Donald Friell McLeod
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Sir Donald Friell McLeod was British civil servant in India who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab between 1865 and 1870. He was one of the founders of Lahore Oriental College, now part of th
Sir Donald Friell McLeod, From a photograph album previously owned by General Sir Sam Browne VC, 1857-1870.
Sir Donald Friell Mcleod surrounded by admiring Sikh elders
Grave of Sir Donald Friell McLeod at Kensal Green Cemetery
Hazarduari Palace
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The Hazarduari Palace, earlier known as the Bara Kothi, is a former palace and now a national monument and public cultural museum, located in the campus of Kila Nizamat in Murshidabad, in the Indian s
Donald Friell McLeod
…father was Duncan McLeod (1780–1856), a Scotsman who later became lieutenant general of the Bengal engineers, and achieved distinction designing the Hazarduari Palace. His mother was Henrietta Friell, who descended maternally from the Boileau of Castelnau family. In 1814 McLeod was sent to stay with his grandfather…
The palace illuminated at night
A c. 1814 painting by William Prinsep of the Nizamat Fort area, showing the old and small Nizamat Fort, from the British Library
The clock tower with the palace in the backdrop
Clock tower