Colonel George Bruce Malleson CSI (8 May 1825 – 1 March 1898) was an English officer in India and author.

Biography

Malleson was born in Wimbledon. Educated at Winchester, he obtained a cadetship in the Bengal infantry in 1842, and served through the second Burmese War. His subsequent appointments were in the civil line, the last being that of guardian to the young maharaja of Mysore. He retired with the rank of colonel in 1877, having been created C.S.I. in the 1872 Birthday Honours.[1][2][3]

He was a voluminous writer, his first work to attract attention being the famous "Red Pamphlet", published at Calcutta in 1857, when the Sepoy Mutiny was at its height. He continued, and considerably rewrote the History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-8 (6 vols., 1878–1880), which was begun but left unfinished by Sir John Kaye. Among his other books the most valuable are History of the French in India (2nd ed., 1893) and The Decisive Battles of India (3rd ed., 1888).[4][2]

He authored the biographies of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, the French governor-general Dupleix[5] and the British officer Robert Clive for the Rulers of India series.[6]

He died at 27 West Cromwell Road, London, on 1 March 1898.[2]

Works

References

  1. ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 490–491.
  2. ^ a b c Lloyd 1901.
  3. ^ "No. 23863". The London Gazette. 31 May 1872. p. 2575.
  4. ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 491.
  5. ^ H. P. (1891). "Akbar (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson; Dupleix by G. B. Malleson". Revue Historique. 47 (2): 387–393. JSTOR 40938228.
  6. ^ H. P. (1895). "Lord Clive, (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson". Revue Historique. 59 (2): 404–408. JSTOR 40939319.
  7. ^ History of Afghanistan: Official Text-Book for the Examination of Military Officers in Interpretership Pushtu. World Digital Library, 13 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Review of Ambushes and Surprises by Col. G. B. Malleson". The Athenaeum (3017): 231. 22 August 1885.

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