coast, 94, 102, 108, 124, 251-4, 255-70, 344, 416

  Malacca, 17, 108, 123, 442-3, 446-8

  Malacca, Straits of, 17, 18, 274, 360, 446-9

  Malay Peninsula, 359-61, 447-9 Malda, 149

  Maldive Islands, 175

  Mandalay, 337

  Mangalore, Treaty of, 416, 417, 418

  Manhattan, 5, 51

  Manila, 198, 243, 345-7, 380, 445;

  see also Philippines

  Maratha Ditch, 298-9, 302, 310

  Marathas, 142-3, 145, 243, 255-70, 400, 401-8, 410, 415-16

  Marianas Islands, 357

  Markham, Sir Clement, 423

  Marlborough, Earl of, 132, 133, 137

  Marlborough, 230

  Mary, 116

  Masulipatnam, 61-2, 63-4, 67-8, 87, 101, 116, 125, 149, 189-90, 200, 215, 243-4, 288, 342

  Matheson, James, 453, 455-6

  Matthews, Commodore, 262-3

  Mauritius, 123, 250, 274, 339, 381, 442, 446

  Mazagaon, 137, 145

  Meares, Captain John, 433-4, 435

  Menam River, 196, 197, 204

  Merchant’s Hope, 97-8

  Mergui, 200, 202-4, 223, 334, 357

  Methwold, William, 67, 108, 116-18, 119, 121, 149

  Michelborne, Sir Edward, 14, 39, 40, 119

  Middleton, David, 22, 36-40, 81

  Middleton, Sir Henry, 22, 29-34, 41-2, 81-9, 95

  Middleton, John, 22

  Middleton, 38

  Midnapur, 369

  Militia, 137-40, 211, 232-3, 238, 241-3, 245, 275, 277, 284, 292, 301, 324

  Minchin, Colonel, 301, 303, 305

  Mindanao, 346, 354, 357

  Minto, Lord, 446-7

  Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal, 315-24, 369-72, 374

  Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal, 369-72, 373-4

  Mocha, 81-5, 87-9, 119, 184, 187, 188, 251

  Mocha, 211

  Moco-Moco, 249, 250

  Moghul Empire, 77-80, 87-8, 97, 142, 150, 168, 200, 243, 286, 326;

  see also Akbar, Aurangzeb etc.

  Moghul shipping, 87-9, 102, 118, 143, 144, 155, 157, 176-7, 236

  Moghul War (1686-90), 143-7, 154-64, 176, 180, 184, 202

  Mohammed Ali, Nawab of Carnatic, 288, 289, 291, 322, 381, 409-11, 418

  Molucca Islands, 13, 21-2, 36-51, 54, 357, 441, 445;

  see also Banda Islands, Ternate, Tidore etc.

  Monghyr, 372

  Mons, 333, 335

  Morse, Nicholas, 274-8, 279

  Mozambique, 12, 94

  Mukarrab Khan, 76, 79-80, 86-7, 89

  Mun, Thomas, 119-20, 128

  Mundy, Peter, 115-17, 123

  Munro, Major Hector, 374, 412, 413, 414

  Munro, Captain Innes, 411, 413-14

  Murshidabad, 299, 306, 312, 315, 316, 319-20, 383

  Muscovy Company, The, 9, 13, 26, 52

  Muzaffar Jang, 288, 289-90

  Mysore Wars,

  First, 411

  Second, 411-18

  Fourth, 412, 445

  Nadia, 320

  Nadir Shah, 231

  Nagasaki, 55, 58, 66, 197, 198

  Najm-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal, 374, 377

  Nand Kumar, 399

  Napoleon Bonaparte, 442-4, 446

  Napoleonic Wars, 361, 442-7

  Narai, King of Siam, 195-204

  Negapatnam, 276, 340, 414

  Negrais, 333-8, 360

  Neira, Banda, 4, 13, 21-2, 37, 38, 40, 44, 47

  Nepal, 423

  ‘New Company’, 180, 182-4, 188-92, 208-11, 211-16;

  see also Dowgate Adventurers

  New Guinea, 357, 441

  New Holland (Australia), 441

  New Year’s Gift, 91, 93

  Nguyen Emperors, 425-6, 428

  Nicobar Islands, 16

  Ningpo, 206, 209, 350-1, 358

  Nootka, 433

  Nootka Sound, 432, 434, 435

  Norris, Sir William, 183, 189-92, 211, 222

  North, Lord, 364, 382, 385-8;

  see also Regulating Act

  North-west Passage, 8-9, 52, 59, 432

  Northern Circars, 291, 293, 342, 410, 414

  Novaya Zemlya, 8

  Nutmegs, 3-4, 6, 33, 38-9

  Ockham, 264

  Okinawa, 54

  Oman, 103

  Ong-tom-being, 426, 427

  Opium trade, 358, 359, 396, 430-1, 453-5

  Orissa, 68

  Orme, Robert, 267, 281, 288, 297-8, 319, 342-3

  Osaka, 57, 64

  Ostend Company, 237-9

  Oudh, 322, 374, 377, 400

  Ovington, Rev., 135, 144, 145, 184, 183

  Oxenden, Sir George, 132, 134, 142

  Palawan, 355

  Panikkar, K.M., 401

  Papillon, Thomas, 129, 174-5, 180, 182

  Paradis, Louis, 283

  Parganas, 320, 323

  Paris, Treaty of, 347, 367, 368

  Parkinson, C. N., 443, 450-1

  Pasir, 358

  Patani, 62-4, 66, 196, 199

  Patna, 149, 167, 192, 225, 229, 236, 322, 374

  Payne, Chairman, 310

  Pearl, 203-4

  Pearl River, 206, 348

  Pearse, Colonel Thomas, 413-14

  Pegu, 67, 333, 334

  Peking, 351-2, 423, 436-7

  Pelew Islands (Palau), 440-2

  Penang, 12, 360-1, 429-30, 444-6, 453

  Pepper, 6, 18, 20, 24-5, 29, 32, 39, 51, 61, 64, 98, 114, 119-20, 124, 246, 251

  Peppercorn, 81-2, 211

  Pepwell, Captain, 102

  Pepys, Samuel, 133, 349

  Perfume River, 427-8

  Pernambuco, 12

  Persia, 102-8, 127;

  see also Gombroon, Isfahan etc.

  Petapoli, 61

  Petit, J., 143-4, 146

  Peyton, Commodore Edward, 275-7, 279

  Phaulkon, (Falcon) Constant, 200-4

  Philip II, King, of Spain, 10

  Philippines, The, 7, 36, 65, 198, 322, 344-7, 354, 355, 436;

  see also Luzon, Mindanao, Manila etc.

  Phoenix, HMS, 175-6

  Phram, The, 261

  Pigot, George, Lord, 336, 341, 346, 333, 399, 409-10, 418

  Pirates, 144, 172, 176-7, 184-8, 191, 200, 254, 255-70, 355;

  see also Kidd, Avery etc.

  Pitcairn, Midshipman Robert, 382

  Pitt, 353

  Pitt, Thomas, 173, 174, 175, 181, 189, 191, 210, 213-16, 222-3, 241

  Pitt, William (the Elder), 326, 362, 365, 379

  Pitt, William (the Younger), 390-1, 418, 419-20;

  see also India Act

  Plassey, Battle of, 231, 297, 310, 315, 317-18, 323, 331

  Pocock, Admiral Sir George, 338-44, 345

  Poivre, Pierre, 443

  Polilur, Battle of, 412, 413

  Pondicherry, 141, 200, 239, 274-5, 282, 283-5, 338, 339, 343-4, 410, 442

  Poona, Peshwas of, 265, 402, 403, 404-5, 407, 415

  Poonamallee, 289, 291

  Popham, Captain William 407-8

  Porter, Endymion, 122

  Portugal, 5, 6-8, 10, 12, 18, 33-4, 36, 55, 65, 76-80, 86, 94-9, 101-8, 121, 131-3, 262-3, 402-3;

 
; see also Goa, Convention of

  Powell, Sir Thomas, 103

  Priaman, 18

  Prince George, 304

  Prince of Wales Island, see Penang

  Prince William Sound, 433

  Princess Augusta, 265

  Private trade, 21, 34-5, 125-6, 172, 204-5, 234-5, 246, 254, 359-61, 425, 430-1, 433, 436, 452-4

  Protector, 265-8

  Pulicat, 67-8, 222, 276

  Pulo Ai, 4, 33, 37-8, 42-3

  Pulo Condore, 210-11

  Pulo Run, 3-5, 22, 33, 37-8, 42-7, 124, 126, 128, 129, 179

  Purandhar, Treaty of, 405, 406

  Purchas, Rev. Samuel, 35-6

  Pyke, Governor, 251

  Qishm (Kishm), 105

  Quedab Merchant, 188

  Queen Charlotte, 434

  Queen Charlotte Sound, 433

  Quilon, 102, 251

  Raffles, Thomas Stamford, 211, 361, 445-9, 453-4

  Raghunath Rao (Raghoba), 403-8

  Rai Durlabh, 316, 321

  Rainier, Admiral Peter, 443, 445

  Rajahmundry, 342

  Ram Narayan Governor of Bihar, 370

  Rangoon, 335, 336

  Rastell, President, 115, 116, 118

  Red Dragon, 14-16, 20, 22-4, 29, 33, 36, 46, 74-5, 97

  Red Sea, 73, 74, 75, 80-5, 87-9, 95, 117-18, 184, 185

  Regulating Act 1773, 365, 384-8, 393

  Rennel James, 355

  Restoration, 265

  Return, 197-9, 211

  Réunion (Ile de Bourbon), 187, 250, 443

  Revenue, Land, 136-7, 273, 291-2, 320, 397

  Rhio (Riau) Islands, 360-1, 448

  Roach, Lieutenant, 242-3

  Robben Island, 93

  Roberts, P. E., 386, 391

  Robinson, John, 363-4, 385, 388, 389, 390

  Roe, Sir Thomas, 100-2, 103-4, 118, 119, 141

  Roebuck, 119, 121

  Rohillas, 399, 400

  Rose, 46

  Ross, Captain, 449

  Rous, Thomas, 375

  Row, Captain, 233

  Royal James and Mary, 167

  Royal Navy, 245, 256, 262-3, 265-9, 274-7, 293, 312-14, 319, 338-44, 411, 442-4, 445

  Royal Regiments, 268, 285, 290, 293, 343, 345-6, 413

  39th, 340

  64th, 340

  73rd, 411

  79th, 343

  Rumbold, 425-6

  Russel, John, 223

  Ruy Freire de Andrade, 104, 105

  Sagar Island, 153, 154

  St Helena, 5, 20, 23, 94, 129, 179-80, 241, 250-1

  St Lubin, M. de, 405

  St Therésa, 239

  Salbai, Treaty of, 415-16, 417

  Saldania, see Cape of Good Hope

  Salisbury, 313-14

  Salmon, Captain Nathaniel, 97

  Salsette, 402-3, 406, 415

  Salt trade, 236-7, 396

  Saltpetre trade, 126-7, 149, 236

 

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