Sketches of Some Distinguished Anglo-Indians : With an Account of Anglo-Indian Periodical Literature (Classic Reprint). William F B Laurie
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Doubtless, when the time comes, some more able pen will do such luminaries - who, through force of character, for their hour became "lords of the ascendant" - ample justice. However, it may not be out of place to remark that, besides the great name of Lawrence, others appear among the rulers of the Punjab who have deserved well of their country - Sir Robert Montgomery, (now a Member of the Council of India), Sir Donald Macleod, and Sir Henry Durand. Following India's severest trial, it would have been pleasing to record the many good actions which distinguished the lives of three such Lieutenant-Governors; and the violent and sudden deaths of the latter two would have thrown around the sketches a melancholy halo of interest. Sir Henry Durand alone would furnish an interesting volume. As a Lieutenant of the Bengal Engineers, with the force under General Sir John (afterwards Lord) Keane, he blew open the great gate of the fortress of Ghuzni, firing the fuze with his own hand. By this fearless act he was first distinguished. In September, 1844, he relieved the gallant Major Broadfoot (who fell at Ferozshah) in the Commissionership of the Tenasserim Provinces, taking up the difficult question of the revenue assessments. Timber in the Thoongeen forests next occupied his attention; and, in spite of great hostility from the trade, Captain Durand traversed these picturesque, yet lonely, haunts of Chin-India, and made himself acquainted, by local examination and inquiry, with everything regarding them, with a view to improvement; evincing the same admirable spirit of inquiry which, nearly thirty years after, led Sir Henry Durand, ruler of the Punjab, to leave the camp, and visit the outpost garden and town of Tank.
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