In Travels/ Travels & Reviews Elveden: a small corner of the Punjab in a Suffolk churchyard When a son was born to Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharani Jind Kaur, it must have seemed inconceivable to them that his final resting place would… Continue Reading →
In Col. Colin Mackenzie, 1st Surveyor General of India/ Projects/ Travels/ Travels & Reviews Mackenzie and the Isle of Lewis: inscriptions - Part 3 There are four inscriptions associated with Col. Colin Mackenzie (1754-1821) on the Isle of Lewis. I have written about Mackenzie in two earlier posts… Continue Reading →
In Col. Colin Mackenzie, 1st Surveyor General of India/ Projects/ Travels/ Travels & Reviews In the footsteps of an East India Company official: from the Outer Hebrides to India… and back again - Part 2 Last Spring, thanks to the generosity of the Purvai Project at An Lanntair, I had the opportunity to visit Col. Colin Mackenzie’s birthplace in… Continue Reading →
In Col. Colin Mackenzie, 1st Surveyor General of India/ Projects Coins, coins, everywhere! The rediscovery of a collection at the British Museum - Part 1 In 2009, I started volunteering at the British Museum. I had come across the Masson Project which was run by Dr Elizabeth Errington in… Continue Reading →