List of British residents or political agents in Delhi, 1803–57
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The following is a list of residents or political agents of the East India Company to the court of the Mughal emperor in Delhi from 1803 to 1857. A resident or political agent was an official of the East India Company (and after 1813, the British Government), who was based in a princely state and who served as part-diplomat, part-adviser to the native ruler, and part monitor of activities in the princely state. He was an instrument of indirect rule of princely India by the British.
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| 1803 – 25 Jun 1806 | David Ochterlony (1st tenure in office) | (1758–1825) |
| 25 Jun 1806 – 1811 | Archibald Seton | (1758–1818) |
| 25 Feb 1811 – 1818 | Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (1st tenure) | (s.a.) (1785–1846) |
| 1818–1820 | Sir David Ochterlony (2nd tenure) | (subject to approval (s.a.)) |
| 1820–1823 | Alexander Ross | (1777–18) |
| 1823 | William Fraser (1st tenure) (acting) | (1784–1835) |
| 1823 – Oct 1825 | Sir Charles Elliott | (1776–1856) |
| 26 Aug 1825 – 31 Jul 1827 | Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (2nd tenure) | (s.a.) |
| 31 Jul 1827 – 1828 | Sir Edward Colebrooke | |
| 1828 – 1829 | William Fraser (2nd tenure) (acting) | (s.a.) |
| 18 Sep 1829 – Nov 1830 | Francis James Hawkins | (1806–1860) |
| 25 Nov 1830 – 1832 | W. B. Martin | |
| 1832 – 22 Mar 1835 | William Fraser (3rd tenure) | (s.a.) |
| 1835–1853 | Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe | (1795–1853) |
| Nov 1853 – 11 May 1857 | Simon Fraser | (d. 1857) |
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References[edit]
- "The Last of the Moghuls". The Universal review, Volume I, March–June 1859. London: William H. Allen and Co. 1859. pp. 416–431. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- Kaye, John William (1854). "Chapter VI: The Delhi Assistantship, 1806-1808". The life and correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalfe in two volumes, Volume I. London: Richard Bentley. pp. 209–238. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- "Article V: Kaye's Life of Lord Metcalfe". The North British Review. Edinburgh: W.P. Kennedy. 1855. pp. 145–178. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- "Chapter II: Delhi". Punjab Gazetteers, 1883, bound in 10 volumes: Gazetteer of the Delhi District. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press. 1883. pp. 34–59. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- Bayly, Christopher Alan (2000). Empire and information: intelligence gathering and social communication in India, 1780-1870. Cambridge University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-521-66360-1. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 226.
- "Obituary: William Fraser Esq.". The Gentleman's magazine. London: William Pickering. 1836. p. 207. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- Prior, Katherine; Brennan, Lance; Haines, Robin (February 2001), "Bad Language: The Role of English, Persian and Other Esoteric Tongues in the Dismissal of Sir Edward Colebrooke as Resident of Delhi in 1829", Modern Asian Studies, 35 (1), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press: 75–112, doi:10.1017/s0026749x01003614, JSTOR 313089/, S2CID 146393990