Calcutta. If you are not, stay where you are, and I will nominate another; but I should be sorry to lose you.
On the receipt of this letter George Bogle proceeded to Calcutta without delay, to enter upon his new duties. There he was attacked by a fatal illness, and died on the 3rd of April, 1781, at the early age of thirty-four.
The character of George Bogle is shown by the facts of his life here briefly stated, by his letters, and by the journal and other documents relating to the Tibet mission. His selection to fill post after post of responsibility and difficulty, by so sagacious an administrator as Warren Hastings, is a sufficient proof that Bogle was an able, zealous, and hard-working public servant. His letters show that he was an affectionate, warm-hearted, and generous man; and his journal in Tibet is that of a singularly calm and cautious diplomatist, possessed of an inexhaustible fund of patience and good humour. The friendship he formed for the Teshu Lama and his family, which was evidently much more than a mere passing feeling, is an interesting trait in his character.[1]
Robert Bogle eventually succeeded his father at Daldowie, but all the brothers and sisters died unmarried except the eldest, Martha, who married Mr. Thomas Brown of Langside.[2]
- ↑ The following notice of the death of George Bogle appeared in one of the Glasgow papers at the time:
"We hear from Bengal that George Bogle, Esq., Chief and Resident of Rungpoor, son of George Bogle, Esq., of Daldowie, N.B., died at Calcutta, on the 3rd of April, 1781. In him the East India Company has lost a disinterested, intelligent, and upright servant. His relations have reason long to lament his amiable, kind, and affectionate disposition, and the world a generous, friendly, and valuable member of society. His courage and extensive knowledge of the science of commerce, and of the affairs of the Honourable Company in the East is an incontestable proof of the first, as his account of Tibet and of his journey as envoy to that undescribed country presented to the Royal Society will be a permanent and honourable monument of the last." - ↑ Mr. Robert Bogle of Daldowie,died on the 10th of August, 1808. Miss Anne, George's favourite sister, died at Daldowie, on the 18th of September, 1824 ; and Martha (Mrs. Brown), on the 23rd of August, 1820.
