. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. superb vase, valued at£1,500. The court of directors of the East IndiaCompany likewise testified their sense of hismerits by a grant to him of £1,000 a-year. InJuly 1827 he was appointed governor of Bombay,which important post he resigned in 1831, andfinally returned to Britain. On quitting India, hereceived many gratifying instances of the esteemand high consideration in which he was principal European gentlemen of Bombay re-quested him to sit for his statue, wh
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. superb vase, valued at£1,500. The court of directors of the East IndiaCompany likewise testified their sense of hismerits by a grant to him of £1,000 a-year. InJuly 1827 he was appointed governor of Bombay,which important post he resigned in 1831, andfinally returned to Britain. On quitting India, hereceived many gratifying instances of the esteemand high consideration in which he was principal European gentlemen of Bombay re-quested him to sit for his statue, which was exe-cuted by Chautrey, and erected in that city; themembers of the Asiatic Society requested a bustof him for their library; the native gentlemen ofBombay solicited his portrait, to be placed in thepublic room ; the East India Amelioration Societyvoted him a service of plate ; and the United So-ciety of Missionaries, including English, Scots,and Americans, acknowledged with gratitude theassistance they had received from him in the pro-secution of their pious labours. Subjoined is Sir John Malcolms portrait:. Soon after his arrival in England in 1831, hewas elected for Launceston, and took an ac-tive part in the proceedings in the house of com-mons upon several important questions, particu-larly the Scottish reform bill, which he warmlyopposed. After the dissolution of parliament in1832 he offered himself for Carlisle, but being un-successful, he retired to his seat near Windsorand employed himself in writing a Treatise upon The Government of India, with the view of elu-cidating the difficult questions relating to the re-newal of the East India Companys charter, whichwas published only a few weeks previous to hisdeath. His last address in public was at a meet-ing in the Thatched House Tavern, London, forthe purpose of forming a subscription to buy upthe mansion of Abbotsford for the family of thegreat novelist; and on that occasion his conclud-ing sentiment was th
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