Rory

Benjamin Bazil Shee.

Wonder if he was raised in England by Mrs Shee or by the Malcolm family? His Uncle John, an officer in the Madras Army, perhaps helped him enter the HEIC service.

Cadet 1819 HEIC Military Seminary Addiscombe Surrey England

Lieutenant Madras Army 7 April 1820

Captain Madras Army 13 July 1831

Major Madras Army 5 May 1840

Local Lieutenant Colonel British Army in Persia 25 April 1836

He was placed in command of the British troops with the British Mission to Persia upon the resignation of his senior officer.

Awarded The Royal Persian Order of the Lion and Sun.

Died at Belgaum 22 November 1840.

Ron