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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Malleson was born in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]. Educated at [[Winchester College|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]].{{sfn|Lloyd|1901}}<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23863 |page=2575 |date=31 May 1872 }}</ref> | Malleson was born in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]]. Educated at [[Winchester College|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]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=490–491}}{{sfn|Lloyd|1901}}<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23863 |page=2575 |date=31 May 1872 }}</ref> | ||
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 work|unfinished]] by [[John William Kaye|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).{{sfn|Lloyd|1901}} | 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 work|unfinished]] by [[John William Kaye|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).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=491}}{{sfn|Lloyd|1901}} | ||
He authored the biographies of the Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]], the French governor-general [[Joseph François Dupleix|Dupleix]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=H. P.|title=''Akbar (Rulers of India)'' by G. B. Malleson; ''Dupleix'' by G. B. Malleson|journal=Revue Historique|year=1891|volume=47|issue=2|pages=387–393|jstor=40938228}}</ref> and the British officer [[Robert Clive]] for the [[Rulers of India series]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=H. P.|title=''Lord Clive, (Rulers of India)'' by G. B. Malleson|journal=Revue Historique|year=1895|volume=59|issue=2|pages=404–408|jstor=40939319}}</ref> | He authored the biographies of the Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]], the French governor-general [[Joseph François Dupleix|Dupleix]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=H. P.|title=''Akbar (Rulers of India)'' by G. B. Malleson; ''Dupleix'' by G. B. Malleson|journal=Revue Historique|year=1891|volume=47|issue=2|pages=387–393|jstor=40938228}}</ref> and the British officer [[Robert Clive]] for the [[Rulers of India series]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=H. P.|title=''Lord Clive, (Rulers of India)'' by G. B. Malleson|journal=Revue Historique|year=1895|volume=59|issue=2|pages=404–408|jstor=40939319}}</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
'''Attribution:''' | |||
{{DNBSupp|wstitle=Malleson, George Bruce|first=Ernest Marsh|last=Lloyd}} | * {{EB1911|wstitle=Malleson, George Bruce|volume=17|pages=490–491}} | ||
* {{Cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Malleson, George Bruce|first=Ernest Marsh|last=Lloyd |author-link=Ernest Marsh Lloyd}} | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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[[Category:English historians]] | [[Category:19th-century English historians]] | ||
[[Category:1825 births]] | [[Category:1825 births]] | ||
[[Category:1898 deaths]] | [[Category:1898 deaths]] | ||
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[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]] | [[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]] | ||
[[Category:English biographers]] | [[Category:English biographers]] | ||