A History Of The Sikhs

joseph Davey Cunningham, · 1849 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

2NOTE.

3In the refereiiees, and also in the text, from Chap. V. to the end

4of the Volume, the names of military officers and civil function-

5aries are quoted without any nice regard to the rank they may

6have held at the particular time, or to the titles by which they may

7have been subsequently distinguished. But as there is one per-

8son only of each name to be referred to, no doubt or inconvenience

9can arise from this laxity. Thus the youthful, but discreet Mr.

10INIetcalfe of the treaty with liunjeet Singh, and the Sir Charles

11Metcalfe so iionorably connected with the liistoiy of India, is the

12Lord Metcalfe of riper years and ap})roved services in anotlier

13hemisphere. Lieutenant Colonel, or more brieliy Colonel, Pot-

14tinger, is now a Major General and a Grand Cross of the Bath ;

15while Mr. Clerk has been made a kniglit of the same Ordtu* and

16Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence has been raised to an equal title.

17Captain, or Lieutenant-Colonel, or Sir Claude \\^ad(*, mean one

18and the same person ; and similarly the late Sir Alexander

19Barnes, sometimes aj)peiu*s us a siin])le lieutenant, or as a ca}>-

20tain, or as a lieutenant colonel. On the other hand, Sir David

21Ochterloney is referred to solely under that title, although, wlien

22he marched to the Sutlej in 1809, lie held the rank of liimtenant

23colonel only.