WD344-347

HEARSEY, HYDER YOUNG (1782-1840)

Natural son of Capt. Andrew Wilson Hearsey (1752-98) by a Jat ladyand half-brother of Sir John Bennet Hearsey. Appointed ADC to Nawab Sa’adat ‘Ali Khan in 1798. Entered Sindhia’s service under Perron, 1799, became DQMG of the Maratha army, but broke with Perron and served with George Thomas. Came over to Lord Lake on Wellesley’s proclamation of 1803, bringing with him a regiment of cavalry in command of which he served at capture of Agra, relief of Delhi, and battle of Dig. Married Khanum Zuhur-ul-Nissa, daughter of one of the deposed Nawabs of Cambay, like William Gardner, both she and her sister having been adopted by the emperor Akbar II. He lived on her estates at Kareli near Bareilly. In 1808 he went with Webb and Raper on the expedition to survey the source of the Ganges, but tried to gain credit by copying Webb's map and forwarding it to London as his own. He journeyed to Lake Manosarovar in Tibet with Moorcroft 1812. Raised local levy in Anglo-Nepal war in 1815, seriously wounded 1 April and imprisoned in Almora until the Gurkha surrender of Kumaon. He laid claim to the whole of the Dun, having been granted the parganahs by exiled the Raja of Garhwal, but could not establish his case. Bareilly insurrection 1816, siege and capture of Bharatpur, afterwards elected Asst. Prize Agent. Lived quietly thereafter on his estates.

Bibliography: Hugh Pearse, ‘The Hearseys’, Edinburgh/London, 1905, pp. 38-95.

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WD344-347

4 drawings made during a survey of the Ganges from Hardwar to Gangotri by Lieutenant Webb, Captain Raper and Captain Hearsey. 1808.

Purchased 7 February 1914.

Bibliography: H.T. Colebrooke, 'On the sources of the Ganges, in the Himadvi on Emiodus', ‘Asiatick Researches’, xi, 1810, 429-45; F.V. Raper, 'Narrative of a surevey for the purpose of discovering the sources of the Ganges', ‘Asiatick Researches’, xi, 1810, 446-563.

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WD348-350

3 drawings made on Moorcroft and Hearsey's expedition to Tibet to trace the sources of the Sutlej and Indus. 1812.

Purchased 7 February 1914.

Moorcroft (1765?-1825) was a veterinary surgeon to the Bengal Army and Superintendent of the Company's stud at Pusa (Bihar).

Bibliography: W.Moorcroft (ed. H.T. Colebrooke), 'A journey to Lake Mánasárovara in Un-dés, a province of Little Tibet', ‘Asiatick Researches’, xii, 1816, 397-534.

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WD4471-4477

Seven drawings of Kumaon and Naini Tal districts, 1808 and 1815.

Pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour; 310 by 525 mm.

Purchased Christie’s 21 September 2000.

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WD4475-4477

Three drawings sketched by Hearsey probably on their route south past Almorah (which they saw only distantly) in 1808.

Bibliography: ‘Asiatick Researches’ vol. XI, p.559, ‘Asiatick Researches’ vol. XII.

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WD4471-4474

Four drawings sketched by Hearsey during the Anglo-Nepal War of 1814-1815.

Bibliography: H T Prinsep, ‘History of the Political and Military Transactions in India during the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings 1813-23’, London, 1825.