In Company and India: Manuscript
- AR85/1
- Series
- n.d. [c.1992]
Typescript; photocopied pages with additions and amendments. Illustrations.
In Company and India: Manuscript
Typescript; photocopied pages with additions and amendments. Illustrations.
In Company and India: Manuscript File2
9) Services of Addiscombe Officers [biographical sketches]
10) List of cadets
Sources of Information and Acknowledgements
General Index
In Company and India: Manuscript and Notes
Manuscript of book, 'In Company and India, a history of Addiscombe Military Seminary (2 loose-leaf files); with file of research notes and correspondence etc used in its compilation. In Company and India was researched and written by Alan C Hardcastle in 1991-1992; but he was unable to find a publisher for it. It contains a preface written by Lord Weatherill (formerly Bernard Weatherill, MP for Croydon North-East and Speaker of the House of Commons).
Alan C. Hardcastle
In Company and India: Manuscript File1
Preface by Lord Weatherill
1) The Reluctant Empire [history of the East India Company]
2) The Addiscombe Herons [history of Addiscombe Place]
3) The Years of Construction (origins and early years of the Seminary)
4) Addiscombe under Stannus [1834 - 1850]
5) Abbotship, a decade of disquiet [1851 - 1861]
6) All Roads Lead to India [later development of the Seminary site and environs]
7) The Years of Reflection [memoirs of the Seminary: careers of Henry Vibart and M.F.Coussmaker]
8) A Job for the Boys [family connections and nepotism]
In Company and India: File of Research Notes
Contains correspondence between Alan Hardcastle and descendants of various Addiscombe cadets; photocopies of articles etc.