James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
(1812-1860), Governor-General of IndiaEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 3 portraits
Elected MP for Haddingtonshire 1837; president of the board of trade, 1845; governor-general of India 1847. Under his rule the Punjab became a British province and further territories were annexed; introduced the railway and telegraph to India; his policies much criticised after the outbreak of the Mutiny in 1857.
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
by Sir John Watson-Gordon
oil on canvas, 1847
NPG 188
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
by Lock & Whitfield, after George Richmond
albumen carte-de-visite, after 1856 (circa 1849)
NPG x134620
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
by John Henry Robinson, published by Joseph Hogarth, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 1849
NPG D34664
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