In December 1804 the East India Company purchased a lease for 21 years on Hertford Castle from the Marquis of Salisbury. East India College opened at the Castle in February 1806 but the premises proved to be unsuitable and the Company decided to build a new College rather than undertake expensive...
House, gardens, stables and land in St Andrew Street Hertford. [Jonathan Scott was Oriental Professor at East India College in 1805; Reverend Samuel Henley was Principal of the College 1805-15.]