Book description
Originally published in 1940, this '.is the first detailed study and
appraisal of the relations between the Court of Directors and the Board
of Control during the fifty formative years after Pitt set up this
government office to direct and control the Company's Indian
administration. it was an extremely intricate system of dual government
with checks and balances and interlocking factions and interests.'
Contents Include: The East India House, 1784-1834 The Opposition of the
Indian Interest, 1784-88 The Ascendancy of Dundas, 1788 94 The Revolt of
the Shipping Interest 1794-1802 The Triumph of the Shipping Interest,
1802-06 The India House Divided Against Itself, 1806-12 Buckinghamshire
Versus The India House, 1812-16 Canning's East India Policy, 1816-22 The
Failure of the Private Trade Interest, 1822-30 The Company's Surrender,
1830-34 Concluding Remarks
