п А SKETCH ОҒ THE LIFE ОҒ 
Roxburgh. These deal mainly with botanical subjects and therefore rarely admit 
of being suitably reproduced in their entirety. They do, however, in many Cases 
throw light on his Indian career, as passages extracted from them will show. In the 
same collection are also preserved a number of letters written by Buchanan (now 
Hamilton) to his friend and successor Wallich; these are invaluable as a record of 
Hamilton's life after he rctired. ; U 
In his endeavour to obtain further information regarding points that in previous 
notices seemed doubtful or inexact the writer has received much assistance from 
many friends, to whom his warm thanks are due fcr their kind interest in the 
subject. For information regarding Buchanan's family history and the history of the 
house of Buchanan since 1682, he is indebted to J. Hamilton Buchanan, Esq., of 
Leny and Spittal, and to A. C. Cameron, Esq., LL.D., of Edinburgh; for facts and 
dates relating to Buchanan’s education and to his connection with the Indian Medical 
Service he has to thank Lieutenant-Colonel D. G. Crawford, r.M.s.; for an examination 
of Naval and other Records with the object of throwing light on Buchsnan's career 
before he entered the Company's service he is indebted to J. F. Duthie, Esq., and 
through him to Lord Walter Kerr, J. Britten, Esq. and B. Daydon Jackson, Esq.; 
for an opportunity of consulting an extremely interesting series of letters regarding 
his father written by Buchanan’s son and successor, the late J. В. Hamilton, Esq., 
of Leny, Spittal and Bardowie, he has to thank Sir George King and through 
him Н. Beveridge, Esq. 
To the kinduess of Mr. Hamilton Buchanan of Leny the writer is further indebted 
for the use of two letters from Lord Wellesley and of two other very interesting 
documents; a sketch of the life of his grandfather Francis Hamilton (formerly 
Buchanan) by his own father, the late Mr. Buchanan Hamilton of Lony who was 
Dr. Buchanan's son and heir; and а copy of the ‘Retour’ in the claim successfully 
advanced by the subject of our sketch, towards the close of his life, to represent 
Шо house of Buchanan and to be therefore chief of the name. 
2. EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY HISTORY. 
Franeis Buchanan was born at the Branziet, in the county of Stirling, a dower 
house on his mother's estate of Dardowie, on 15th February 1762. He was the fourth 
son of Thomas Buchanan, of the house of Buchanan of Spittal, by his second wife, 
Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter .and eventually beiress of John Hamilton of Bardowie. 
* These letters аге 149 in number and may be classified as follows: . 
Relstive ta ihe Burmese mission ; 
Pitto his life in Luckipur (Puttahaut) die wee 
Ditto Ње Chitta ong survey n ese Жж Ic 
Ditto the Mysore survey xx e cc cH 
Ditto the Nepal mission 6% P ..- 96 
Ditto his life at Baruipur са Зе es . 
Ditto — the Bengal survey га ss; er H 
Total “. 149 
Ç There were other 21 letters Written from Nepal that were stolen or otherwise lost in transit, 
