‘Muster Roll of a Detachment from the Body Guard of the Hon”ble the Governor in Council of Madras attached to the Escort of His Excellency Sir Harford Jones Baronet K. C. His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia’
‘Muster Roll of a Detachment from the Body Guard of the Hon”ble the Governor in Council of Madras attached to the Escort of His Excellency Sir Harford Jones Baronet K. C. His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia’
‘Muster Roll of a Detachment from the Body Guard of the Hon”ble the Governor in Council of Madras attached to the Escort of His Excellency Sir Harford Jones Baronet K. C. His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia’
Date:
1809/1809
Description:
Abstract: A muster roll of a detachment from the bodyguard of the Governor of Madras [Chennai], attached to the escort of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran]. It provides names, ranks, and remarks, and was compiled by Lieutenant Henry Willock of the Madras Cavalry, Commander of Jones’s escort.It was enclosed in Jones’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company of 4 May 1809, and was received via James Justinian Morier on 5 December 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)