11-26-2006, 05:21 AM
I'm interested in any assessment/evaluations of British administrators people may care to provide. Who did the right thing, who did the wrong thing. And why?
To get the ball rolling.... My opinion of Sir Frederick Halliday. Purely a personal opinion based on extensive reading:
A pompous fool, who, during the events of 1857, misread pretty much every sign going, used the situation for personal aggrandizement (and that of his friends) and unfairly cast deep shadows on the careers of people like William Tayler and Dewan Mowla Baksh.
A case could perhaps be made for his (minor) contribution to the Islamic terrorism situation we face today.
Whatever, I'd rate him as a bad 'un. What do others think?
(I'm aware that many other, saints or sinners, may be more significant than Halliday. I, personally, just feel he is someone who should be noted as somewhat repulsive.... and appears to have got away with it)
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To get the ball rolling.... My opinion of Sir Frederick Halliday. Purely a personal opinion based on extensive reading:
A pompous fool, who, during the events of 1857, misread pretty much every sign going, used the situation for personal aggrandizement (and that of his friends) and unfairly cast deep shadows on the careers of people like William Tayler and Dewan Mowla Baksh.
A case could perhaps be made for his (minor) contribution to the Islamic terrorism situation we face today.
Whatever, I'd rate him as a bad 'un. What do others think?
(I'm aware that many other, saints or sinners, may be more significant than Halliday. I, personally, just feel he is someone who should be noted as somewhat repulsive.... and appears to have got away with it)
But please, don't only note the bad ones..... Surely <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->