A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II
Von: William Sleeman
Major-general Sir William Henry Sleeman KCB (8 August 1788 – 10 February 1856) was a British soldier and administrator in British India, best known for his work suppressing Thuggee activity. Sleeman he was born in Stratton, Cornwall, the son of Philip Sleeman, a yeoman and supervisor of excise of St Tudy. In 1809 Sleeman joined the Bengal Army and later served in the Nepal War between 1814–1816.
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