Chaplains of the East India Company, 1601-1858

The Reverend Dr. Daniel O'Connor is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is now retired after a career in the Church and in teaching. Daniel O'Connor holds research degrees in Literature and Theology from Durham and St Andrews universities respectively. After teaching for ten years at the University Of Delhi, India, Revd Dr O'Connor went on to do undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at the universities of St Andrews, Open, Birmingham and Edinburgh (all UK). He has held Visiting Lectureships in Delhi, India, NEHU Shillong, India, and at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has written several published books on Indian topics. The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown M.P. is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1983, currently for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010.

• Introduction; Prologue; 1. Piety and Profit; 2. Going the Voyage; 3. Minister to the Factory; 4. Preaching to the Nabobs; 5. Chaplain to the Garrison; 6. Church and Empire; Conclusion / Assessment; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

[Daniel O'Connor] has researched deeply into his subject, and includes much intriguing detail concerning individual chaplains.