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Robert Sewell (other)
Robert Sewell may refer to: * Robert Sewell (historian) (1845–1925), worked in the civil service of the Madras Presidency * Robert Sewell (lawyer) Robert Sewell (1751 – 30 April 1828) was a British politician and colonial official who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1796 to 1802 and served as the Attorney General of Jamaica. Sewell was the son of Sir Thomas Sewell and Catheri ... (1751–1828), Attorney General of Jamaica and member of the Parliament of Great Britain * Robert Sewell (cricketer) (1866–1901), English cricketer {{hndis, Sewell, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sewell (historian)
Robert Sewell (1845–1925) worked in the civil service of the Madras Presidency during the period of colonial rule in India. He was Keeper of the Madras Record Office and was tasked with responsibility for documenting ancient inscriptions and remains in the region, As with other British administrators of his type at that period, his purpose was not scholarly but rather to bolster administrative control by constructing a history that placed British rule as a virtue and a necessity rather than something to be denigrated. Portrayal of historic factionalism among local figureheads and dominion by alien despots would, it was thought, enhance the perception that only the British could rescue the country from its past. Sewell's specialism was the Vijayanagara Empire, about which he authored ''A Forgotten Empire Vijayanagar: A Contribution to the History of India'' (1900). Burton Stein described this book as Sewell's Sewell undertook archaeological work, including at the Buddhist stupa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sewell (lawyer)
Robert Sewell (1751 – 30 April 1828) was a British politician and colonial official who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain from 1796 to 1802 and served as the Attorney General of Jamaica. Sewell was the son of Sir Thomas Sewell and Catherine Heath of Ottershaw Park, Surrey and christened 13 December 1751 at All Hallows, London. He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1770. He married Sarah Lewis in St Pancras, London on 18 November 1775. In February 1776 they set sail for Jamaica on board the ''Judith and Hilaria'' from Portsmouth with Sarah's sisters Mary, Maria and Catherine. In 1780 he was appointed as the Attorney General of Jamaica, returning in 1795 to become a colonial agent for Jamaica. In 1781 he fathered an illegitimate son with a local black woman. This son was the future-revolutionary William Davidson. He became Member of Parliament for Grampound from 1796 to 1802 and spoke in the House of Commons on behalf of the West Indian Plante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |