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	'''Francis Forde''' was born in [[Seaforde]] in Ireland in about 1718. He was the seventh son of Mathew Forde MP of [[Seaforde]], Co. Down. He entered [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1734 and left with a B.A. in 1738. Adopting a military career, he joined Colonel Aldercron's 39th Regiment as a [[Kingdom of Great Britain\|British]] army officer who served in [[India]] with [[Robert Clive]] during the eighteenth century.		{{Infobox person
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			\| death_place = [[Mozambique Channel]]
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			'''Francis Forde''' (1718–1770) was born in [[Seaforde]] in Ireland in about 1718. He was the seventh son of Mathew Forde MP of [[Seaforde]], Co. Down. He entered [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1734 and left with a B.A. in 1738. Adopting a military career, he joined Colonel Aldercron's 39th Regiment as a [[Kingdom of Great Britain\|British]] army officer who served in [[India]] with [[Robert Clive]] during the eighteenth century.

	==Early Indian Service==		==Early Indian Service==
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	Despite these twin victories, Forde's brevet promotion to Lieutenant Colonel was not initially ratified by the East India Company. It was only with the personal intervention of Clive that he was eventually given a formal promotion. He then returned to Ireland for several years, where he lived in Johnstown in [[County Meath]].		Despite these twin victories, Forde's brevet promotion to Lieutenant Colonel was not initially ratified by the East India Company. It was only with the personal intervention of Clive that he was eventually given a formal promotion. He then returned to Ireland for several years, where he lived in Johnstown in [[County Meath]].

	In 1769 he was sent out as part of a three-man committee, with [[Henry Vansittart]] and [[Luke Scrafton]], to investigate the [[East India Company]]'s practices. They set sail in the frigate ''Aurora'' in September 1769. The vessel left the [[Cape of Good Hope]] on 27 December 1769 but the ship disappeared en route to India and he was believed drowned with the rest of the passengers and crew. The captain had decided to navigate the [[Mozambique Channel]] despite bad weather.<ref name=odnb>{{cite book\|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 20\|year=2004\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|page=350\|isbn=0-19-861370-9}}Article by H M Stephens, revised by D J Prior.</ref>		In 1769 he was sent out as part of a three-man committee, with [[Henry Vansittart]] and [[Luke Scrafton]], to investigate the [[East India Company]]'s practices. They set sail in the frigate [[HMS_Aurora_(1766)\|''Aurora'']] in September 1769. The vessel left the [[Cape of Good Hope]] on 27 December 1769, but the ship disappeared en route to India and he was believed drowned with the rest of the passengers and crew. The captain had decided to navigate the [[Mozambique Channel]] despite bad weather.<ref name=odnb>{{cite book\|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 20\|year=2004\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|page=350\|isbn=0-19-861370-9}}Article by H M Stephens, revised by D J Prior.</ref>

	Colonel Forde married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Bowerbank. His son, Robert Forde succeeded to the property at Johnstown in Co. Meath and later became MP for the county.		Colonel Forde married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Bowerbank. His son, Robert Forde succeeded to the property at Johnstown in Co. Meath and later became MP for the county.
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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Great Britain in the Seven Years War]]		* [[Great Britain in the Seven Years War]]
	* [[List of people who disappeared mysteriously~~: pre-1970\|List of people who disappeared~~]]		* [[List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea]]

	==References==		==References==
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'''Francis Forde''' was born in [[Seaforde]] in Ireland in about 1718. He was the seventh son of Mathew Forde MP of [[Seaforde]], Co. Down. He entered [[Trinity College Dublin]] in 1734 and left with a B.A. in 1738. Adopting a military career, he joined Colonel Aldercron's 39th Regiment as a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] army officer who served in [[India]] with [[Robert Clive]] during the eighteenth century.

==Early Indian Service==
He first arrived in India in the mid-1740s during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. By 1746 he was a Captain in the [[39th Regiment of Foot]]. In 1755 at the request of Clive he resigned his commission in the regular [[British Army]] to take up a post in the [[British East India Company]]'s forces. He was soon the British second in command in Bengal following the [[Battle of Calcutta]]. He served with Clive in the subsequent [[Battle of Plassey]]. On the first anniversary he threw a major party in honour of the victory.<ref>Harvey p.237</ref>

==Masulipatam==
{{Main|Deccan Campaign|Siege of Masulipatam}}
Forde was then given a detachment of troops and ordered to drive the French from [[Masulipatam]]. He was badly supported by a local ally [[Anandraz]] but still managed to rout the French force at the [[Battle of Condore]] and overrun their camp, before laying siege to Masulipatem itself. His forces then stormed the town on 25 January 1759 losing a third of their number. He was widely commended for his leadership during the campaign.

==Chinsurah==
Later that year he returned to Bengal and won the [[Battle of Chinsurah]] removing the Dutch threat to British power in Bengal.

==Later life==
Despite these twin victories, Forde's brevet promotion to Lieutenant Colonel was not initially ratified by the East India Company. It was only with the personal intervention of Clive that he was eventually given a formal promotion. He then returned to Ireland for several years, where he lived in Johnstown in [[County Meath]].

In 1769 he was sent out as part of a three-man committee, with [[Henry Vansittart]] and [[Luke Scrafton]], to investigate the [[East India Company]]'s practices. They set sail in the frigate ''Aurora'' in September 1769. The vessel left the [[Cape of Good Hope]] on 27 December 1769 but the ship disappeared en route to India and he was believed drowned with the rest of the passengers and crew. The captain had decided to navigate the [[Mozambique Channel]] despite bad weather.<ref name=odnb>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 20|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=350|isbn=0-19-861370-9}}Article by H M Stephens, revised by D J Prior.</ref>

Colonel Forde married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Bowerbank. His son, Robert Forde succeeded to the property at Johnstown in Co. Meath and later became MP for the county.

==See also==
* [[Great Britain in the Seven Years War]]
* [[List of people who disappeared mysteriously: pre-1970|List of people who disappeared]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Harvey, Robert. ''Clive: The Life and Death of a British Emperor''. Sceptre, 1999.
* Henty, George Alfred. ''With Clive in India. Or, The Beginnings of an Empire''.
* Keay, John. ''The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company''. Harper Collins, 1993

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