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WD1350-1351, WD566-568
- Record Id:
- 032-003281765
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003281765
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002f90
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD1350-1351, WD566-568
- Title:
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HAMILTON, DOUGLAS (1818-1892) Served with the 21st Madras Native Infantry 1837 to 1871. Major 1847; Lieut.-Colonel 1853; Colonel 1862. Hamilton's ea ...
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HAMILTON, DOUGLAS (1818-1892)
Served with the 21st Madras Native Infantry 1837 to 1871. Major 1847; Lieut.-Colonel 1853; Colonel 1862. Hamilton's early years were spent in Madras, apart from a short period in Singapore in 1846. He was on leave in England from 1849 to 1852, and after his return to south India, took a great interest in the conservation of forests. He acted in 1854 for his friend, General Michael, as organiser of an Experimental Conservancy Establishment in the Anaimalai Hills and succeeded him in 1857. This was the origin of the Forestry Department in south India. From 1861 he served in Hongkong for a year but at the end of 1861 was given a roving commission by Sir Charles Trevelyan to make drawings for the Government of all the hill plateaux in south India which were suitable for sanitoria or quarters for European Troops. He produced a series of drawings and reports, visiting the Shevaroy Hills in 1861, the Palni Hills in 1862, the Anaimalai Hills in 1863 and the Bubabudan Hills in 1865.
BIBLIOGRAPY: E. Hamilton (ed.) ‘Records of sport in southern India chiefly in the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney Mountains from journals written between 1844 and 1870 by the late Gen. Douglas Hamilton’ (London, 1892).
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WD1350-1351; WD566-568
Five sets of drawings of hilly areas in S. India made while reporting on possible sanatoria for European troops in India. 1861-63.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003281765
- Is part of:
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- Contains:
- WD1350 : Album of 17 drawings of landscapes in the Palni Hills,. Artist(s): Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892)
WD1351 : Album of 12 drawings of landscapes in the Shevaroy Hills. Artist(s): Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892)
WD566 : Album of 26 drawings of views in the Palni Hills.. Artist(s): Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892)
WD567 : Album of 17 drawings of views in the Anaimalai Hills (Cochin and Madras). Artist(s): Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892)
WD568 : Album of 15 drawings of views in the Anaimalai Hills (Cochin and Madras). Artist(s): Hamilton, Douglas (1818-1892)
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 5 items
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- Start Date:
- 1861
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- 1861-1863
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Hamilton, Douglas, 1818-1892