3-070-667 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Lieut.-General Colin Mackenzie, C.B., 1881. Engraving from a photograph by Bassano. 'In Lieutenant-General Colin Mackenzie..., the country has lost a most heroic Christian soldier...Colin Mackenzie joined the 48th Madras Native Infantry in 1826, and it fell to his lot as Adjutant and Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General to receive the surrender of the Rajah of Coorg...Ever foremost in the fight, when ill-health drove him to sea, he volunteered to serve under Admiral Chads against the Malay pirates...[He made] two journeys in disguise through a hostile country...during the Mutiny, he published a series of wise and stirring letters on the state of India, under the name of "Cabulee," in the Daily News...The decoration of C.B. followed the first Afghan war, and the Government of India and Secretary of State united to grant him a special annuity of £300 for his "varied and distinguised services, especially in Afghanistan".' From "Illustrated London News", 1881.