Author: Hugh Poyntz Malet
Author: Hugh Poyntz Malet (1808–1904)
Biography: Hugh Poyniz Malet was born around 1808 in Salisbury, the sixth son of Sir Charles Warre Malet, a diplomat in India and one-time acting governor of Bombay. He followed his father into service in India by joining the East India Civil Service. By the 1860s, he had retired to Henley where he owned a small farm. During these years, he wrote a novel set in India, Lost Links in the Indian Mutiny (1867). Late in life, he moved to London. He died on 10 March 1904 in London. A wife preceded him in death.
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References: Bournemouth Daily Echo (15 March 1904); British Census (1861, 1871, 1891, 1901); Probate
Fiction Titles:
- Lost Links in the Indian Mutiny. 1 vol. London: T. C. Newby, 1867.