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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY.
of August, 1857, issued at Bushire on the breaking up of the Field
Force, he refers in the following terms to the services of the
officers of the Indian Navy acting in co-operation with him
44 The Brigadier-Generars deep acknowledgments and warm
thanks are most worthily due to Captain Jones, of the Indian
Navy, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. of Bushire; to his Assistant, Captain
Disbrowe, and to Captain Rigby, Superintendent of Police, &c.
Under Captain Jones, in the town of Bushire, in their respective
degrees, their services and ready and effective aid and support,
have been, from first to last, of the greatest value, while the
value of their services, however high in itself, has been en
hanced by the cordial and obliging manner in which they have
at all times been given. To Commodore Rennie, the head of
the naval force, has fallen a most important, varied, and most
laborious task in connection with the Persian Field Force, and
the duties have been performed in a manner worthy of the high
reputation of this distinguished officer. The Brigadier-General
begs to offer to Commodore Rennie his warmest thanks and
acknowledgments, and to express how highly he appreciates his
services and those of his lieutenants, who, in their respective
capacities, are worthy of the like commendation. Among those
officers, the Brigadier-General may particularly mention those
whose exertions have especially come under his general notice:
—Lieutenant Mason and Lieutenant Brazier; the duties of
Lieutenant Mason, as harbour-master at Bushire, have been of
the most laborious and troublesome nature. They have been
admirably performed, and the services of this officer* have been
most valuable to all departments of the Army."
The Governor-General, also, on the occasion ol the evacuation
of Bushire, published, on the 6th of November, a notification of
thanks in which he says:—"Captain Felix Jones, of the Indian
Navy, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , and Civil Commissioner of Bushire,
has, together with the officers under his orders, earned the
best thanks of the Governor in Council for the mode in which
his charge has been administered. The various duties which
have fallen to Commodore Rennie, Indian Navy, since the ces
sation of hostilities, have been scarcely less important than
those previously discharged by him; and through the ability
and zeal of himself and the officers under his command, they
have been performed in a manner to call for^the maiked
approbation of the Governor-General in Council."
in Scinde, the city lie had created in the desert, and which was named after him.
His name is chiefly known in England in connection with the nrie an com
ball he invented, and the famous horsemen he organized into a
irregular cavalry ; but in India he earned a great reputation as a bri lan 8
and administrator, one of the most remarkable of the school of sol ier s a
of which Lawrence, Outram, Nicholson and Edwardes were such s ming g >
men equaUy able with the sword and pen. nf his
# This able young officer, it would appear, inherited some 01 tne a
great-uncle, the mighty Nelson, after whom he was named.