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== External links == | == External links == | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/392/mode/1up James Skinner] ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906) | *[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 | *[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 | |||
*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025676/ James Skinner] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | |||
==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 29 March 2014
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.
External links
- James Skinner Dictionary of Indian Biography (1906)
- James Skinner Wikipedia
- James Skinner from the National Army Museum website
- James Skinner Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Historical Books on-line
Military Memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner CB by James Baillie Fraser 1851. (Google Books)