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James Caulfeild (30 January 1782 – 4 November 1852) was an Irish

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soldier and political officer in

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, and a

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politician.

Background

Caulfeild was the son of the Venerable

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, grandson of the Hon. Toby Caulfeild, younger son of

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. His mother was Euphemia (née Gordon).

Military and political career

Caulfeild joined the

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of the

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as a

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in 1798 and arrived in India on 10 September 1799. He was commissioned as a

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13 June 1800 and appointed to the 5th Native Cavalry in June 1801. Promoted

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11 March 1805, he was absent on sick furlough from 15 September 1807 to 21 January 1812. Back in India he served with the

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1812–14. In 1817-18 he served with the 5th Native Cavalry in the

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and against the

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, during which he was promoted

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and appointed

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to the Nagpur Subsidiary Force. In 1819 Caulfeild was appointed 1st assistant to the British Resident at

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, after which his career was in the East India Company's Political Service. He was Political Agent in Haraoti (the territories of Bundi and Kotah in the

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) 1822–32, then Superintendent to the

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Princes in 1836, before being appointed Resident at

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in 1839. Meanwhile, his military career progressed through seniority: regimental Captain 1818,

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1823,

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1829, Brevet

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1834. He was awarded a CB in 1831. He published ''Observations on our Indian Administration, Civil and Military'' (Calcutta, 1831). Caulfeild left India on furlough in 1841, and never returned. Promoted to

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in 1841 and

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in 1851, he was a

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of the East India Company 1848–51 and stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully contesting the seat of Abingdon in 1845 and 1847 before finally winning it in July 1852. Caulfeild's career as a

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was short, however, because he died at Copsewood,

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, 4 November 1852.

Family

Caufeild married Letitia, daughter of Lt-Gen Hugh Stafford, at

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on 6 December 1814. She died 26 August 1826. Their son, James Gordon Caulfeild, was born at Cawnpore 18 May 1815 and also served in the Bengal Army (Cadet 1832,

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1835, Lieutenant 1838). At the time of his death at

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(21 September 1844) he was a lieutenant in the 68th Bengal Native Infantry.Hodson. Caufeild was married a second time to Anne Rachel, daughter of the late Major William Blake of the 13th Bengal Native Infantry. She died in 1890. Their son George Caulfeild of Copsewood (1841–1922) served in the

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and was High Sheriff of Limerick. Lieutenant-General Caulfeild had two further sons by his second marriage.Burke's.

References

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