Lieutenant-General Sir John Cradock KB & KC, 1809
stipple engraving, print
Accession Number

NAM.1964-12-139-71-1

Description

Lieutenant-General Sir John Cradock KB & KC, 1809. Stipple engraving by J Godby after Sir Thomas Lawrence, published by E Orme, 2 Jan, 1809. General Sir John Francis Caradoc (Cradock), 1st Baron Howden, Commander in Chief, Madras 1803-1807, was recalled to Britain by the Court of Directors of the East India Company as a result of his mishandling of the situation at Vellore in 1806. A mutiny by Hindu and Moslem Indian troops had broken out against the Madras Army’s new dress regulations that required the removal of beards, caste-marks and ear-rings. Cradock changed his surname to Caradoc in 1820.

Events

Vellore Fort, Capture of, 1806 (Vellore Mutiny 1806)