The descendant of European mercenaries and their Indian concubines, David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre bought himself election as an MP, only to be expelled for corruption. This biography explores Sombre's bizarre life, detailing its implications for modern conceptions of race, privilege and empire. The descendant of European mercenaries and their Indian concubines, David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre bought himself election as an MP, only to be expelled for corruption. This biography explores Sombre's bizarre life, detailing its implications for modern conceptions of race, privilege and empire.
The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre: Victorian Anglo-Indian MP and 'Chancery Lunatic'
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The descendant of European mercenaries and their Indian concubines, David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre bought himself election as an MP, only to be expelled for corruption. This biography explores Sombre's bizarre life, detailing its implications for modern conceptions of race, privilege and empire. The descendant of European mercenaries and their Indian concubines, David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre bought himself election as an MP, only to be expelled for corruption. This biography explores Sombre's bizarre life, detailing its implications for modern conceptions of race, privilege and empire.
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