Francis Light

Francis Light

male, deceased (1794)
Captain Francis Light was the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786. He was born in...
Nana Sahib

Nana Sahib

male
Nana Sahib (born 1824), born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian leader during the rebellion of 1857.
John Malcolm

John Malcolm

male, deceased (1833)
Sir John Malcolm was a Scottish soldier, statesman, and historian, born at Burnfoot, Dumfriesshire on the 2nd of May, 1769. In 1782 Sir John...

James Lancaster

male, deceased (1618)
Sir James Lancaster (1554(?)-May 1618) was an English navigator, statesman, and pioneer of the British Indian trade and empire. In his early life,...
Josiah Child

Josiah Child

male, deceased (1699)
Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet (1630 - June 22, 1699), English merchant, economist and governor of the East India Company, was born in London, the...
William Paterson

William Paterson

male, deceased (1719)
Sir William Paterson (born April, 1658 in Tinwald, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland - died in Westminster, London, on January 22, 1719) was a...
Richard Francis Burton

Richard Francis Burton

male, deceased (1890)
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (March 19, 1821 - October 20, 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist,...

James Stuart

male, deceased (1793)
James Stuart, major-general, younger brother of Andrew Stuart, lawyer, was appointed captain in the 56th foot on 1 Nov. 1755. He first saw active...

William Farquhar

male, deceased (1839)
William Farquhar (1774 - 1839) was an employee of the East India Company. Farquhar was born near Aberdeen, and joined the East India Company as a...
Thomas Mun

Thomas Mun

male, deceased (1641)
Thomas Mun (1571 - 1641) was an English writer on economics who has been called the last of the early mercantilists. He was among the first to...