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James Stuart Fraser

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From the end of 1839 he served as Resident at Hyderabad in the Nizam's kingdom. This period was a difficult one and disputes with Lord Dalhousie led him to resign in 1852 and return to England. Fraser became blind towards the end of his life and died at Twickenham Park on 22 August 1869.
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James went to school at Ham, Surrey before joining Glasgow University where he showed a talent in languages and astronomy. Joining as a cadet, he went to India in 1799 and became a lieutenant in the 18th Madras native infantry by December 1800 before becoming an aide-de-camp to Sir
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most of the year but during the monsoon, the office was shifted west to Kushalnagar which went for a period by the name of Fraserpet. He became a major-general by June 1838, considered a rapid rise for that time.
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Fraser, Hastings (1885) Memoir and correspondence of General James Stuart Fraser of the Madras Army. Whiting and Co., London.
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and was appointed resident at Mysore and commissioner of Coorg on 6 June 1834. Coorg was administered from
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on 5 May 1795. James was one of six sons and three daughters through his wife Isabella Hook.
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In 1828 he was deputed to Mahé and made a special agent. In 1834 he saw action in the
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James Stuart Fraser
Edinburgh
Madras Army
Coorg War
Kushalnagar
Edinburgh
Clan Fraser of Lovat
Masulipatnam
George Barlow
Pondicherry
Coorg War
Mercara




Stephen, Leslie
"Fraser, James Stuart" 
Dictionary of National Biography
Fraser, Hastings (1885) Memoir and correspondence of General James Stuart Fraser of the Madras Army. Whiting and Co., London.
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1783 births
1869 deaths
British Army generals
British people in colonial India
Madras Staff Corps officers
People from the Madras Presidency

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