Honourable Company: A History of The English East India Company (80 page)

Pitt, William (the Younger), 390-1, 418, 419-20;

see also
India Act

Plassey, Battle of, 231, 297, 310, 315, 317-18, 323, 331

Pocock, Admiral Sir George, 338-44, 345

Poivre, Pierre, 443

Polilur, Battle of, 412, 413

Pondicherry, 141, 200, 239, 274-5, 282, 283-5, 338, 339, 343-4, 410, 442

Poona, Peshwas of, 265, 402, 403, 404-5, 407, 415

Poonamallee, 289, 291

Popham, Captain William 407-8

Porter, Endymion, 122

Portugal, 5, 6-8, 10, 12, 18, 33-4, 36, 55, 65,
76-80, 86, 94-9, 101-8, 121, 131-3, 262-3, 402-3;

see also
Goa, Convention of

Powell, Sir Thomas, 103

Priaman, 18

Prince George,
304

Prince of Wales Island,
see
Penang

Prince William Sound, 433

Princess Augusta,
265

Private trade, 21, 34-5, 125-6, 172, 204-5, 234-5, 246, 254, 359-61, 425, 430-1, 433, 436, 452-4

Protector,
265-8

Pulicat, 67-8, 222, 276

Pulo Ai, 4, 33, 37-8, 42-3

Pulo Condore, 210-11

Pulo Run, 3-5, 22, 33, 37-8, 42-7, 124, 126, 128, 129, 179

Purandhar, Treaty of, 405, 406

Purchas, Rev. Samuel, 35-6

Pyke, Governor, 251

Qishm (Kishm), 105

Quedab Merchant,
188

Queen Charlotte,
434

Queen Charlotte Sound, 433

Quilon, 102, 251

Raffles, Thomas Stamford, 211, 361, 445-9, 453-4

Raghunath Rao (Raghoba), 403-8

Rai Durlabh, 316, 321

Rainier, Admiral Peter, 443, 445

Rajahmundry, 342

Ram Narayan Governor of Bihar, 370

Rangoon, 335, 336

Rastell, President, 115, 116, 118

Red Dragon,
14-16, 20, 22-4, 29, 33, 36, 46, 74-5, 97

Red Sea, 73, 74, 75, 80-5, 87-9, 95, 117-18, 184, 185

Regulating Act 1773, 365, 384-8, 393

Rennel James, 355

Restoration,
265

Return,
197-9, 211

Réunion (Ile de Bourbon), 187, 250, 443

Revenue, Land, 136-7, 273, 291-2, 320, 397

Rhio (Riau) Islands, 360-1, 448

Roach, Lieutenant, 242-3

Robben Island, 93

Roberts, P. E., 386, 391

Robinson, John, 363-4, 385, 388, 389, 390

Roe, Sir Thomas, 100-2, 103-4, 118, 119, 141

Roebuck,
119, 121

Rohillas, 399, 400

Rose,
46

Ross, Captain, 449

Rous, Thomas, 375

Row, Captain, 233

Royal James and Mary,
167

Royal Navy, 245, 256, 262-3, 265-9, 274-7, 293, 312-14, 319, 338-44, 411, 442-4, 445

Royal Regiments, 268, 285, 290, 293, 343, 345-6, 413

39th, 340

64th, 340

73rd, 411

79th, 343

Rumbold,
425-6

Russel, John, 223

Ruy Freire de Andrade, 104, 105

Sagar Island, 153, 154

St Helena, 5, 20, 23, 94, 129, 179-80, 241, 250-1

St Lubin, M. de, 405

St Therésa,
239

Salbai, Treaty of, 415-16, 417

Saldania,
see
Cape of Good Hope

Salisbury,
313-14

Salmon, Captain Nathaniel, 97

Salsette, 402-3, 406, 415

Salt trade, 236-7, 396

Saltpetre trade, 126-7, 149, 236

Sambhaji Angrey, 265

Samuel, Thomas, 67

San Thomé, 68-9, 141, 213, 222, 288, 291, 342

Sana’a, 81, 83-4

Sandys, Thomas, 174-5

Saris, John, 53-60, 88-9, 197, 348, 353

Satravati Shahu, 255

Saunders, Thomas, 289-90, 293, 334-6

Scot, David, 432, 434, 435, 438

Scot Edmund, 29-33, 35, 36

Scot, John, 419

Scot, Tate & Adamson Co., 431, 432

Scott, Colonel Caroline, 298, 299

Sea Otter,
433, 434

Seth family, bankers, 316, 320

Seven Years War, 286, 294, 311, 324, 332, 338-47

Seychelle Islands, 80

Shah Abbas of Persia, 102-4, 116, 124-5, 127

Shah Alam I, Moghul Emperor, 216, 222, 224

Shah Alam II (Shahzada), Moghul Emperor, 322, 369, 370, 374, 377, 400

Shah Jehan, Moghul Emperor, 101, 115, 121

Shaista Khan, Nawab of Bengal, 150, 151, 153-62

Shaxton, Captain, 137

Shelburne, Earl of, 379

Sherley, Sir Robert, 103

Shilling, Andrew, 93, 104

Shipman, Sir Abraham, 132

Shiraz, 104

Shivers, Captain Dirk, 188

Shizuoka, 57

Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Oudh, 374, 377

Siam, 13, 59, 61-4, 195-204, 444-5

Sidis, The, 144-5, 146, 255, 258, 263

Sierra Leone, 74

Sikkim, 424

Silk trade, 52, 61, 102-3, 104, 127, 149, 151, 197, 212

Sind, 101, 103, 108

Singapore, 211, 333, 355, 361, 448-9, 453-4

Singhora, 199, 203

Siraj-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal, 300-19, 322, 395

Sivaji, 142, 257

Skottowe, Captain, 352

Smith, Adam, 451

Smith, Bombardier, 277, 279

Smith, George, 420

Smythe, Alderman Sir Thomas, 26, 27-8, 60, 90, 111, 114

Snook, Lieutenant, 442

Socotra, 75, 82, 88

Southby, Captain, 337, 338

Spain, 6-8, 13, 344-7, 435

Spanish Armada, 11, 96

Spanish Succession, War of, 274

Speedwell,
211

Spencer, John, 372-3

Spice Islands, 13, 33-4, 50, 53, 354, 357;

see also
Moluccas, Bandas etc.

Spice trade, 5-8, 10, 13, 47, 49-50, 53, 74, 84

Sri Lanka, 13, 276

Srirangam, 290, 292

Srirangapatnam, 412, 414

Stackhouse, John, 236-7

Strahan, Seaman, 307-8

Strange, James, 432-3, 434

Stuart, General James, 417-18, 420

Success,
259, 351, 353

Suffren, Admiral de, 414, 416

Sulawesi (Celebes), 36

Sulivan, Lawrence, 345, 366-9, 371-3, 379-81, 387-8, 390, 396, 399

Sulu Sea, 354-6, 444

Sumatra, 13, 16, 20, 173, 211, 246-51; 447;

see also
Aceh, Benkulen etc.

Sumbawa, 354

Sun,
123

Sunda Straits, 20, 447

Supreme Court of Justice, Calcutta, 385-6, 388

Surat, 73-80, 85-7, 94, 97-8, 100, 111, 115-18, 126, 132, 134, 138, 141-4, 176, 184, 186-8, 189-92, 212, 228, 402

Surat,
211

Surat, Treaty of, 403, 405

Surman, John, 225-9, 231, 312

Susan,
15, 18, 20, 29, 32

Sutanati, 156, 158, 160, 165;

see also
Calcutta

Sutherland, Dame Lucy, 368, 381, 385, 389

Suvarnadrug, 264, 265-7

Swalley Hole, 86-7, 94, 96, 116, 117, 184, 188

Swan,
43-4

Syriam, 333, 334, 335, 338

Ta’iz, 83

Tanjore (Thanjavur), 287-8, 340, 409-10

Tapti River, 76, 77, 86, 95, 117

Tartar,
357

Tashilunpo, 423, 424

Tatta, 108

Tanfiqui,
117-18

Taylor, John, 107

Tea trade, 348-50, 358, 380, 384, 386, 391, 430, 451-2, 454-6

Tecu, 46

Tellicherry, 251, 253, 254, 284, 344

Ternate, 10, 33-4, 36, 47, 443

Terrible Bomb,
260

Thailand,
see
Siam

Thana Fort, 403

Thomas,
64

Throgmorton, Kellum, 45

Tibet, 423-5

Tidore, 33-4, 36

Tientsin (Tianjin) River, 351

Tiger,
313-14

Timor, 357, 441, 443

Tipu Sultan of Mysore, 411, 412, 416-17

Tokyo,
see
Yedo

Tongking, 197, 425, 427-8

Tourane (Da Nang), 354, 425-6, 429, 430, 439

Towerson, Gabriel, 30-2, 36, 41, 48-50, 53, 89, 90, 126

Trades Increase,
41-2, 55, 81-9

Tranquebar, 276

Trichy, 289-90, 339, 340

Trinconomalee, 266, 343, 414, 442

Trivandrum, 251

Trivitore (Tiruvottiyur), 241-3, 290

Trully, Robert, 96

Tucker, Thomas, 79

Tulaji, Angrey, 265-9

Turner, Captain Samuel, 424

Ulubari, 158

Union, 211

Union, Instrument of, 212, 213

United East India Company,
see
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie Utrecht, Treaty of, 237-8

Vancouver Island, 432, 433-4

Vansittart, Henry, 369-72, 381-2

Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, 31-2, 37-8, 40-1, 42-51, 60, 62-4, 94, 131, 141, 187, 195, 197-8, 440-4, 448-9

Victoria,
337

Vietnam,
see
Cochin China, Annam, Tongking

Voyages: Lancaster’s 1st, 11-12

Company’s 1st, 14-23, 24, 28

Company’s 2nd, 28-34