![[Thomas Bowser] General Orders. Head Quarters, Ghoultry Plain, Bangalorem the 15th of December, 1824.](jpegs/62478.jpg)
[Thomas Bowser] General Orders. Head Quarters, Ghoultry Plain, Bangalorem the 15th of December, 1824. G.O. by Lieutenant-General Bowser, Commanding the Army in Chief. Bangalore, 15th December, 1824. Lieutenant-General Bowser succeeds to the Command of the Madras Army...
[1824.]
Letterpress. Sheet 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 7¾"). Folds and stains, laid on album paper.
General orders announcing the appointment of Sir Thomas Bowser (1749-1833) to the command of the Madras Army, replacing Sir Alexander Campbell (1760-1824), who had died in Madras aged 64. Bowser returned to England in 1826. General Sir Thomas Bowser joined the Madras European Regiment of the East India Company as an ensign in 1773. He subsequently rose through the ranks and was eventually being appointed governor of Madras. These orders also reference General Sir Archibald Campbell (1769-1843) who, as Brigadier General, was fighting the First Anglo-Burmese War at this time.
[Ref: 62478] £260.00
Letterpress. Sheet 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 7¾"). Folds and stains, laid on album paper.
General orders announcing the appointment of Sir Thomas Bowser (1749-1833) to the command of the Madras Army, replacing Sir Alexander Campbell (1760-1824), who had died in Madras aged 64. Bowser returned to England in 1826. General Sir Thomas Bowser joined the Madras European Regiment of the East India Company as an ensign in 1773. He subsequently rose through the ranks and was eventually being appointed governor of Madras. These orders also reference General Sir Archibald Campbell (1769-1843) who, as Brigadier General, was fighting the First Anglo-Burmese War at this time.
[Ref: 62478] £260.00