Colonel James Skinner was an Anglo-Indian military adventurer and soldier of the East India Company of British India.
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Colonel James Skinner, copy of a portrait of 1836
Skinner's Horse party. Folio from "Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi", an album by Sir Thomas Metcalfe, 1843.
A folio of Tazkirat al-umara by James Skinner, 1830, depicting Portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Punjab.
St. James' Church or Skinner's Church, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi
Marble slab of Skinner's tomb in St James' church, Delhi
Old Delhi in 1858. "Skinner's House" is marked as #27, on the edge of the city below the Jammi MasjidAwards 1
About this person
Colonel James Skinner was an Anglo-Indian military adventurer and soldier of the East India Company of British India. Prior to this, his mixed ethnicity prevented him from becoming a confirmed officer under the British crown, and he began his career as a mercenary in the Maratha cavalry, later joining the Irregular Cavalry Corps, which served the British Army when needed. When William Fraser was appointed the Commissioner of Delhi, Skinner was given the responsibility of establishing his cavalry on the outskirts of Hansi, Haryana. Around the same period, in the early 1820s, Skinner began absorbing the painters working for Fraser into his own circle.
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