Guardian of the East India Company : the life of Laurence Sulivan
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Guardian of the East India Company : the life of Laurence Sulivan
（The international library of historical studies, 34）
Tauris Academic Studies, 2006
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-313) and index
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Description
A biography of an almost of a seemingly forgotten yet singularly important eighteenth century figure, this book includes revealing insights into the business and political landscape of his day, and explores both his professional and personal life, essential for histories of Britain and the Empire. Laurence Sulivan embodied the East India Company. He lived at the Company's heart in the city of London and controlled a vast commercial and political empire during Britain's 'Commercial Revolution', in the late eighteenth century, and rise to superpower status and supremacy in India and South and Southeast Asia. He was 'kingmaker', politician, manipulator and negotiator, deeply involved in British and Indian affairs, friend and confident of Chatham, Clive, Burke and Pitt the Younger and - very importantly - protector of Warren Hastings. George K. McGilvary paints a vivid and convincing picture of a supremely influential and colourful business figure as he controlled the most powerful private company of his day - and at the centre of the eighteenth century public-private nexus in business and government.
Table of Contents
Preface - ix
Acknowledgments - xiii
1. Bombay and its Origins 1713-52 - 1
2. London and India House 1753-65 - 23
3. The Court of Directors 1755-58 - 38
4. Priorities 1757-65 - 51
5. India: Developments and Plans 1757-76 - 72
6. Feuds and Peace Treaties 1757-73 - 87
7. Activities: Public and Private 1757-63 - 109
8. Challenge: Defeat: and Reflection 1757-65 - 130
9. Fresh Start and New Game 1765-76 - 147
10. Great Designs and Personal Struggles 1768-72 - 160
11. Defences Breached 1769-73 - 174
12. Desperation and Defiance 1774-78 - 195
13. Fight for Survival 1774-78 - 205
14. Restoration 1778-82 - 220
15. Transformation 1780-84 - 232
16. Personal Loss and Political Revival 1781-83 - 244
17. Closing of an Era 1782-86 - 255
18. Endings 1784-87 - 266
Abbreviations - 280
Chapter Notes and References - 281
Bibliography - 305
Glossary - 315
Index - 317
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