Talk:Robert Fletcher (East India Company officer)

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk06:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

 
Sir Robert Fletcher
  • ... that, despite being cashiered for his involvement in the 1766 Monghyr Mutiny, Sir Robert Fletcher (pictured) rejoined the East India Company and rose to command its Madras Army? "he was involved in the ‘batta’ mutiny against Clive in 1766, court-martialled, and again cashiered...He then sailed to England to get the sentence quashed...Fletcher then persuaded George Grenville to ask Clive not to maintain his opposition, and Clive agreed.6 On 15 Dec. 1769 Fletcher was appointed to Madras as colonel" from: Cannon, J.A. "Fletcher, Sir Robert (c.1738-76), of Ballinasloe, co. Roscommon and Lindertis, Angus". History of Parliament Online. History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 10 August 2020.and "Sir Robert Fletcher succeeds General Smith in command of Madras Army" from:Auber, Peter (1837). Rise and Progress of the British Power in India. W. H. Allen & Company. p. xiv.
  • ALT1 ... that Sir Robert Fletcher (pictured) rose to command the East India Company's Madras Army, despite being cashiered for his involvement in the 1766 Monghyr Mutiny?

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 17:09, 12 August 2020 (UTC).Reply