Rulers of India series

The Rulers of India was a biographical book series edited by William Wilson Hunter and published by Clarendon Press, Oxford. Hunter himself contributed the volumes on Dalhousie (1890) and Mayo (1891) to the series.

Background

William Hunter retired from his long career as a member of the Indian Civil Service in March 1887 and settled in Oxford, England. On 13 March 1889 Philip Lyttelton Gell, then Secretary to the Delegates of the Clarendon Press, wrote to Hunter about {{blockquote|a project which has been for some time under the consideration of the Delegates, to publish a series giving the salient features of Indian History in the Biographies of successive Generals and Administrators.}}

Gell arranged the publication of the series by June 1889; with Hunter receiving £75 for each volume, and the author £25. Financial constraints forced the series to end at 28 volumes in spite of Hunter's disappointment about the same.{{harv|Chatterjee|2004|pp=65–102}}

Volumes

Volume	Year	Author	Title	References	External scan
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1	-	{{sortname\|Vincent Arthur\|Smith\|Vincent Arthur Smith\|Smith, Vincent}}	Asoka \|
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2	-	{{sortname\|Stanley\|Lane-Poole\|Stanley Lane-Poole\|Lane-Poole, Stanley}}	Babur \|
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3	-	{{sortname\|H. Morse\|Stephens\|H. Morse Stephens\|Stephens, H. Morse}}	Albuquerque \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
4	-	{{sortname\|George Bruce\|Malleson\|George Bruce Malleson\|Malleson, George}}	Akbar	{{cite journal\|last=H. P.\|title=Akbar (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson; Dupleix by G. B. Malleson; The Marquess of Dalhousie by William Wilson Hunter; Lord Lawrence, (English Men of Action) by Richard Temple\|journal=Revue Historique\|year=1891\|volume=47\|issue=2\|pages=387–393\|jstor=40938228}}	Wikisource transcription project
5	-	{{sortname\|Stanley\|Lane-Poole\|Stanley Lane-Poole\|Lane-Poole, Stanley}}	Aurangzeb \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
6	-	{{sortname\|George Bruce\|Malleson\|George Bruce Malleson\|Malleson, George}}	{{sortname\|Joseph François\|Dupleix\|Joseph François Dupleix\|Dupleix, Joseph}}		Wikisource transcription project
7	-	{{sortname\|George Bruce\|Malleson\|George Bruce Malleson\|Malleson, George}}	{{sortname\|Lord\|Clive\|Robert Clive\|Clive, Robert}}	{{cite journal\|last=H. P.\|title=Lord Clive, (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson; Lord Wellesley by W. H. Hutton; Land Revenue and Tenure in British India by B. H. Badenpowell\|journal=Revue Historique\|year=1895\|volume=59\|issue=2\|pages=404–408\|jstor=40939319}}	Wikisource transcription project
8	-	{{sortname\|Lionel James\|Trotter\|L. J. Trotter\|Trotter, Lionel}}	{{sortname\|Warren\|Hastings\|Warren Hastings\|Hastings, Warren}}	{{cite journal\|last=H. P.\|title=Lord Clive, (English Men of Action) by Charles Wilson; Warren Hastings by Alfred Comyn Lyall; Warren Hastings, (Rulers of India) by L. J. Trotter; The Earl of Mayo by William Wilson Hunter\|journal=Revue Historique\|year=1892\|volume=48\|issue=2\|pages=387–400\|jstor=40939452}}	Wikisource transcription project
9	-	{{sortname\|Henry George\|Keene\|Henry George Keene (1826–1915)\|Keene, Henry}}	{{sortname\|Madhava Rao\|Sindhia\|Mahadaji Shinde\|Sindhia, Madhava Rao}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
10	-	{{sortname\|Walter Scott\|Seton-Karr\|W. S. Seton-Karr\|Seton-Karr, Walter}}	{{sortname\|The Marquis of\|Cornwallis\|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis\|Cornwallis, Charles}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
11	-	{{sortname\|Lewin Bentham\|Bowring\|Lewin Bentham Bowring\|Bowring, Lewin}}	{{sortname\|Hyder\|Ali\|Hyder Ali\|Ali, Hyder}} and Tipu Sultan \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
12	-	{{sortname\|William Holden\|Hutton\|William Holden Hutton\|Hutton, William}}	{{sortname\|The Marquess\|Wellesley\|Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley\|Wellesley, Richard}}	{{cite journal\|first=S.\|last=Lane-Poole\|authorlink=Stanley Lane-Poole\|title=The Marquess Wellesley, K. G by W. H. Hutton\|journal=The English Historical Review\|date=October 1894\|volume=9\|issue=36\|pages=811–813\|jstor=547604}}	Wikisource transcription project
13	-	{{sortname\|Major\|Ross of Bladensburg\|John Foster George Ross-of-Bladensburg\|George, John}}	{{sortname\|The Marquess of\|Hastings\|Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings\|Rawdon-Hastings, Francis}} \|
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14	-	{{sortname\|James Sutherland\|Cotton\|J. S. Cotton\|Cotton, James}}	{{sortname\|Mountstuart\|Elphinstone\|Mountstuart Elphinstone\|Elphinstone, Mountstuart}}	{{cite journal\|title=Rulers of India: Mountstuart Elphinstone by J. S. Cotton\|journal=The English Historical Review\|date=October 1892\|volume=7\|issue=28\|page=813\|jstor=547455}}	Wikisource transcription project
15	-	{{sortname\|John\|Bradshaw\|John Bradshaw (civil servant)}} {{cite book\|author=Charles Edward Buckland\|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg=PA51\|year=1906\|page=51\|publisher=Swan Sonnenschein}}	{{sortname\|Sir Thomas\|Munro\|Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet\|Munro, Thomas}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
16	-	{{sortname\|Anne T.\|Ritchie\|Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie\|Ritchie, Anne}} and Richardson Evans	{{sortname\|The Earl\|Amherst\|William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst\|Amherst, William}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
17	-	{{sortname\|Demetrius Charles\|Boulger\|Demetrius Charles Boulger\|Boulger, Demetrius}}	{{sortname\|Lord William\|Bentinck\|Lord William Bentinck\|Bentinck, William}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
18	-	{{sortname\|Lionel James\|Trotter\|L. J. Trotter\|Trotter, Lionel}}	{{sortname\|The Earl of\|Auckland\|George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland\|Eden, George}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
19	-	{{sortname\|Charles Stewart\|Hardinge\|Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge\|Hardinge, Charles}}	{{sortname\|Sir Henry\|Hardinge\|Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge\|Hardinge, Henry}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
20	-	{{sortname\|Lepel\|Griffin\|Lepel Griffin\|Griffin, Lepel}}	{{sortname\|Ranjit\|Singh\|Ranjit Singh\|Singh, Ranjit}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
21	-	{{sortname\|William Wilson\|Hunter\|William Wilson Hunter\|Hunter, William}}	{{sortname\|The Marquess of\|Dalhousie\|James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|Broun-Ramsay, James}}		Wikisource transcription project
22	-	{{sortname\|Richard\|Temple\|Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet\|Temple, Richard}}	{{sortname\|James\|Thomason\|James Thomason\|Thomason, James}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
23	-	{{sortname\|Auckland\|Colvin\|Auckland Colvin\|Colvin, Auckland}}	{{sortname\|John Russell\|Colvin\|John Russell Colvin\|Colvin, John}}	{{cite journal\|last=Hutton\|first=W. H.\|authorlink=William Holden Hutton\|title=John Russell Colvin, the Last Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West under the Company by Auckland Colvin\|journal=The English Historical Review\|date=July 1895\|volume=10\|issue=39\|page=604\|jstor=547869}}	Wikisource transcription project
24	-	{{sortname\|James John\|McLeod Innes\|James John McLeod Innes\|Innes, James}}	{{sortname\|Sir Henry\|Lawrence\|Henry Montgomery Lawrence\|Lawrence, Henry}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
25	-	{{sortname\|Owen Tudor\|Burne\|Owen Tudor Burne\|Burne, Owen}}	{{sortname\|Clyde	Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde\|Clyde}} and Strathnairn	{{cite journal\|title=Rulers of India: Clyde and Strathnairn by Owen Tudor Burne\|journal=The Journal of the Society of Arts\|date=December 18, 1891\|volume=40\|issue=2039\|pages=123–124\|jstor=41328306}}	Wikisource transcription project
26	-	{{sortname\|Henry Stewart\|Cunningham\|H. S. Cunningham\|Cunningham, Henry}}	{{sortname\|The Earl\|Canning\|Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning\|Canning, Charles}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
27	-	{{sortname\|Charles Umpherston\|Aitchison\|Charles Umpherston Aitchison\|Aitchison, Charles}}	{{sortname\|Lord\|Lawrence\|John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence\|Lawrence, John}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
28	-	{{sortname\|William Wilson\|Hunter\|William Wilson Hunter\|Hunter, William}}	{{sortname\|The Earl of\|Mayo\|Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo\|Bourke, Richard}}		Wikisource transcription project

References

Bibliography

{{cite book|editor1-last=Chakravorty|editor1-first=Swapan|editor1-link=Swapan Kumar Chakravorty|editor2-last=Gupta|editor2-first=Abhijit|last=Chatterjee|first=Rimi B.|authorlink=Rimi B. Chatterjee|title=Print Areas: Book History in India|chapter="Every Line for India" : The Oxford University Press and the Rise and Fall of the Rulers of India Series|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKQPnCIZMnIC&pg=PA65|year=2004|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-7824-082-4|pages=65–102}}
{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Rulers|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.18294|year=2001|publisher=Cosmo Publications}}

External links

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Volume	Year	Author	Title	References	External scan
class="wikitable sortable"
1	-	{{sortname\|Vincent Arthur\|Smith\|Vincent Arthur Smith\|Smith, Vincent}}	Asoka \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
2	-	{{sortname\|Stanley\|Lane-Poole\|Stanley Lane-Poole\|Lane-Poole, Stanley}}	Babur \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
3	-	{{sortname\|H. Morse\|Stephens\|H. Morse Stephens\|Stephens, H. Morse}}	Albuquerque \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
4	-	{{sortname\|George Bruce\|Malleson\|George Bruce Malleson\|Malleson, George}}	Akbar	{{cite journal\|last=H. P.\|title=Akbar (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson; Dupleix by G. B. Malleson; The Marquess of Dalhousie by William Wilson Hunter; Lord Lawrence, (English Men of Action) by Richard Temple\|journal=Revue Historique\|year=1891\|volume=47\|issue=2\|pages=387–393\|jstor=40938228}}	Wikisource transcription project
5	-	{{sortname\|Stanley\|Lane-Poole\|Stanley Lane-Poole\|Lane-Poole, Stanley}}	Aurangzeb \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
6	-	{{sortname\|George Bruce\|Malleson\|George Bruce Malleson\|Malleson, George}}	{{sortname\|Joseph François\|Dupleix\|Joseph François Dupleix\|Dupleix, Joseph}}		Wikisource transcription project
7	-	{{sortname\|George Bruce\|Malleson\|George Bruce Malleson\|Malleson, George}}	{{sortname\|Lord\|Clive\|Robert Clive\|Clive, Robert}}	{{cite journal\|last=H. P.\|title=Lord Clive, (Rulers of India) by G. B. Malleson; Lord Wellesley by W. H. Hutton; Land Revenue and Tenure in British India by B. H. Badenpowell\|journal=Revue Historique\|year=1895\|volume=59\|issue=2\|pages=404–408\|jstor=40939319}}	Wikisource transcription project
8	-	{{sortname\|Lionel James\|Trotter\|L. J. Trotter\|Trotter, Lionel}}	{{sortname\|Warren\|Hastings\|Warren Hastings\|Hastings, Warren}}	{{cite journal\|last=H. P.\|title=Lord Clive, (English Men of Action) by Charles Wilson; Warren Hastings by Alfred Comyn Lyall; Warren Hastings, (Rulers of India) by L. J. Trotter; The Earl of Mayo by William Wilson Hunter\|journal=Revue Historique\|year=1892\|volume=48\|issue=2\|pages=387–400\|jstor=40939452}}	Wikisource transcription project
9	-	{{sortname\|Henry George\|Keene\|Henry George Keene (1826–1915)\|Keene, Henry}}	{{sortname\|Madhava Rao\|Sindhia\|Mahadaji Shinde\|Sindhia, Madhava Rao}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
10	-	{{sortname\|Walter Scott\|Seton-Karr\|W. S. Seton-Karr\|Seton-Karr, Walter}}	{{sortname\|The Marquis of\|Cornwallis\|Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis\|Cornwallis, Charles}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
11	-	{{sortname\|Lewin Bentham\|Bowring\|Lewin Bentham Bowring\|Bowring, Lewin}}	{{sortname\|Hyder\|Ali\|Hyder Ali\|Ali, Hyder}} and Tipu Sultan \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
12	-	{{sortname\|William Holden\|Hutton\|William Holden Hutton\|Hutton, William}}	{{sortname\|The Marquess\|Wellesley\|Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley\|Wellesley, Richard}}	{{cite journal\|first=S.\|last=Lane-Poole\|authorlink=Stanley Lane-Poole\|title=The Marquess Wellesley, K. G by W. H. Hutton\|journal=The English Historical Review\|date=October 1894\|volume=9\|issue=36\|pages=811–813\|jstor=547604}}	Wikisource transcription project
13	-	{{sortname\|Major\|Ross of Bladensburg\|John Foster George Ross-of-Bladensburg\|George, John}}	{{sortname\|The Marquess of\|Hastings\|Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings\|Rawdon-Hastings, Francis}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
14	-	{{sortname\|James Sutherland\|Cotton\|J. S. Cotton\|Cotton, James}}	{{sortname\|Mountstuart\|Elphinstone\|Mountstuart Elphinstone\|Elphinstone, Mountstuart}}	{{cite journal\|title=Rulers of India: Mountstuart Elphinstone by J. S. Cotton\|journal=The English Historical Review\|date=October 1892\|volume=7\|issue=28\|page=813\|jstor=547455}}	Wikisource transcription project
15	-	{{sortname\|John\|Bradshaw\|John Bradshaw (civil servant)}} {{cite book\|author=Charles Edward Buckland\|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg=PA51\|year=1906\|page=51\|publisher=Swan Sonnenschein}}	{{sortname\|Sir Thomas\|Munro\|Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet\|Munro, Thomas}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
16	-	{{sortname\|Anne T.\|Ritchie\|Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie\|Ritchie, Anne}} and Richardson Evans	{{sortname\|The Earl\|Amherst\|William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst\|Amherst, William}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
17	-	{{sortname\|Demetrius Charles\|Boulger\|Demetrius Charles Boulger\|Boulger, Demetrius}}	{{sortname\|Lord William\|Bentinck\|Lord William Bentinck\|Bentinck, William}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
18	-	{{sortname\|Lionel James\|Trotter\|L. J. Trotter\|Trotter, Lionel}}	{{sortname\|The Earl of\|Auckland\|George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland\|Eden, George}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
19	-	{{sortname\|Charles Stewart\|Hardinge\|Charles Hardinge, 2nd Viscount Hardinge\|Hardinge, Charles}}	{{sortname\|Sir Henry\|Hardinge\|Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge\|Hardinge, Henry}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
20	-	{{sortname\|Lepel\|Griffin\|Lepel Griffin\|Griffin, Lepel}}	{{sortname\|Ranjit\|Singh\|Ranjit Singh\|Singh, Ranjit}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
21	-	{{sortname\|William Wilson\|Hunter\|William Wilson Hunter\|Hunter, William}}	{{sortname\|The Marquess of\|Dalhousie\|James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|Broun-Ramsay, James}}		Wikisource transcription project
22	-	{{sortname\|Richard\|Temple\|Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet\|Temple, Richard}}	{{sortname\|James\|Thomason\|James Thomason\|Thomason, James}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
23	-	{{sortname\|Auckland\|Colvin\|Auckland Colvin\|Colvin, Auckland}}	{{sortname\|John Russell\|Colvin\|John Russell Colvin\|Colvin, John}}	{{cite journal\|last=Hutton\|first=W. H.\|authorlink=William Holden Hutton\|title=John Russell Colvin, the Last Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West under the Company by Auckland Colvin\|journal=The English Historical Review\|date=July 1895\|volume=10\|issue=39\|page=604\|jstor=547869}}	Wikisource transcription project
24	-	{{sortname\|James John\|McLeod Innes\|James John McLeod Innes\|Innes, James}}	{{sortname\|Sir Henry\|Lawrence\|Henry Montgomery Lawrence\|Lawrence, Henry}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
25	-	{{sortname\|Owen Tudor\|Burne\|Owen Tudor Burne\|Burne, Owen}}	{{sortname\|Clyde	Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde\|Clyde}} and Strathnairn	{{cite journal\|title=Rulers of India: Clyde and Strathnairn by Owen Tudor Burne\|journal=The Journal of the Society of Arts\|date=December 18, 1891\|volume=40\|issue=2039\|pages=123–124\|jstor=41328306}}	Wikisource transcription project
26	-	{{sortname\|Henry Stewart\|Cunningham\|H. S. Cunningham\|Cunningham, Henry}}	{{sortname\|The Earl\|Canning\|Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning\|Canning, Charles}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
27	-	{{sortname\|Charles Umpherston\|Aitchison\|Charles Umpherston Aitchison\|Aitchison, Charles}}	{{sortname\|Lord\|Lawrence\|John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence\|Lawrence, John}} \|
\| Wikisource transcription project
28	-	{{sortname\|William Wilson\|Hunter\|William Wilson Hunter\|Hunter, William}}	{{sortname\|The Earl of\|Mayo\|Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo\|Bourke, Richard}}		Wikisource transcription project