3-052-388 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late General Sir John Low, K.C.B., G.C.S.I., 1880. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. T. Rodger. 'This veteran officer, long engaged in the military and diplomatic service of the East Indian Company, died...at the great age of ninety-one. He...joined the Madras Army at an early age. He served in the Pindarrie and Mahratta wars, and in the expedition of 1811 to Java, with much credit as a soldier. But his proficiency in languages caused him to be employed...in various political negotiations. He was British Resident at Gwalior in 1830, and during eleven years at Lucknow in the same capacity. Colonel Low was rewarded in 1842 with the dignity of C.B.,...[and held] the post of British Government Agent in Rajpootana. In 1852, at the special request of Lord Dalhousie, he became Resident at the Court of the Nizam. After two years at Hyderabad, performing the most important services, he became military member of the Supreme Council of the Governor-General at Calcutta. He was one of Lord Canning's most trusted and useful advisers during the Sepoy Mutiny War of 1857...he was made a Knight Commander of the Bath, and...a Knight Grand Cross of the Star of India...No one had such a profound and intimate acquaintance with the native princes of India'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.