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Major-General Claude Martin (5 January 1735 – 13 September 1800) was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in the British East India Company's Bengal Army .
Our Founder. Born at Lyon, France in 1735, Claude Martin was the son of a cooper. At the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the French army and arrived in India in 1752 to begin his military career. After the Siege of Pondicherry he could foresee the end of French hopes in India and threw in his lot with the English.
Claude Martin (1735–1800) Claude Martin's bust inside the School. Claude Martin was born on 5 January 1735 in Lyon, France. He came to India when he was seventeen. After the French influence declined in India, he served in the British East India Company and rose to the rank of Major-General.
The two Lucknow colleges are part of the La Martinière family of schools, founded by the French adventurer Major General Claude Martin. There are two La Martinière Colleges in Kolkata and three in Lyon. La Martinière provides a liberal education and the medium of instruction is the English language.
Major General Claude Martin was a French adventurer, born in Lyon in 1735. He had the unusual distinction of having served in the French Army, before joining the East India Company’s Army, and eventually commanded the cavalry of the Nawab of Oudh. From humble origins, he had accumulated a vast...
Dec 13, 2014 · Navrang India December 13, 2014. Claude Martin, a self-made man, (January,1735 to September,1800) was born in Lyon,France on 4 January, 1735. With a humble family background, he came to India when he was only 17 and served in the French East India Company under.
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Mar 4, 2023 · This is Constantia, the country house in Lucknow built by the French adventurer and soldier, Claude Martin. The building is now La Martinière boys' school -. Claude Martin was born in Lyons in 1735 and came out to India while still a teenager to work for the Compagnie des Indes. He moved over to the British East India Company, but his wealth ...
