Cameron’s family fought 1857 war
Aug. 2: An ancestor of the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, who last week was on a trip to India to charm the country, helped suppress the Indian Uprising in 1857.
The rebellion, which is called the Indian Mutiny in Britain, is termed as the First War of Indian Independence by India.
Mr Cameron’s great-great-grandfather was a British cavalryman, called William Low, who mercilessly helped suppress the rebellion against the East India Company in 1857. Low’s grandson, Sir William Mount, married Elizabeth Llewellyn in 1929. They were Mr Cameron’s grandparents on his mother’s side. The family tree on Mr Cameron’s mother’s side was detailed for a newspaper by the genealogist, Mr Nick Barratt.
Mr Cameron’s ancestors have had a long relationship with India — they served the East India Company in India across four generations after Robert Clive established British rule after the battle of Plassey in 1757, according to the Times.
The details of William Low’s part in suppressing 1857 Uprising were revealed after letters he wrote to his father, General Sir John Low, a senior figure in the East India Company, were uncovered last week in a book in the British Library, the report said.
His brother, Robert, also took part in suppressing the 1857 Uprising.
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