16 Facts About Robert Orme

Robert Orme was appointed as a Member of the Council at Fort St George, Madras, between 1754 and 1758.

Robert Orme returned to England in 1760, and was appointed as historiographer to the British East India Company in 1769.

Robert Orme wrote A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from 1745.

Robert Orme published Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, the Morattoes and English Concerns in Indostan from the year 1659.

Robert Orme was sent when about two years old to the house of his aunt, Mrs Robert Adams, in Cavendish Square, London.

In 1742 Robert Orme went to Calcutta, where his elder brother William was a Writer in the East India Company.

Robert Orme acquired a reputation for knowledge of Indian customs, and in 1752 was asked to state his opinion on the regulation of the police in Calcutta.

Robert Orme was for some years close to Clive, but the friendship was broken off about 1769.

Robert Orme ultimately reached Nantes in France in the spring of 1760.

In 1792 Robert Orme retired to Great Ealing, Middlesex, where he died on 13 January 1801, in his 73rd year.

In 1752 Robert Orme drew up part of A General Idea of the Government and People of Indostan.

Robert Orme was given access to the records at the India House, and obtained information from the Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau, whom he visited in 1773 at his country seat in France.

Robert Orme was complimented on his work by Sir William Jones.

Robert Orme told Samuel Parr that in preparing the third volume he completely formed every sentence in his mind before writing it down.

In 1782 Robert Orme published Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, of the Morattoes, and of the English Concerns in Indostan from the year 1659.

Robert Orme was married, but this is said to have been unknown even to close friends during his lifetime.