DUGALD MACTAVISH LUMSDEN

Approximate Image Size: 7 1/2 X 10 inches Approximate Overall Size: 10 X 14 inches

SHORT BIO: The name of Lumsden stands high in India. And deservedly so, for in whatever capacity a Lumsden has been tried he has invariably brought credit on his native County of Aberdeen. There have been many Lumsdens in the political and military service, and as the history of British India shows, they have all of them proved to be Empire builders of the best kind. - Lieut.-Colonel Dugald MacTavish Lumsden-better known now as " Lunmsden of Lumsden's Horse " is no exception to the rule. He is not a soldier in the strict sense, for he was not originally trained for the profession of arms. He went to India years ago to devote his energies to the development of the tea industry, then in its infancy. This he has done with the greatest success. Settling in Assam, his splendid qualities soon asserted themselves. He was one of those who recognised the importance of the Volunteer movement, and therefore readily espoused the cause in the district in which his lot was thrown. A Corps of Mounted Rifles existed, of which the late Sir William Lockhart once said that no better mounted troops could be found in the worId for the operations of a hill campaign, as " every officer and man was a born leader, and once mounted made his horse part of himself." This Corps Lumsden joined and, as the Assam Light Horse, served in for years and assisted in bringing to the highest standard of efficiency.

VERY GOOD CONDITION. Printed on heavier textured-glossy type paper. The colors are very bright and clean It does have text on reverse side (doesn't show through the heavier textured type paper) which is a BIOGRAPHY relating to the portrait. A great Genealogy collectible item.

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