1 Family records state his mother was Sarah Herbert (?1719 – 5 Sep 1785) sister of Hannah who was married to William Osborne.

2 Daily Express of 30th November 1905: “Bedford School – probably the strongest school team in England”. The Globe’, 10th December 1906: “The inclusion of F G Brooks in the English team calls attention to the remarkable standard of football kept up at Bedford School. As everybody knows who follows the game, this is nearly always the best Rugby football school in England. No other school has had the honour of supplying an International who was actually at school when he got his cap. Bedford did this in the case of Milton”.

7 Rev. Raymond Hugh Gundry 1864-1946, Vicar of St. Mary’s, Parel, Bombay 1899-1906

10 Frederick Ewart Bradshaw, Indian Police 1907-1946. Eldest son of Surgeon-General A. F. Bradshaw.

12 Francis (Frank) Alexander Gordon and his sister Anne Rose Gordon, 1848-1872 have a memorial in the aisle of Easthampstead Church where their Uncle, Osborne Gordon, was Rector from 1860 to his death in 1883. Osborne was tutor and friend of John Ruskin and associated with many in the Pre-Raphaelite movement. (See Bibliography and Dictionary of National Biography and fig.8)

14 Lt. Col. C. M. T. Hogg, (D.S.O. 1.1.17): b. 25.1.79; 4th Gurkha Rifles; retd. 1.11.21; wounded Neuve Chapelle; was in school football XV and cricket XI for three years; won public schools middle-weight boxing championship at Aldershot in 1897, and at Sandhurst, 1898.

18 May be related to Sir Fredrick Halliday, Commissioner of Police in Calcutta from 1906.

21 See Sir Douglas’ Letter to The Times 15 July 1965. Percival pp. 334-336. Sodhi & Kaur 2005.

23 See “The Economic Life of a Bengal District. A Study by J. C. Jack I.C.S.” (Oxford: Clarendon Press)

24 George Clay Hubback, 1882-1955. Bishop of Calcutta and Assam. Possibly buried in Dibrugarh.

30 Purchased as a four-year-old in 1877 in Bombay and died in Kilmainham, Ireland in June 1899.

33 Goral and Serow are two of three types of goat-antelope occurring in India. The third is Takin

36 Sometimes spelt Aurobindo Ghosh and brother Barindra contracted to Barin. (Also see chapter 18)

37 It was in the Binnaguri area of Jalpaiguri District that the editor, Ian Gordon, spent his boyhood and his father, Alan Gordon, lived as a Tea Planter until 1967.

38 S.S. Persia was sunk off Crete, while the passengers were having lunch, on 30 December 1915, by German U-Boat ace Max Valentiner (commanding U-38). The Persia sank in five to ten minutes, killing 343 of the 519 aboard. The sinking was highly controversial, since it broke naval international law, or the “Cruiser Rules”, that stated merchant shipping carrying passengers should be given opportunity for the passengers to disembark before combat could commence. A warning shot across the bow should have been given first. Instead, the U-Boat fired a torpedo with no warning. At the time of sinking, Persia was carrying a large quantity of gold and jewels belonging to the Maharaja Jagatjit Singh. Among the passengers to survive were John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. His secretary (and mistress) Eleanor Thornton, who was the model for the Rolls-Royce “Spirit of Ecstasy” mascot by Charles Robinson Sykes, died.

40 Geoffrey Herbert Mannooch, gazetted Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Rajshai Range, London Gazette, 1 January 1941

43 R. B. Hyde wrote the “Report on the Adminstration in the Bengal Presidency for the year 1921”

44 Probably Lt. Col A. R. S. Martin, 2nd King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, killed in action on 8th May 1915 defending Ferzenberg Ridge near Ypres. Only 4 out of 20 officers and 94 out of nearly 1,000 men survived nearly three hours of bombardments and three German assaults but managed to defend its support trench. Lt Col. Martin was 44 years old and had served in the Boer War.

45 Awarded the M.C. in 3rd Afghan war in 1919. His medals sold at auction on 24 June 2009 for £2,000

47 See “Lt. Col. L. N. Bavin, I.P. Bengal 1912-36,” MSS. Eur. D 1152, India Office Library, London.

49 Gerald and Edith Sturgis who married in Asansol on 25 Oct 1915. They had one daughter, Pat, who became a Veterinary Surgeon in New Zealand.

53 May be Sir Arthur A Waugh (1891-1968) - Secretary, Dept. of Supply, Gov. of India 1943

54 C. B. Beachcroft had been at Cambridge with Aurubindo Ghose (see chapter 7) and was Judge at his trial in the 1908 “Alipore Bomb Case”.

56 Later Brigadier G E T H Evans, OBE, MC, KPM. AIG to the author in 1940. Born Oct 1898, died May 1961

58 Records say that “Six of the Assistants left the college in May on the completion of their training.”

59 Cyril Weale, born 12 February 1900. Joined Indian Police on 29 November 1921. Deputy Commissioner of Police, at Calcutta, May 1940. OBE, 1942, KPM, 1938, IPM for gallantry 1943. Died in London 27 July 1967.

60 Zakir Husain, IPS, JP, PSP was born on 2 November 1898 in Ghatchek, Rangunia, Chittagong. IGP East Pakistan 1947 - 1952. Died 24 May 1971.

61 Their exploits are depicted in the film “The Sea Wolves” based on the book “Boarding Party”

64 A competition for mounted riflemen introduced in 1873 by Colonel Sir Robert Loyd Lindsay VC., a founding officer of the Volunteer Forces in Britain. He was created Baron Wantage in 1885.

66 S.S. Modasa arrived in London from Calcutta on 17 Apr 1924 with Aileen, Donald, Alan, Gillian and Ian.

69 Sir Charles Augustus Tegart, KCIE, CSI, MVO, KPM. (See Percival pp. 409-411 and J. C. Curry)

70 Attempted assassination of Charles Tegart on 12 Jan 1924 at Chowringee Street. Gopinath Saha erroneously shot Ernest Day in mistake for Tegart. See also Percival pp. 259-260.

72 Frederick Douglas Bartley, awarded KPM 1 Jan 1923 and bar to KPM on 2 Jan 1933

75 This is a different case from ‘The Body in the Trunk’ case of 1924 on p. 236 of Percival’s book.

76 Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, a Cambridge graduate, married in 1909 an English woman, Nellie Grey

77 He was also arrested for sedition in impromptu speeches made during a brief visit to Rangoon in 1930

80 Gandhi was arrested on 4 March 1929 and released the same day on personal recognizance and left for Rangoon on S.S. Aronda the next day - 5 March. He was arrested again in May 1930 and Jan 1932.

82 Madeleine Slade. b. 1892 died in Vienna on 20 July 1982. Daughter of Admiral Sir Edmund Slade RN.

83 Appendix 11 has an account by Madeleine Slade of this incident that varies significantly from this account.

88 8 December 1930. Records say three terrorists: Badal Gupta, Benoy Basu & Dinesh Chandra Gupta

96 Later Brigadier Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt, KG, PC, CBE, DSO, (22 June 1910 - 8 November 1998)

99 Sir John Woodhead led the Woodhead Commission into the Peel Report in Palestine in 1938.

101 Sir Frank Morgan, MC., of Home Farm, Hyde Heath, Bucks. Chairman of Prudential Assurance Co Ltd

102 Denis Mullock went to India as a 22-year old in 1928. He read Classics at Cambridge. His boyhood friend was Eric Blair (George Orwell - who had been born in Bengal and joined the Indian Police which he hated). Denis married Peggy on 2 Nov 1934 (See British Airways Highlife Magazine Sep 2008).

103 In 1948 Tama was the first cook to the author’s newly-married son Alan Gordon, but the reduced status of cook to an impecunious Assistant Tea Estate Manager was too much to bear and he soon retired!

104 Sir Henry Joseph Twynam, (1887-1966) Indian Civil Service from 1910. Vice-President Cooch-Behar State Council 1920-24. 1936, Chief Secretary of Government of Bengal. Acting Governor of Assam 1939. Governor of Central Provinces and Berar 1940-46.

105 Twynam’s memoirs say: “We did many of our journeys in the Fox-Moth Amphibous ambulance plane purchased by Government for the purpose of quickly evacuating wounded officers. This was something of a novelty in those pre-war days. Actually, the plane acted as a mascot; it was never used for the purpose for which it was intended. Pressure all along the line against Terrorism … was begining to have effect and there were no more casualties. Consequently, the Fox-Moth which had to be flown from time to time, was at my disposal. Intended for a stretcher-case and an attendant, the plane was very small and bumped a lot when the heat of the day caused hot air to rise. But the smallness of the plane made it possible to land on the ‘maidans’, or park-like open spaces, which exist at many stations in Bengal.”

108 Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison visited Millburn Tower after the Melbourne Air Race. Jim Mollison was the nephew of Mrs Renwick, who resided at Millburn Towers with her husband at this time. Mr Renwick whose sugar business was in India had retired. However, on the outbreak of World War II he returned to India to look after the business. His son who had been in the jute industry joined the army and remained in the services until 1951 when he and his wife returned to Millburn Tower to look after his parents.

During the Second World War, the Duke of Hamilton resided here and it was believed that this was where Rudolph Hess intended to go when he flew to this country in 1941. Prince Olaf of Norway also resided here and a number of his naval officers were billeted at the house. In 1968 the Renwicks sold the house to the Byard family who later sold to G & L Electronics who, in turn, sold it to Walter Scott & Partners, Investment Managers.

109 Lieutenant Colonel Ian Dashwood MacInnes. Awarded DSO on 21 Oct 1943 in Sicily. Killed in action 23 January 1944

112 William Malcolm Hailey, 15 Feb 1872 – 1 Jun 1969. Lord Hailey PC., OM., GCSI, GCMG., GCIE.

114 He was first Chief Minister of Madras (1937-39). A member of the Governor-General’s Executive Council in 1946-47. Served as the Governor of West Bengal from August to November 1947. Acted as the Governor-General in November 1947, and became the Governor-General from 1948 to 1950. Minister without portfolio in the Government of India (May-December 1950) and Minister for Home Affairs in November 1951.

115 On 30 June 1944 the Governor again assumed these powers. (This suggests this talk was given in 1944)

116 Born 8 December 1875, died 20 January 1949. A Kashmiri Hindu Lawyer and leader of the Indian Liberal Party. He Chaired the Standing Committee of the Non-party Conference which was formed in November 1944 to examine the communal question following the breakdon of the Gandhi-Jinnah talks. (This dates this talk to Nov/Dec 1944)

117 Born 13 October 1877, died 6 May 1946. A Gujarati lawyer. Attempted to negotiate a secret power-sharing agreement with Liaquat Ali Khan of the Muslim League.

119 See Herschel’s letter to “Nature” dated Nov 22 1894, doubting their use in China and copying his letter on fingerprints dated August 15 1877.

120 The manuscript of these notes are undated but were probably written between retiring in 1947 and starting the British Police Mission to Columbia in August 1948, because they refer to Partition of India in 1947, and to the two Dominions, which only existed until India became a Republic in January 1950. The manuscript has many words and sentences underlined and those annotations have been excluded. If these annotations were done by the author it would suggest this was intended for a lecture rather than publication. Sir Percival Griffiths’ book “The British in India” covers a similar subject.

APPENDIX 1
SPEECH GIVEN AT A DINNER OF THE INDIAN POLICE111

APPENDIX 2
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA OVER 75 YEARS113

APPENDIX 4
AN ESTIMATE OF THE VALUE OF THE BRITISH CONNECTION WITH INDIA120