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The artillery was placed under
Lieutenant Lindsay, afterwards Major-General Sir H. Lindsay. This officer acquired extraordinary influence in the army, and in particular among the artillery. He brought this branch of the forces in
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147:, heir apparent to the throne of Persia, by whom absolute authority was confided to him, he brought the infantry of Azerbaijan to a wonderful state of perfection.
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Henry
Lindsay returned to Britain, where on 7 March 1836 he was created a 1st Baronet Bethune of Kilconquhar but was again sent to Persia in 1836 to become a
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was accompanied in 1808 by two officers of the Indian army, Major
Christie and Lieutenant Lindsay, to whom was confided this duty: they did it well.
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In 1834, he was recalled for service in Persia in anticipation of troubles in the dynastic succession on the
Persian throne. Following the death of
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having quitted Persia, it was determined to accede to the wishes of the
Persian Government and continue the same military organization. Sir
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Major
Christie was a man of considerable military endowments; he undertook the charge of the infantry, and was killed at his post at the
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Bethune was first put in charge of modernizing the corps of horse artillery. In 1816, Bethune received the
Persian decoration of the
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in the
Persian Army, until his retirement in 1839 following a disagreement with the Persian government over the Persian attacks on
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Artillery. With a height of 6 feet 8 inches, he is said to have impressed the Persians who compared him to the mythical hero
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In the wake of the Herat affair, Great
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to obtain military help. In response, a group of French officers was sent to Persia with the returning ambassador.
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in 1812. His able successor was Major Hart, of the Royal Army. Under the auspices and indefatigable cooperation of
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John Trotter Bethune, 10th Earl of Lindsay (1827β1894), married Jeanne Eudoxie Marie Duval of Bordeaux
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9th Earl of Lindsay. The baronetcy became extinct after the 10th Earl died without heirs.
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would in turn resume diplomatic relations with France, and send a diplomatic mission to
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to such a pitch of real working perfection, and introduced so complete a system of
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that same year, he commanded the advanced Divisions of the Persian Army between
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by Lady Mary Leonora Woulfe Sheil, with additional notes by Sir
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Anne Catherine Bethune (1823β1903), married John Thomas Campbell
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Martin William Bethune (1843β1859), died unmarried in Marseille
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Stewart (or Steuart) Lindsay Bethune (1825β1904), married
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for the same reason after his father's death in 1813.
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86:from his maternal uncle. Henry Lindsay also added
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700:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
27:Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church of Tehran
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484:History of the war in Afghanistan
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386:History of the War in Afghanistan
720:People of the Russo-Persian Wars
591:Baronetage of the United Kingdom
472:by Percy Molesworth Sykes p. 406
545:Kaye, Sir John William (1856).
573:"Armenian Church in Teheran".
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319:Iran-United Kingdom relations
118:Order of the Lion and the Sun
110:Order of the Lion and the Sun
695:Military personnel from Fife
515:The Islamic world in decline
416:Balfour Paul, James (1904).
25:Tombstone of Bethune at the
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470:A History of Persia
221:Mohammad Shah Qajar
187:Mohammad Shah Qajar
141:battle of Aslandooz
40:9th Earl of Lindsay
690:Nobility from Fife
280:Sir Henry died in
229:Mirza Hossein Khan
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685:1851 deaths
680:1787 births
558:30 November
426:30 November
396:30 November
241:Dyrham Park
215:and attack
206:Afghanistan
84:Kilconquhar
674:Categories
650:1839β1851
612:1836β1851
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330:References
153:Azerbaijan
576:The Times
58:Biography
54:in 1810.
383:(1851).
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162:β
112:in 1816.
641:de jure
604:Baronet
306:de jure
217:Bushehr
183:Teheran
88:Bethune
80:Bethune
50:to the
44:Lindsay
38:de jure
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282:Tabriz
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235:Family
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191:Shiraz
179:Tabriz
99:Rustam
95:Madras
42:(born
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