1826 East India Military Commission
This document is a military commission from the British East India Company, dated May 23, 1825, appointing Philip Francis Mary as a Lieutenant of Cavalry on the Bengal Establishment.
Document Details
Appointee: Philip Francis Mary, Gentleman.
Rank: Lieutenant of Cavalry.
Establishment: Service of the Honorable United East India Company on the Bengal Establishment.
Date of Rank: Tenth day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five (1825).
Date Issued: Twenty-third day of May, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, by the Grace of God.
Location Issued: Fort William, in Bengal.
Signatories (partially legible):
Amherst (William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal).
Lord Combermere (Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, Commander-in-Chief in India).
H. T. Prinsep (Henry Thoby Prinsep, Secretary to Government, Military Department).
The document is a standard form with handwritten insertions for specific details and bears official seals. It outlines the responsibilities of the newly commissioned officer, including exercising soldiers under his command, keeping them in good order, and following all orders from superior officers or the Governor General in Council.
The East India Company was a powerful English trading company that eventually came to rule large parts of India, exercising military and administrative functions until the British Crown assumed direct control after the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
This document is a military commission from the British East India Company, dated May 23, 1825, appointing Philip Francis Mary as a Lieutenant of Cavalry on the Bengal Establishment.
Document Details
Appointee: Philip Francis Mary, Gentleman.
Rank: Lieutenant of Cavalry.
Establishment: Service of the Honorable United East India Company on the Bengal Establishment.
Date of Rank: Tenth day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five (1825).
Date Issued: Twenty-third day of May, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, by the Grace of God.
Location Issued: Fort William, in Bengal.
Signatories (partially legible):
Amherst (William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal).
Lord Combermere (Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, Commander-in-Chief in India).
H. T. Prinsep (Henry Thoby Prinsep, Secretary to Government, Military Department).
The document is a standard form with handwritten insertions for specific details and bears official seals. It outlines the responsibilities of the newly commissioned officer, including exercising soldiers under his command, keeping them in good order, and following all orders from superior officers or the Governor General in Council.
The East India Company was a powerful English trading company that eventually came to rule large parts of India, exercising military and administrative functions until the British Crown assumed direct control after the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
