Sir john shore biography of michael
Sir john shore biography of michael
Sir john shore biography of michael w...
Michael Symes (diplomat)
Irish soldier, diplomat and politician
Michael SymesFRS (1761–22 January 1809) was an Irish soldier, diplomat and politician.[1]
Early life
He was the fifth son of Richard Symes of Ballyarthur, and Eleanor Cliffe of Ross, County Wexford, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2]
Symes entered the East India Company Army in 1780, as a cadet in the Bengal Army.
On furlough in 1786 as a lieutenant, he re-enlisted in 1787.[2] He went to India again in the following year, with the newly raised 76th Regiment of Foot. He served as aide-de-camp to Sir Thomas Musgrave, 7th Baronet at Madras in 1791, became captain in 1793, and lieutenant-colonel in 1800.[3]
Missions to Burma
In 1795 Symes was sent by Sir John Shore, the Governor-General of India, on a mission to Burma.
He obtained from King Bodawpaya, then known to the British as King or Emperor of Ava, a royal order permitting a British agent to reside at