'Orme', (1728-1801), 1830. Robert Orme (1728-1801) British historian who entered service of East India Company in 1743, appointed to Council at Fort St. George 1754-1758, he was instrumental in sending Robert Clive on a punitive expedition in 1757 to Calcutta, after the Black Hole incident of 1756. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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