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	[[File:LudlowCastleDelhi1843.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Ink and colours sketch made more than a decade after Samuel Ludlow and his family had left Delhi showing [[Ludlow Castle, Delhi\|Ludlow Castle]] being used as the Delhi Residency, with waiting carriage, camels, elephants, and [[Skinner's Horse]].]]		[[File:LudlowCastleDelhi1843.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Ink and colours sketch made more than a decade after Samuel Ludlow and his family had left Delhi showing [[Ludlow Castle, Delhi\|Ludlow Castle]] being used as the Delhi Residency, with waiting carriage, camels, elephants, and [[Skinner's Horse]].]]
	'''Samuel Ludlow''' (died 1853) was a British [[surgeon]] in the [[East India Company]] medical establishment, serving in the [[Bengal Presidency]] in [[British India]] during the first half of the 19th century. Ludlow spent many years at the Delhi Residency, the headquarters of the British [[Resident (title)#Residents in Asia\|Resident]] to the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal Court]] in [[Delhi]]. The Resident's Office was created some time after 1803, when the British acquired Delhi, which soon became the [[Delhi Territory]] within the [[Ceded and Conquered Provinces]], a part of the Bengal Presidency.		'''Samuel Ludlow''' (died 1853) was a British [[surgeon]] in the [[East India Company]] medical establishment, serving in the [[Bengal Presidency]] in [[British India]] during the first half of the 19th century. Ludlow spent many years at the Delhi Residency, the headquarters of the British [[Resident (title)#Residents in Asia\|Resident]] to the [[Mughal Empire\|Mughal Court]] in [[Delhi]]. The Resident's Office was created some time after 1803, when the British acquired Delhi, which soon became the [[Delhi Territory]] within the [[Ceded and Conquered Provinces]], a part of the Bengal Presidency.

	Ludlow joined the Bengal medical department (season of 1804) and was appointed Assistant Surgeon, First Class, on 18 March 1805.<ref name="CampbellSamuel1809">{{cite book\|~~last1=Campbell\|first1~~=Lawrence Dundas \|~~last2=Samuel\|first2~~=E. ~~(editors)~~\|title=The Asiatic annual register, or, A View of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia~~, Volume~~ IX~~, for the year~~ 1807\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=745JAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA176~~\|year=1809~~\|publisher=T Cadell and W. Davies (Booksellers to the Asiatic Society) in the Strand; and Black, Parry, and Kingsbury (Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company) in Leadenhall St.\|location=London\|page=176}}</ref><ref name="The Bengal directory and annual register-1838-p238">{{cite book\|title=The Bengal directory and annual register for the year 1838\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O94NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA238\|year=1838\|publisher=Samuel Smith and Co.\|location=Calcutta\|page=238}}</ref> In March 1806 he became Assistant Surgeon to the civil station of [[Benaras]].<ref name="CampbellSamuel1809-p154">{{cite book\|last1=Campbell\|first1=Lawrence Dundas\|last2=Samuel\|first2=E.\|title=The Asiatic annual register: or, A view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia\|url=https://archive.org/details/asiaticannualre03unkngoog\|year=1809\|publisher=Printed for J. Debrett\|page=[https://archive.org/details/asiaticannualre03unkngoog/page/n233 154]}}</ref> He was transferred to the Delhi Residency in 1813, and promoted to Surgeon on 30 January 1817.<ref name="East-India register and directory-p112">{{cite book\|title=East-India register and directory for 1819\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_8nAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA112\|year=1819\|publisher=W.H. Allen\|location=London\|pages=112}}</ref> In 1828, at the time of the wedding of his daughter, he was Presidency Surgeon at Delhi.<ref name="Blackwood's magazine">{{cite book\|title=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume XXIII\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbECAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA662\|date=January–June 1828\|publisher=William Blackwood\|location=Edinburgh\|page=662}}</ref> In 1831 he was appointed Superintending Surgeon and on 28 March of that year, transferred from Delhi to the [[Neemuch]] Division of the British Indian Army.<ref name="The Asiatic journal and monthly register-1831">{{cite book\|title=The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, Volume VI\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA135\|date=September–December 1831\|publisher=Wm. H. Allen & Co.\|location=London\|page=135}}</ref> On 7 December 1835 he was appointed Superintending Surgeon, Agra Circle.<ref name="The Bengal directory and annual register-1838-p237">{{cite book\|title=The Bengal directory and annual register for the year 1838\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O94NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA237\|year=1838\|publisher=Samuel Smith and Co.\|location=Calcutta\|page=237}}</ref> On 11 August 1838 he was transferred from the Agra circle to Superintending Surgeon, Sirhind Division, British Indian Army, based in [[Ambala]].<ref name="Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany-1838">{{cite book\|title=Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, Volume XXVII New Series\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbpAAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA231\|date=September–December 1838\|publisher=Wm. H. Allen & Co.\|location=London\|page=231}}</ref> Ludlow was appointed to the Bengal Medical Board and eventually retired from East India Company service and settled in [[Exeter]].<ref name="the medical directory for scotland">{{cite book\|title=The medical directory for Scotland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA180\|year=1854\|publisher=John Churchill\|location=London\|page=180}}</ref> In 1844, he was elected [[Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons\|Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons]] (Hon.), one of the original 300.<ref name="the medical directory for scotland"/><ref name="British and foreign medical review: or quarterly journal of practical medicine and surgery">{{cite book\|title=British and foreign medical review: or quarterly journal of practical medicine and surgery\|url=https://archive.org/details/britishandforei40unkngoog\|year=1844\|publisher=John Churchill\|location=London\|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishandforei40unkngoog/page/n289 283]}}</ref> Sometime later, Samuel Ludlow moved to [[Bath, Somerset\|Bath]], where he died on 17 October 1853 after a protracted illness.<ref name="the medical directory for scotland"/><ref name="The Gentleman's magazine">{{cite book\|title=The Gentleman's magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTjjHRs-nfMC&pg=PA651\|year=1853\|publisher=F. Jefferies\|page=651}}</ref> His widow, Mary Ludlow, died in [[Cheltenham]] on 26 July 1870, aged 93.<ref name="The Medical times and gazette">{{cite book\|title=The Medical times and gazette\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbZXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA197\|year=1870\|publisher=J. & A. Churchill\|location=London\|page=197}}</ref>		Ludlow joined the Bengal medical department (season of 1804) and was appointed Assistant Surgeon, First Class, on 18 March 1805.<ref name="CampbellSamuel1809">{{cite book \|editor1=Lawrence Dundas Campbell\|editor2=E. Samuel \|title=The Asiatic annual register, or, A View of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia \|volume=IX \|date=1807 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=745JAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA176 \|publisher=T Cadell and W. Davies (Booksellers to the Asiatic Society) in the Strand; and Black, Parry, and Kingsbury (Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company) in Leadenhall St. \|location=London \|page=176}}</ref><ref name="The Bengal directory and annual register-1838-p238">{{cite book\|title=The Bengal directory and annual register for the year 1838\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O94NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA238\|year=1838\|publisher=Samuel Smith and Co.\|location=Calcutta\|page=238}}</ref> In March 1806 he became Assistant Surgeon to the civil station of [[Benaras]].<ref name="CampbellSamuel1809-p154">{{cite book\|last1=Campbell\|first1=Lawrence Dundas\|last2=Samuel\|first2=E.\|title=The Asiatic annual register: or, A view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia\|url=https://archive.org/details/asiaticannualre03unkngoog\|year=1809\|publisher=Printed for J. Debrett\|page=[https://archive.org/details/asiaticannualre03unkngoog/page/n233 154]}}</ref> He was transferred to the Delhi Residency in 1813, and promoted to Surgeon on 30 January 1817.<ref name="East-India register and directory-p112">{{cite book\|title=East-India register and directory for 1819\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_8nAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA112\|year=1819\|publisher=W.H. Allen\|location=London\|pages=112}}</ref> In 1828, at the time of the wedding of his daughter, he was Presidency Surgeon at Delhi.<ref name="Blackwood's magazine">{{cite book\|title=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume XXIII\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbECAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA662\|date=January–June 1828\|publisher=William Blackwood\|location=Edinburgh\|page=662}}</ref> In 1831 he was appointed Superintending Surgeon and on 28 March of that year, transferred from Delhi to the [[Neemuch]] Division of the British Indian Army.<ref name="The Asiatic journal and monthly register-1831">{{cite book\|title=The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, Volume VI\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA135\|date=September–December 1831\|publisher=Wm. H. Allen & Co.\|location=London\|page=135}}</ref> On 7 December 1835 he was appointed Superintending Surgeon, Agra Circle.<ref name="The Bengal directory and annual register-1838-p237">{{cite book\|title=The Bengal directory and annual register for the year 1838\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O94NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA237\|year=1838\|publisher=Samuel Smith and Co.\|location=Calcutta\|page=237}}</ref> On 11 August 1838 he was transferred from the Agra circle to Superintending Surgeon, Sirhind Division, British Indian Army, based in [[Ambala]].<ref name="Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany-1838">{{cite book\|title=Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, Volume XXVII New Series\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbpAAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA231\|date=September–December 1838\|publisher=Wm. H. Allen & Co.\|location=London\|page=231}}</ref> Ludlow was appointed to the Bengal Medical Board and eventually retired from East India Company service and settled in [[Exeter]].<ref name="the medical directory for scotland">{{cite book\|title=The medical directory for Scotland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA180\|year=1854\|publisher=John Churchill\|location=London\|page=180}}</ref> In 1844, he was elected [[Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons\|Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons]] (Hon.), one of the original 300.<ref name="the medical directory for scotland"/><ref name="British and foreign medical review: or quarterly journal of practical medicine and surgery">{{cite book\|title=British and foreign medical review: or quarterly journal of practical medicine and surgery\|url=https://archive.org/details/britishandforei40unkngoog\|year=1844\|publisher=John Churchill\|location=London\|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishandforei40unkngoog/page/n289 283]}}</ref> Sometime later, Samuel Ludlow moved to [[Bath, Somerset\|Bath]], where he died on 17 October 1853 after a protracted illness.<ref name="the medical directory for scotland"/><ref name="The Gentleman's magazine">{{cite book\|title=The Gentleman's magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTjjHRs-nfMC&pg=PA651\|year=1853\|publisher=F. Jefferies\|page=651}}</ref> His widow, Mary Ludlow, died in [[Cheltenham]] on 26 July 1870, aged 93.<ref name="The Medical times and gazette">{{cite book\|title=The Medical times and gazette\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbZXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA197\|year=1870\|publisher=J. & A. Churchill\|location=London\|page=197}}</ref>

	Ludlow is best known today for having constructed a house in the [[Civil Lines]], just outside the city walls of [[Old Delhi]], which was christened "[[Ludlow Castle, Delhi\|Ludlow Castle]]," a [[play on words]] on his surname, the building's [[turret]], its decorative [[crenelation]]s, and the 11th-century [[Ludlow Castle\|Ludlow Castle, Shropshire]]. Ludlow Castle, Delhi, was later to become the Residency at Delhi, and, still later, in September 1857, be the site of a [[Artillery battery\|battery]] used by British troops in the [[Siege of Delhi]] to breach the city wall and retake the city.		Ludlow is best known today for having constructed a house in the [[Civil Lines]], just outside the city walls of [[Old Delhi]], which was christened "[[Ludlow Castle, Delhi\|Ludlow Castle]]," a [[play on words]] on his surname, the building's [[Turret (architecture)\|turret]], its decorative [[crenelation]]s, and the 11th-century [[Ludlow Castle\|Ludlow Castle, Shropshire]]. Ludlow Castle, Delhi, was later to become the Residency at Delhi, and, still later, in September 1857, be the site of a [[Artillery battery\|battery]] used by British troops in the [[Siege of Delhi]] to breach the city wall and retake the city.

	==See also==		==See also==

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[[File:LudlowCastleDelhi1843.jpg|thumb|right|Ink and colours sketch made more than a decade after Samuel Ludlow and his family had left Delhi showing [[Ludlow Castle, Delhi|Ludlow Castle]] being used as the Delhi Residency, with waiting carriage, camels, elephants, and [[Skinner's Horse]].]]
'''Samuel Ludlow''' (died 1853) was a British [[surgeon]] in the [[East India Company]] medical establishment, serving in the [[Bengal Presidency]] in [[British India]] during the first half of the 19th century. Ludlow spent many years at the Delhi Residency, the headquarters of the British [[Resident (title)#Residents in Asia|Resident]] to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Court]] in [[Delhi]]. The Resident's Office was created some time after 1803, when the British acquired Delhi, which soon became the [[Delhi Territory]] within the [[Ceded and Conquered Provinces]], a part of the Bengal Presidency.

Ludlow joined the Bengal medical department (season of 1804) and was appointed Assistant Surgeon, First Class, on 18 March 1805.<ref name="CampbellSamuel1809">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Lawrence Dundas |last2=Samuel|first2=E. (editors)|title=The Asiatic annual register, or, A View of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia, Volume IX, for the year 1807|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=745JAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA176|year=1809|publisher=T Cadell and W. Davies (Booksellers to the Asiatic Society) in the Strand; and Black, Parry, and Kingsbury (Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company) in Leadenhall St.|location=London|page=176}}</ref><ref name="The Bengal directory and annual register-1838-p238">{{cite book|title=The Bengal directory and annual register for the year 1838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O94NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA238|year=1838|publisher=Samuel Smith and Co.|location=Calcutta|page=238}}</ref> In March 1806 he became Assistant Surgeon to the civil station of [[Benaras]].<ref name="CampbellSamuel1809-p154">{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=Lawrence Dundas|last2=Samuel|first2=E.|title=The Asiatic annual register: or, A view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia|url=https://archive.org/details/asiaticannualre03unkngoog|year=1809|publisher=Printed for J. Debrett|page=[https://archive.org/details/asiaticannualre03unkngoog/page/n233 154]}}</ref> He was transferred to the Delhi Residency in 1813, and promoted to Surgeon on 30 January 1817.<ref name="East-India register and directory-p112">{{cite book|title=East-India register and directory for 1819|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_8nAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA112|year=1819|publisher=W.H. Allen|location=London|pages=112}}</ref> In 1828, at the time of the wedding of his daughter, he was Presidency Surgeon at Delhi.<ref name="Blackwood's magazine">{{cite book|title=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume XXIII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbECAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA662|date=January–June 1828|publisher=William Blackwood|location=Edinburgh|page=662}}</ref> In 1831 he was appointed Superintending Surgeon and on 28 March of that year, transferred from Delhi to the [[Neemuch]] Division of the British Indian Army.<ref name="The Asiatic journal and monthly register-1831">{{cite book|title=The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, Volume VI|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA135|date=September–December 1831|publisher=Wm. H. Allen & Co.|location=London|page=135}}</ref> On 7 December 1835 he was appointed Superintending Surgeon, Agra Circle.<ref name="The Bengal directory and annual register-1838-p237">{{cite book|title=The Bengal directory and annual register for the year 1838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O94NAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA237|year=1838|publisher=Samuel Smith and Co.|location=Calcutta|page=237}}</ref> On 11 August 1838 he was transferred from the Agra circle to Superintending Surgeon, Sirhind Division, British Indian Army, based in [[Ambala]].<ref name="Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany-1838">{{cite book|title=Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, Volume XXVII New Series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbpAAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA231|date=September–December 1838|publisher=Wm. H. Allen & Co.|location=London|page=231}}</ref> Ludlow was appointed to the Bengal Medical Board and eventually retired from East India Company service and settled in [[Exeter]].<ref name="the medical directory for scotland">{{cite book|title=The medical directory for Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA180|year=1854|publisher=John Churchill|location=London|page=180}}</ref> In 1844, he was elected [[Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons|Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons]] (Hon.), one of the original 300.<ref name="the medical directory for scotland"/><ref name="British and foreign medical review: or quarterly journal of practical medicine and surgery">{{cite book|title=British and foreign medical review: or quarterly journal of practical medicine and surgery|url=https://archive.org/details/britishandforei40unkngoog|year=1844|publisher=John Churchill|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishandforei40unkngoog/page/n289 283]}}</ref> Sometime later, Samuel Ludlow moved to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], where he died on 17 October 1853 after a protracted illness.<ref name="the medical directory for scotland"/><ref name="The Gentleman's magazine">{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTjjHRs-nfMC&pg=PA651|year=1853|publisher=F. Jefferies|page=651}}</ref> His widow, Mary Ludlow, died in [[Cheltenham]] on 26 July 1870, aged 93.<ref name="The Medical times and gazette">{{cite book|title=The Medical times and gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbZXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA197|year=1870|publisher=J. & A. Churchill|location=London|page=197}}</ref>

Ludlow is best known today for having constructed a house in the [[Civil Lines]], just outside the city walls of [[Old Delhi]], which was christened "[[Ludlow Castle, Delhi|Ludlow Castle]]," a [[play on words]] on his surname, the building's [[turret]], its decorative [[crenelation]]s, and the 11th-century [[Ludlow Castle|Ludlow Castle, Shropshire]]. Ludlow Castle, Delhi, was later to become the Residency at Delhi, and, still later, in September 1857, be the site of a [[Artillery battery|battery]] used by British troops in the [[Siege of Delhi]] to breach the city wall and retake the city.

==See also==
*[[Indian rebellion of 1857]]

==Notes and references==
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