William Hamilton (surgeon)

He was a part of the delegation that went from Calcutta, the base of the company, to meet Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar in his court in Delhi in 1715.

William Hamilton was born in Lanarkshire in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and possibly studied at Glasgow University.

As a result, in December 1715 Farrukhsiyar finally arranged his marriage to Indira Kanwar, the daughter of Raja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur, which had been delayed by his recurrent illness.

"[citation needed] More important than these personal rewards to Hamilton was what the British East India Company achieved.

[4] Permission was granted to purchase 38 villages surrounding the three already held by the company (Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kalikata, the predecessor of modern Calcutta).