Open Research Online The Open University’s repository of research publications and other research outputs East India patronage and the political management of Scotland 1720-1774 Thesis How to cite: McGilvary, George Kirk (1990). East India patronage and the political management of Scotland 1720-1774. PhD thesis The Open University. For guidance on citations see FAQs. c 1989 The Author Version: Version of Record Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online’s data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. oro.open.ac.uk DXi004-9 UNRESTR n GT-ED GEORGE KIRK McGILVARY M.A.; M.Litt. EAST INDIA PATRONAGE AND THE POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF SCOTLAND 17204774 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY HISTORY 1989 Autbor i5 nte.mber : M 7020085 Tom. su•brniSSion 16 Raj /989 cuoco-cL 11 Atkr.l. 1990 EX12 HIGHER DEGREES OFFICE LIBRARY AUTHORISATION FORM STUDENT: n1oRen1 KIRK TffeGTLITARY SERIAL NO: M 7020085 DEGREE: DOCTOR OF PHIOSOPHY TITLE OF THESIS: EAST INDIA PATRONAGE AND TEE POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF SCOTLAND 1720 - 1774. I confixm that I am willing that my thesis be made available to readers and maybe photocopied, subject to the discretion of the Librarian. SIGNED: DM: P5 ABSTRACT This thesis sets out to examine and explain the use of India patronage in the government of Scotland from 1720 to 1774. The 1707 Act of Union created a complex and uncertain Scottish political world. Widespread resentment at the 1707 'betrayal' was kept simmering by pro-Jacobite sentiments and frustrations due to economic stagnation. To the Whig ministries in London the 1715 rebellion on top of all the other danger signals was alarming. The turmoil in Scotland seemed to threaten the stability and security of the fragile British state. Walpole believed the danger sufficient to warrant the strongest political management system possible there, using all the patronage that could be brought to bear. Through John Drummond, a Scottish East India Company Director, he was able to procure patronage from the Company and its Shipping interest. In Scotland these India posts were devoted to obtaining electoral support for Walpole's Argathelian backers. John Drummond and Lord Milton, as agents of the Duke of Argyll and his brother Islay, were instrumental in this. Walpole's successors at Westminster and the Argathelians in Scotland conspired to further the use of available India patronage. The flood of India favours continued until 1765 and beyond, pausing only with the implementation in 1774 of North's Regulating Act. The thesis breaks new ground in showing the existence and importance of this India patronage so early in the eighteenth century. Also, by examining the role of the Scots engrossad in the East India Company and its politics in the 1760s and early 1770s their importance as a group is uncovered. They were caught up in the struggle for power and for control of patronage within the Company, as well as that between Parliament and the Company for control of Indian territorial acquisitions. CONTENTS SECTION A. Ch.l. Introduction p.11 Ch.2. Re:sume of India Patronage and Political Management, 1720-1774. p.24 Ch.3. The East India Company, Structure, Patronage and Eighteenth Century Background. p.40 SECTION B. Ch.4. John Drummond of Quarrel and the Inauguration of a Formal System using East India Company Patronage, 1720-1742. p.55 Ch.5. John Drummond, India Patronage and Government Connection, 1720-1742. p.82 Ch.6. John Drummond's India Patronage Network and Political Management, 1720-1742. p.119 SECTION C. Ch.7. Governmental Background in England and Scotland and the Patronage Management of Lord Milton and John Mackenzie of Delvine, 1742-1761. p.150 Ch.8. The Company,the Government,and patronage developments 1742-1761. p.104 SECTION D. Ch.9. East India Company Politics, the Bute Ministry and Patronage, 1761-1765. p.217 Ch.10.Ministries, Shipping and Company Patronage - to 1774. p.237 Ch.11.The East India Company Contested Elections, 1761-1774, and Their Effect on Scottish Shares of Company Patronage. p.266 Ch.12. Conclusion. p.286 SECTION E. Patronage Profiles, 1720-1774. p.292 APPENDICES. 1. Drummond's Contacts. p.378 2. Political Strength of Drummond's Friends. p.389 3. Inter-Connections among Drummond's Friends. p.402 4. Drummond's Parliamentary Friends. p.405 5. Jacobites. p.407 6. Recruitment of Scots into the East India Company Army. p.411 7. Campbells and the East India Company Army. p.416 8. East India Company Scots Military Officers. p.419 9. The 89th Foot to India. p.423 10. Scots Company Civil Servants. p.426 11. Scots Seafarers. p.431 12. Scots Doctors/Surgeons. p.434 13. Scots Freemerchants. p.435 14. Miscellaneous Scots in India. p.436 15. East India Company Directors Patronising Scots. p.437 16. Scots Proprietors. p.439 CHARTS 1 to 6. pp.442-447 BIBLIOGRAPHY. p.448 2 ACIOIOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted to my supervisors, Dr. Angus Calder, Staff Tutor in the Arts Faculty of the Open University, Edinburgh and John C. P. Riddy of Stirling University, for their patience and guidance. my thanks are also due to the following for their assistance and encouragement:- Dr. James Parker of the History Manuscripts Commission, Dr. Ian Donnachie of the Open University, Edinburgh, Mt. Brad Garness, Massachussetts, U.S.A. and Mrs. E. Campbell of Pitreavie, Fife. I am grateful to the Duke of Argyll and the Marquess of Bute for permission to consult papers in their possession. I wish to thank Mt. Martin De Bertodano for permission to use papers relating to L. Sulivan and also Mt. Jack HOtson for original East India Company and Shipping manuscripts in his possession. I am also obliged to the staff of the following libraries and record offices:- The British Library, London; Bury St. Edmunds and West Suffolk Record Office; Edinburgh Public Library, George IV Bridge; Edinburgh University Library; Exeter Records Office; The History Manuscripts Commission; The India Office Library, London; The Mitchell Library, Glasgow; The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh; The Public Record Office, London; The Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh; Sheffield City Library; Strathclyde Regional Archives, Glasgow. 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