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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 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.

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