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'''Colonel James Skinner CB (1778–1841)''' was the son of an officer of the British [[East India Company]] and an Indian mother. He entered the Mahratta army and served with distinction under [[Pierre Perron|Pierre Cuillier-Perron]]. When all Anglo-Indians were dismissed at the outbreak of the [[2nd Maratha War]], he joined the British Indian Army and raised a regiment of irregular cavalry calleed [[Skinner's Horse]]. He assisted Colonel Monson during his [[Monson's Advance and Retreat|retreat]] and was present at the [[Siege of Bhurtpore 1805]]. He was rewarded with a jagir worth Rs 20,000 a year. He built St James' Church in Delhi where he was buried.
'''Colonel James Skinner CB (1778–1841)''' was the son of an officer of the British [[East India Company]] and an Indian mother. He entered the Mahratta army and served with distinction under [[Pierre Perron|Pierre Cuillier-Perron]]. When all Anglo-Indians were dismissed at the outbreak of the [[2nd Maratha War]], he joined the British Indian Army and raised a regiment of irregular cavalry called [[Skinner's Horse]]. He assisted Colonel Monson during his [[Monson's Advance and Retreat|retreat]] and was present at the [[Siege of Bhurtpore 1805]]. He was rewarded with a [[Mughal_Empire#Jagir|jagir]] worth Rs 20,000 a year. He built St James' Church in Delhi where he was buried.


== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/392/mode/1up James Skinner] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)<br />
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/392/mode/1up James Skinner] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Skinner_(East_India_Company_officer) James Skinner] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Skinner_(East_India_Company_officer) James Skinner] Wikipedia
 
*[http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/exhibitions/baba/index.php?page=1|%3e|6|%3e|25 James Skinner] from the National Army Museum website
==== Historical Books on-line ====
*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025676/ James Skinner] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[http://books.google.com/books?id=uK5FAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Col.+James+Skinner&as_brr=0 ''Military Memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner CB''] by James Baillie Fraser 1851. (Google Books)<br />
 


==== Historical books online ====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=uK5FAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Col.+James+Skinner&as_brr=0 ''Military Memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner CB''] by James Baillie Fraser 1851. (Google Books)
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533403 ''Sikander Sahib: Life of Colonel James Skinner 1778 – 1841''] by Dennis Holman, 1961. Archive.org,  mirror from Digital Library of India.  Note: Incorrectly catalogued as ''Sinkander Sahib''.
*[https://archive.org/details/skinnerofskinner0000maso/mode/2up ''Skinner of Skinner's Horse : a fictional portrait''] by Philip Mason 1979.  Published in USA as [https://archive.org/details/skinnershorse00maso/mode/2up ''Skinner's Horse''] by Philip Mason 1979. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
[[Category:British Military commanders|Skinner, James]]
[[Category:British Military commanders|Skinner, James]]
[[Category:People|Skinner, James]]
[[Category:People|Skinner, James]]

Latest revision as of 12:34, 16 December 2020

Colonel James Skinner CB (1778–1841) was the son of an officer of the British East India Company and an Indian mother. He entered the Mahratta army and served with distinction under Pierre Cuillier-Perron. When all Anglo-Indians were dismissed at the outbreak of the 2nd Maratha War, he joined the British Indian Army and raised a regiment of irregular cavalry called Skinner's Horse. He assisted Colonel Monson during his retreat and was present at the Siege of Bhurtpore 1805. He was rewarded with a jagir worth Rs 20,000 a year. He built St James' Church in Delhi where he was buried.

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Historical books online