Robert Melville Grindlay (original) (raw)

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Captain Robert Melville Grindlay FRSA MRAS FZS FRHS FRBS (23 October 1786 – 9 December 1877) was a British soldier, artist, and banker during the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in London, England he served as an East India Company agent in the Bombay Army, during which time he made a large collection of sketches and drawings of the Indian subcontinent. Upon returning to England he founded the multinational commercial firm Grindlays Bank and various philanthropic initiatives. (en)

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1877-12-09 (xsd:date)

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1877-01-01 (xsd:gYear)

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*Aide-de-campof theGovernorof theBombay Presidency(Sir Evan Nepean) (en)
*London agent of the Steam Committees ofCalcuttaandMadras (en)
*Founder ofGrindlays Bank (en)
*Secretary of the Committee ofEmbarkationofBombay (en)
*Captain of2nd Battalion of the 7th Bombay Native Infantry(East India Company–Bombay Army) (en)

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1786-11-17 (xsd:date)

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1786-10-23 (xsd:date)

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Marylebone, London, England (en)

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Engraving of Capt. R M Grindlay (en)

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Robert Melville Grindlay (en)

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1877-12-09 (xsd:date)

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Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (en)

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The Rev. Dr John Grindlay (en)

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Banking to the British Empire (en)
Paintings of the Indian subcontinent (en)

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Elizabeth Grindlay (en)

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Robert Melville Grindlay (en)

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British (en)

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Artist (en)
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Soldier (en)
Banker (en)

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[[#Footnotes (en)

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Maria Susannah Grindlay (en)

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*Founder of Grindlays Bank *Aide-de-camp of the Governor of the Bombay Presidency *Captain of 2nd Battalion of the 7th Bombay Native Infantry *Secretary of the Committee of Embarkation of Bombay *London agent of the Steam Committees of Calcutta and Madras (en)

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Captain Robert Melville Grindlay FRSA MRAS FZS FRHS FRBS (23 October 1786 – 9 December 1877) was a British soldier, artist, and banker during the 18th and 19th centuries. Born in London, England he served as an East India Company agent in the Bombay Army, during which time he made a large collection of sketches and drawings of the Indian subcontinent. Upon returning to England he founded the multinational commercial firm Grindlays Bank and various philanthropic initiatives. (en)

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