Robert Melville Grindlay

Robert Melville Grindlay was born in 1786 shortly after the India Act of 1784 sought to reorganise the management of the mighty East India Company, and the years of his youth were influenced by the focus of British interests on Indian events. At the age of 17, Grindlay joined the East India Company as a military cadet, his
father, a London merchant, having secured him a place. A year later, he was promoted to Lieutenant and by 1817 had made Captain. After 16 years with the 7th Bombay Native Infantry, Grindlay retired at the age of 34 and returned to England.”

Robert Melville Grindlay