Major-General James Hanson Salmond (1766–1837) was an officer in the East India Company's Forces who went on to be Military Secretary to the East India Company.

Salmond, a subaltern in the East India Company's Forces, was commissioned into the British Army in 1796.

[3] He was appointed Adjutant of the 1st Regiment of Royal East India Volunteers later that year.

[4] He was appointed Military Secretary to the East India Company in 1809[5] and promoted to Major-General in 1837.

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