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Call, Sir John, first baronet (1732–1801), East India Company servant and military engineer  

D. L. Prior

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Call, Sir John, first baronet (1732–1801), East India Company servant and military engineer, was born on 30 June 1732 at Fenny Park, near Tiverton, Devon, the son of John Call (1704–1766) of Prestacott in Launcells, Cornwall, and his wife, Jane, daughter of John Mill...

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James, Sir William, first baronet (1722–1783), naval officer and director of the East India Company  

T. H. Bowyer

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23 September 2004
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James, Sir William, first baronet (1722–1783), naval officer and director of the East India Company, was born on 5 September 1722 near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, who knew him well, wrote that 'His origin was so obscure as almost to baffle inquiry...

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Napier, William John, ninth Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1786–1834), naval officer and trade envoy  

J. K. Laughton

revised by Andrew Lambert

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Napier, William John, ninth Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1786–1834), naval officer and trade envoy, the eldest son of Francis Napier, eighth Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1758–1823), and his wife, Maria Margaret, née Clavering (1756?–1821), was born at Kinsale in Ireland on 13 October 1786. He entered the ...

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Robertson, Archibald (1782–1847), army officer in the East India Company and director of the East India Company  

E. M. Lloyd

revised by James Lunt

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Robertson, Archibald (1782–1847), army officer in the East India Company and director of the East India Company, was born on 18 September 1782 at Forres, near Elgin, the son of David Robertson. He was nominated a cadet in 1800, was made ensign in the ...