James Tod
Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod travelled to India in 1799 as a cadet in the Bengal Army. He rose quickly in rank, eventually becoming captain of an escort for an envoy in a Sindian royal court. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, he was appointed Political Agent for some areas of Rajputana. He retired from the military in 1826, and married Julia Clutterbuck that same year. Tod died in 1835, aged 53, and is buried in Islington, London, where he was born in 1782.
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Lieutenant-Colonel James Tod travelled to India in 1799 as a cadet in the Bengal Army. He rose quickly in rank, eventually becoming captain of an escort for an envoy in a Sindian royal court. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War, during which Tod was involved in the intelligence department, he was appointed Political Agent for some areas of Rajputana. Back home in England, Tod published a number of academic works about Indian history and geography, most notably Annals and Antiquities of Rajast’han. He retired from the military in 1826, and married Julia Clutterbuck that same year. Tod died in 1835, aged 53, and is buried in Islington, London, where he was born in 1782. He was the second son for his parents, James and Mary, both of whom came from families of high standing, according to his major biographer, the historian Jason Freitag. His ancestors included people who had fought with the King of Scots, Robert the Bruce; he took pride in this fact and had an acute sense of what he perceived to be the chivalric values of those times. He joined the British East India Company and initially spent some time studying at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1815 he presented a map of central India to the Governor-General, the Marquis of Hastings. This map of Central India became of strategic importance to the British as they were soon to fight the 3rd Anglo- Maratha War.
The anonymous author of Tod’s posthumously published book, Travels in Western India, says that Tod applied himself to the arduous task of repairing the ravages of foreign invaders who still lingered in the region. The work was physically-challenging, arid and mountainous area of Mewar, Sirohi, Bundi and Bundi Bundi soon added some regions of Marwar, Kota, Kshatriya and Siroi to the list of regions he surveyed. He died in London, on 20 March 1782, and was survived by his wife, Julia, and a son, James, and daughter-in-law, Mary, who were both born in London in 1798. He is buried at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For confidential. support in the UK call the helpline on 0800-788-9090 or click here for a details of how to get in contact with Samaritans in the United Kingdom. For information on suicide matters in the Middle East, call the Salvation Army on 0845 90 90 93 or visit the Samaritan Samaritans.
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