Dictionary of Indian Biography/Call, Sir John, Baronet
CALL, SIR JOHN, BARONET (1732–1801)
Son of John Call : born in 1732 : went to India in 1749, with Benjamin Robins, Chief Engineer and Captain-General of artillery : arrived at Fort William, 1750 : deputed to fortify St. David near Madras, 1751 : accompanied Clive, 1752, against he French : Engineer-in-Chief at Fort St. David, 1752–7 : Chief Engineer at Madras and the Coromandel Coast, 1758 : it the siege of Pondicherry and Vellore : was in the war of 1767–8 against Hyder Ali : Member of Council, Madras, in 1768 : retired, 1770, to England : was High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1771 : Commissioner on Crown Lands, Woods, and Forests, 1782 : M.P. for Callington from 1784 : Baronet in 1791 : F.R.S. : became blind in 1795 : died March 1, 1801.