Dr. Elsie Inglis / by Lady Frances Balfour.

  • Frances Balfour
Date:
[1918]
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Credit: Dr. Elsie Inglis / by Lady Frances Balfour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to India in 1858. He was sent to Bareilly to take part in the suppression of the Mutiny, and was attached to the force under General Jones. He was present at the action at Najibabad, with the recapture of Bareilly, and the pacification of the province of Rohilcund. He remained in the pro¬ vince ten years till 1868, and during those years he rose to be Commissioner of Rohilcund. In 1868 he was made a member of the Board of Revenue in the North-West Provinces. As a member of the Legislative Council of India, he moved, in 1873, to Calcutta. From 1875 to 1877 he was Chief Commissioner of Oude. The position Inglis made for himself in India, in yet early life, is to be gauged by a letter written in 1846 by Sir Frederick Currie, who was then Commissioner of Lahore. He had married Mrs. Inglis’ sister Katherine. ‘ We have applied to Mr. Thomasen (Lieutenant- Governor of the N.W.P.) for young civilians for the work which is now before us, and we must take several with us into the Punjab. One whom he strongly recommends is Inglis at Agra. I will copy what he says about him. Sir Henry Hardinge (the Governor- General) has not seen the letter yet. “Another man who might suit you is Inglis at Agra ; an assistant on £400, acting as joint magistrate which gives him