In Col. Colin Mackenzie, 1st Surveyor General of India/ Projects/ Travels/ Travels & Reviews Journey to the Western Isles We covered 1371 miles during our journey to the Western Isles and as we left the plains of England and passed through the Lake… Continue Reading →
In Col. Colin Mackenzie, 1st Surveyor General of India/ Exhibition Photo Galleries/ Projects/ Reviews/ Travels/ Travels & Reviews Collector Extraordinaire Exhibition: treasures from India in Scotland Opening night! After a slightly frantic start deciding what to wear to an event I had been looking forward to for so long, I… Continue Reading →
In Travels/ Travels & Reviews Burnham Thorpe: The Nelson Connection We first stumbled across the quiet village of Burnham Thorpe in north Norfolk on a rainy day in 2009 that turned out to be… Continue Reading →
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 →
