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Beatson’s Mutiny: The Turbulent Career of a Victorian Soldier
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Over a long and varied career, Major-General William Beatson earned a fine reputation as a leader of irregular cavalry in the nineteenth century. He trained many future commanders of the Victorian army, saw action in Spain and British India, and rode with the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava. But tasked with disciplining the Turkish Bashi-Bazouks during the Crimean War, his character flaws led him into conflict with politicians and diplomats running the war, who accused him of inciting mutiny. Parliament, newspapers and the law courts then became his chosen battlefields as he fought to clear his name and return to duty. By bringing Beatsons life and career into sharper focus, Richard Stevenson connects wide-ranging themes in Victorian military and imperial history in a fresh and accessible way.

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Richard Stevenson is a freelance writer, specialising in military history. He was awarded the 2012 Howard Browne medal by the Victorian Military Society.

Beatson was a well-known soldier in his day and his was a Victorian life of extraordinary adventure, very much on the model of a G. A. Henty hero, but more remarkable, indeed, larger than life. Beatsons speciality was raising and commanding irregular troops, an activity which required charisma, imagination, enterprise and not a small quantity of chutzpah.

F RANCIS R OBINSON

Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway University of London

First published in 2015 by
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
London New York
www.ibtauris.com

The right of Richard Stevenson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Every attempt has been made to gain permission for the use of the images in this book. Any omissions will be rectified in future editions.

References to websites were correct at the time of writing.

ISBN: 978 1 78453 110 2
eISBN: 978 0 85773 691 8
Print ISBN: 978 1 78453 110 2

A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
A full CIP record is available from the Library of Congress

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: available

To all my family and friends,
who must be heartily sick of Beatson yarns by now:
here is his full story .

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Maps

Tables

Plates

GLOSSARY

Table of Ranks

European commissioned ranks

Field Marshal (FM)

General (Gen)

Lieutenant-General (Lt-Gen)

Major-General (Maj-Gen)

Brigadier-General (Brig-Gen)

Colonel (Col)

Lieutenant-Colonel (Lt-Col)

Major (Maj)

Captain (Capt)

Lieutenant (Lt)

Ensign (Ens) (infantry) = Cornet (cavalry) = 2nd Lieutenant (artillery, engineers and rifles)

European non-commissioned ranks

Serjeant-Major (Sjt-Maj)

Troop Serjeant-Major (TSM)

Quartermaster-Serjeant (QMS)

Serjeant (Sjt)

Corporal (Cpl)

Private (infantry) = Trooper (cavalry) = Gunner (artillery)

Indian commissioned ranks

Cavalry:

Rissaldar -Major (Senior Native officer)

Rissaldar (Senior Troop commander/Squadron commander)

Ressaidar (Junior Troop commander)

Naib Rissaldar (Troop 2i/c)

Jemadar (Lieutenant)

Infantry:

Subadar -Major (Senior Native officer)

Subadar (Company commander)

Jemadar (Lieutenant)

Indian non-commissioned ranks

Cavalry:

Kote Duffadar (Troop Serjeant-Major)

Duffadar (Serjeant)

Naick (Corporal)

Sowar (Trooper)

Infantry:

Havildar -Major (Serjeant-Major)

Havildar (Serjeant)

Naick (Corporal)

Sepoy (Private)

The Nizams army was anomalous in that its native ranks were one step higher than their equivalents in the HEICs Presidency armies: thus the Rissaldar was equivalent to a Rissaldar -Major.

Turkish ranks

Ferik Pasha (Lieutenant-General)

Liva Pasha (Major-General)

Miralai (Colonel)

Bimbashi (Major)

Colassi (2i/c)

Yuzbashi (Captain)

Mulazim (Lieutenant)

Choase (Serjeant)

Onbashi (Corporal)

Hakim (Medical Officer)

Imam (Chaplain)

Buluk Emin (Writer)

Turkish honorifics

Pasha (General officer)

Bey (Field officer)

Aga (Company officer)

Effendi (Junior or non-combatant officer)

Appointments

Brigadier (Brig)

Brigade Major

Commandant

Adjutant

Quartermaster and Interpreter

Woordie Major (native adjutant)

Nishanburdar (standard-bearer)

Abbreviations

2i/c	Second-in-Command
A/	Acting
AAG	Assistant AG
ADC	Aide-de-Camp
AG	Adjutant-General AQMG Assistant QMG
Asst-Surg	Assistant Surgeon
BAL	British Auxiliary Legion
BHA	Bengal Horse Artillery
BIC	Bengal Irregular Cavalry
BLC	Bengal Light Cavalry
BMP	Bundlecund Military Police
BNI	Bengal Native Infantry
BO	Board of Ordnance
Bttn	Battalion
CB	Companion of the Order of the Bath
CIH	Central India Horse
CinC	Commander-in-Chief
CO	Commanding Officer
DAG	Deputy AG
DAQMG	Deputy Assistant QMG
DG	Dragoon Guards
DJAG	Deputy JAG
FO	Foreign Office
Ft	Regiment of Foot
GOC	General Officer Commanding
HEIC	The Honourable East India Company or, even more formally, The United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies
HMs	His/Her Majestys; usually applied to officers or regiments of the British service, as opposed to HEIC service
HMG	His/Her Majestys Government
HQ	Headquarters
JAG	Judge Advocate General
JFF	Jalna Field Force
KCB	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
KSF	Knight of the National and Military Order of San Fernando (Spain)
LI	Light Infantry
LLD	Doctor of Laws
LTC	Land Transport Corps
MAG	Military Auditor General
MLC	Madras Light Cavalry
MNI	Madras Native Infantry
MO	Medical Officer
MP	Member of Parliament
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
NWP	North-West Provinces
OAF	Oude Auxiliary Force
OIC	Osmanli Irregular Cavalry
P&O	Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Company
QC	Queens Counsel
QM	Quartermaster
QMG	Quartermaster-General
RFF	Rajputana Field Force
RHA	Royal Horse Artillery
SRC	Sindias Reformed Contingent, otherwise known as the Sipri or Gwalior Contingent
Surg-Gen	Surgeon-General
TC	Turkish Contingent
VC	Victoria Cross
WD	War Department, later War Office (WO)

Words and Phrases

Unless otherwise specified, these are words and phrases used in India; spellings could vary widely.

aga	Turkish leader of irregular cavalry

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