Blshastri2 at 14:17, 18 February 2026

2026-02-18T14:17:01Z

New page

{{short description|East India Company military academy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=Addiscombe Military Seminary
|image=Addiscombe Seminary photo c.1859.jpg
|caption=East front of Addiscombe Place, the main building of Addiscombe Seminary, photographed {{circa|1859}}. Cadets pose in the foreground. The inscription ''Non faciam vitio culpave minorem'' can be seen on the [[entablature]]
|dates=1809–1861
|country={{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}}
|command_structure=
|type=Training
|role=Army Officer Training
|size=
|current_commander=
|garrison=[[Addiscombe]], Surrey
|ceremonial_chief=
|ceremonial_chief_label=
|colonel_of_the_regiment=
|colonel_of_the_regiment_label=
|nickname=
|motto=
|colors=
|colors_label=
|march=
|battles=
|notable_commanders=
|identification_symbol=
|identification_symbol_label=
|anniversaries=
}}
The '''East India Company Military Seminary''' was a British [[military academy]] at [[Addiscombe]], Surrey, in what is now the [[London Borough of Croydon]]. It opened in 1809 and closed in 1861. Its purpose was to train young officers to serve in the [[East India Company]]'s [[Presidency armies|own army]] in [[India]].

The institution was formally known as the '''East India Company Military Seminary''' (a name the cadets always disliked) until 1855, when the name was changed to the '''East India Company Military College'''.<ref name="auto">Bourne 1979, p. 206.</ref><ref>Broadfoot 1893, p. 657.</ref> In 1858, when the college was taken over by the government, it was renamed the '''Royal India Military College'''. Colloquially, it was known as Addiscombe Seminary, Addiscombe College, or Addiscombe Military Academy.

The Seminary was a sister institution to the [[East India Company College]] in Hertfordshire, which trained civilian "writers" (clerks). In military terms it was a counterpart to the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]] at [[Woolwich]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]] at [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]].

==History==
[[File:Addiscombe Seminary Plan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Plan of the Seminary grounds]]

===Addiscombe Place===
Addiscombe Place, the mansion house which formed the central building of the later Seminary, was erected in about 1702 by William Draper, on land which he had inherited in 1700 from his aunt, Dame Sarah Temple. Draper's father-in-law was the diarist [[John Evelyn]], who in 1703 pronounced the house "in all points of good and solid architecture to be one of the very best gentleman's houses in Surrey, when finish'd". Its interior included many mural paintings of mythological subjects, supposed to be the work of Sir [[James Thornhill]]; while high up on the exterior east front was carved the Latin inscription, ''Non faciam vitio culpave minorem'' ("I will not lower myself by vice or fault"). By the late 18th century the house was in the ownership of Charles James Clarke, who leased it to the statesman [[Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool|Charles Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury]], later 1st Earl of Liverpool. Regular visitors during Liverpool's tenure included King [[George III]] and [[William Pitt the Younger|William Pitt]].<ref>Paget 1937, pp. 42–4.</ref>

===The military seminary===
Following the death of Lord Liverpool in December 1808, Addiscombe Place was put on the market by Emelius Delmé-Radcliffe (Clarke's brother-in-law). It was bought by the Court of Directors of the [[East India Company]] for use as a military academy.<ref name="lewis">{{cite web |title=Crowfield - Croydon A Topographical Dictionary of England |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp737-742 |website=British History Online |publisher=S Lewis, London 1848 |access-date=17 February 2026}}</ref> Although the company was primarily a trading concern, it also maintained its [[Presidency armies|own army]], the officers of which had previously been trained at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]] Junior Department at [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Great Marlow]], or privately. They were now to be trained at Addiscombe. The Seminary opened on 21 January 1809, although the formal transfer of title of the property did not take place until a year later, on 26 January 1810.<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 9.</ref><ref name="auto"/>

The initial purchase comprised the mansion house and 58 acres of land to the south of Lower Addiscombe Road, but a further 30 acres to the north were subsequently acquired.<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 20–22, 310.</ref> New buildings were added, so that the mansion house, which originally housed the entire establishment, became a purely administrative block.<ref>Bourne 1979, pp. 215–6.</ref> The additions included barracks, a chapel, a drawing and lecture hall, a hospital, a dining-hall, a sand-modelling hall, a gymnasium, and service facilities including a bakehouse, dairy, laundry, and brew-house.

[[File:Addiscombe Seminary cadets 1826.jpg|thumb|left|Addiscombe cadets sketched by fellow cadet George Girdwood Channer in 1826–27]]
[[File:Addiscombe cadets.jpg|thumb|left|Addiscombe cadets photographed in ''c''.1858]]

===Cadets and the curriculum===
In the early days cadets entered the Seminary between the ages of 13{{frac|1|2}} and 16, and later between 15 and 18.<ref>Broadfoot 1893, p. 648.</ref> They normally remained for 2 years (4 terms), although it was possible to pass the final examination within a shorter period.<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 15–17.</ref> The initial intake comprised 60 cadets, but numbers rose to about 75 a year, meaning that there were around 150 cadets in residence at any one time.<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 16.</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref name="lewis"/> Cadets or their families were required to pay fees (£30 a year when the Seminary first opened; £50 a term by 1835), but these were heavily subsidised and represented only a proportion of the true costs of their education.<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 18.</ref><ref>Bourne 1979, pp. 214–5.</ref>

Initially, the main purpose of the Seminary was to train cadets for the Engineer or Artillery arms of the service, but as an experiment in 1816–17, and more permanently from 1827, "general service" cadets destined for the Infantry were admitted.<ref name="auto"/> In all, some 3,600 cadets passed through Addiscombe during the years of its existence. Of these, over 500 entered the Engineers, nearly 1,100 the Artillery, and about 2,000 the Infantry, some of whom subsequently transferred to the Cavalry.<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 315. Vibart lists the names of 3,466 cadets at pp. 661–704.</ref>

The curriculum comprised instruction in the "sciences of Mathematics, Fortification, Natural Philosophy, and Chemistry; the [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]], Latin, and French languages; in the art of Civil, Military, and Lithographic Drawing and Surveying; and in the construction of the several gun-carriages and mortar-beds used in the Artillery service, from the most approved models".<ref>Bourne 1979, p. 208; citing the Seminary's official Rules and Regulations.</ref> The Company paid well, and attracted some distinguished academic staff: [[John Shakespear]] published a standard Hindustani grammar, and [[Jonathan Cape (mathematician)|Jonathan Cape]] was a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Heathcote |first=T. A. |title=The Indian Army: the garrison of British Imperial India, 1822–1922 |location=Newton Abbot |publisher=David and Charles |year=1974 |page=131 |isbn=0715366351 }}</ref> In practice, the emphasis was on mathematics, and the Seminary was criticised for not including more training in practical "[[military science]]".<ref>Bourne 1979, pp. 208, 210–11.</ref> In the 1850s photography was also studied.<ref>Many of the photographs taken are reproduced in Birbeck 2023.</ref> J. M. Bourne concludes that the Seminary was "not a true military college at all, but a militarised [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]]"{{spaced ndash}}although he also judges that, by the standards of the age, its record as a military training school was not significantly worse than those of the establishments at [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Woolwich]] and [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst]].<ref>Bourne 1979, p. 222.</ref>

Cadets were required to wear uniforms at all times, and were not permitted to go beyond the grounds or into Croydon without permission. However, they gained a reputation for indiscipline, and fights with the townspeople of Croydon were not infrequent.<ref>Broadfoot 1893, pp. 648–53.</ref><ref>Bourne 1979, pp. 220–21.</ref> There was no corporal punishment, but in the early years, cadets could be punished by being incarcerated in the so-called "Black Hole", and fed on bread and water.<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 125–6.</ref><ref>Broadfoot 1893, p. 649.</ref> Until 1829 they worshipped regularly at [[Croydon Minster|Croydon Parish Church]] (marching there each Sunday in uniform, accompanied by their band): after that date they began to worship at the newly consecrated St James's Church, Addiscombe.

[[File:Pollock Medal (obverse).jpg|thumb|The original [[Pollock Medal]] ([[Obverse and reverse|obverse]])]]

===Public Examinations and Pollock Medal===
Examinations were held twice-yearly in June and December: they lasted about three weeks, and culminated in a Public Examination, a day-long affair of some ceremony before a distinguished invited audience, which included orchestrated demonstrations of book-learning and of military exercises such as [[swordsmanship]] and [[Pontoon bridge|pontoon-building]]; an exhibition of drawings and models; a formal inspection; and the distribution of prizes.<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 51–4, 227–34.</ref> The day's events are described in one account as "a performance carefully prepared and rehearsed beforehand. Its object was to make a favourable impression on a carefully selected audience".<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 231.</ref> The Public Examiner, who presided, was an eminent general (see list below); while the audience usually included some of the Directors of the East India Company, and often the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], who had a residence nearby at [[Addington Palace]].

In 1848 the Seminary began awarding the [[Pollock Medal]] to the best cadet of the training season. The award was named after [[Field Marshal]] Sir [[George Pollock]]. The Pollock Prize was transferred to the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]] after Addiscombe was closed.

[[File:Addiscombe Seminary cartoon.jpg|thumb|left|Nostalgic cartoon by Cadet George B. Wymer, and poem by Cadet John F. Cookesley, marking their [[Passing out (military)|passing out]] from Addiscombe in 1859. The cadets' uniforms are: (left) the tailed [[coatee]] in use until 1858; (right) the [[Tunic#19th century|tunic]] introduced in that year.<ref>Vibart 1894, "Addenda and corrigenda", p. 3.</ref> Frontispiece to H.M. Vibart, ''Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note'' (1894)]]

===Closure and development of the site===
Following the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], the East India Company was wound up in 1858. The college passed into government hands, becoming known as the Royal Indian Military College, Addiscombe, but continued to perform much the same function. With the amalgamation of the Royal and Indian services in 1861, there was initially a proposal that Addiscombe should be retained as a military college. However, the [[War Office]] decided that the establishments at [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Woolwich]] and [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] were sufficient for their needs, and the college closed in June the same year.

[[File:Ashleigh Addiscombe Road.JPG|thumb|right|"Ashleigh", Addiscombe Road. The house was built in 1848, along with its neighbour, "India", as accommodation for professors at the Seminary]]
The site was sold on 30 August 1861 for £33,600 to the [[British Land|British Land Company]], who demolished most of the buildings.<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 310.</ref> All that remain are two former professors' houses, "Ashleigh" and "India", on the corner of Clyde Road and Addiscombe Road; and the former gymnasium on Havelock Road, now private apartments. The Land Company laid out five parallel roads over the greater part of the grounds, and built them up with villas. The five roads{{spaced ndash}}Outram, Havelock, Elgin, Clyde and Canning Roads{{spaced ndash}}all took their names from soldiers and politicians prominent on the British side in the events of 1857–58, although none was in fact a college alumnus.<ref>The roads are named after [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|Sir James Outram]]; [[Henry Havelock|Sir Henry Havelock]]; [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]]; [[Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde]]; and [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning]].</ref>

==Headship==
*1809–22: [[James Andrew (educator)|James Andrew]], styled Superintendent and Head Master
*1822–24: [[William Henry Carmichael-Smyth|Henry Carmichael-Smyth]], styled Resident Superintendent (this appointment was regarded as temporary)
*1824–34: [[Robert Louis Houston|Sir Robert Houston]], styled Lieutenant-Governor
*1834–50: [[Ephraim Gerrish Stannus|Sir Ephraim Stannus]], styled Lieutenant-Governor
*1851–60: [[Frederick Abbott (Indian Army officer)|Sir Frederick Abbott]], styled Lieutenant-Governor

==Notable cadets==
Notable cadets include:<ref>Vibart 1894, pp. 661–704.</ref>
[[File:Sir James Abbott von B Baldwin.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[James Abbott (Indian Army officer)|Sir James Abbott]] in Afghan dress. (B. Baldwin, 1841)]]
[[File:HenryLawrence (1).jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Sir Henry Lawrence]]]]
[[File:Robert Napier.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala]]]]
[[File:Henry Yule (cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Henry Yule|Sir Henry Yule]]]]
[[File:Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts by John Singer Sargent.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|[[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts of Kabul and Kandahar]] by [[John Singer Sargent]]]]

===1810s===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Augustus Abbott]]<ref name="ODNB">{{cite odnb |first=R. H. |last=Vetch |first2=Roger T. (reviewer) |last2=Stearn |title=Abbott, Augustus (1804–1867) |origyear=2004 |year=2010 |id=11 }}</ref>
* [[Proby Cautley|Sir Proby Cautley]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Buchanan |first=Robert |date=1989 |title=The engineers: a history of the engineering profession in Britain, 1750-1914 |page=[https://archive.org/details/engineershistory0000buch/page/152 152] |publisher=Kingsley |isbn=9781853020360 |url=https://archive.org/details/engineershistory0000buch/page/152 }}</ref>
* [[John Colvin (engineer)|John Colvin]]<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 42.</ref>
* [[Arthur Cotton|Sir Arthur Cotton]]<ref>Cotton, Arthur Thomas (DNB01), https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Cotton,_Arthur_Thomas_(DNB01)&oldid=2390618 (last visited 28 Jan. 2018).</ref>
* [[Frederick Lester|Sir Frederick Lester]]<ref name=LesterOxfordDNB>{{ODNB|id=16505 |first1=H. M. |last1=Chichester |first2=James (revised) |last2=Falkner |title=Lester, Frederick Parkinson (1795–1858) |year=2004 }}</ref>
* [[George St Patrick Lawrence|Sir George Lawrence]]
* [[James Oliphant]]
* [[Charles Waddington (army engineer)|Charles Waddington]]<ref>{{ODNB|id=28371 |first1=R. H. |last1=Vetch |first2=M. G. M. (revised) |last2=Jones |title=Waddington, Charles (1796–1858) |year=2004 }}</ref>
* [[Archdale Wilson|Sir Archdale Wilson, Bt]]
{{div col end}}

===1820s===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Frederick Abbott (Indian Army officer)|Sir Frederick Abbott]]
* [[Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott]]
* [[James Abbott (Indian Army officer)|Sir James Abbott]]
* [[Saunders Alexius Abbott]]
* [[William Erskine Baker|Sir William Erskine Baker]]
* [[John Archibald Ballard]]
* [[Arthur Conolly]]
* [[Alexander Cunningham|Sir Alexander Cunningham]]
* [[Henry Marion Durand|Sir Henry Marion Durand]]
* [[Vincent Eyre]]
* [[Hugh Fraser (East India Company officer)|Hugh Fraser]]
* [[William Cornwallis Harris]]
* [[John Jacob (East India Company officer)|John Jacob]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lambrick |first=H.T. |author1-link=Hugh Trevor Lambrick |date=1975 |orig-date=1960 |title=John Jacob of Jacobabad |url=https://archive.org/details/JacobW/page/n19/mode/2up |location=Karachi |publisher=Civil & Military Press |page=7 |isbn=0195772016 |access-date=2025-06-05|edition=2nd}}Through the good offices of his cousin, Capt. William Jacob of the [[Bombay_Army#Artillery|Bombay Artillery]] in February 1826. His elder brother, Herbert, was then also serving out in India as a new [[Subaltern_(military)|subaltern]].</ref>
* [[Henry Atwell Lake|Sir Atwell Lake]]
* [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Sir Henry Lawrence]]
* [[Robert Montgomery (administrator)|Sir Robert Montgomery]]
* [[Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala]]
* [[Thomas Pears|Sir Thomas Townsend Pears]]
* [[Eldred Pottinger]]
* [[Bradshaw Reilly]]
* [[Richmond Shakespear|Sir Richmond Shakespear]]
* [[Andrew Scott Waugh|Sir Andrew Scott Waugh]]
{{div col end}}

===1830s===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Orfeur Cavenagh|Sir Orfeur Cavenagh]]
* [[Douglas Hamilton]]
* [[Arnold Burrowes Kemball|Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball]]
* [[George Malcolm (Indian Army officer)|Sir George Malcolm]]
* [[William Olpherts|Sir William Olpherts]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Frederick Richard Pollock|Sir Frederick Pollock]]
* [[Joseph Medlicott Scriven]]
* [[Richard Baird Smith]]
* [[Richard Strachey|Sir Richard Strachey]]
* [[Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier]]
* [[Henry Tombs|Sir Henry Tombs]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[James Travers]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Henry Yule|Sir Henry Yule]]
{{div col end}}

===1840s===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[George Tomkyns Chesney|Sir George Tomkyns Chesney]]
* [[Peter Lumsden|Sir Peter Lumsden]]
* [[Donald Macintyre (VC)|Donald Macintyre]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[James John McLeod Innes]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[James Rose, 23rd of Kilravock]]<ref name="James Rose Who's Who">{{cite web|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U190500|title=Who's Who; Rose, Major James|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U190500 }}</ref>
* [[John Carstairs McNeill|Sir John Carstairs McNeill]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Thomas George Montgomerie]]
* [[Francis Norman|Sir Francis Norman]]
* [[Lambert Playfair|Sir Lambert Playfair]]
* [[George Alexander Renny]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Richard Hieram Sankey|Sir Richard Sankey]]
* [[James Francis Tennant]]
* [[Mowbray Thomson|Sir Mowbray Thomson]]
* [[George Willoughby (soldier)|George Dobson Willoughby]]
{{div col end}}
===1850s===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Charles Bernard (civil servant)|Sir Charles Bernard]]
* [[James Browne (Indian Army officer)|Sir James Browne]]
* [[Thomas Tupper Carter-Campbell of Possil]]
* [[John Underwood Bateman-Champain|John Underwood Champain]]
* [[Henry Collett|Sir Henry Collett]]
* [[James Dundas (VC)|James Dundas]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[William Wilberforce Harris Greathed]]
* [[Frederick Edward Hadow]]
* [[James Hills-Johnes|Sir James Hills-Johnes]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Samuel Swinton Jacob|Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob]]
* [[Thomas Herbert Lewin]]
* [[William Merriman]]
* [[Charles Edward Nairne|Sir Charles Nairne]]
* [[John Pennycuick (British engineer)|John Pennycuick]]
* [[Harry Prendergast|Sir Harry Prendergast]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts of Kabul and Kandahar]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Oliver St John (civil servant)|Sir Oliver St John]]
* [[Edward Talbot Thackeray|Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Henry Trotter (Indian Army officer)|Sir Henry Trotter]]
* [[Francis Ward (British Army officer)|Francis Ward]]
{{div col end}}

===1860s===
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Sir Bindon Blood]]
* [[Arthur George Hammond|Sir Arthur George Hammond]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]
* [[Albert Henry Hime|Sir Albert Hime]]
* [[John Frederick Maurice|Sir John Frederick Maurice]]
* [[Thomas Price (soldier)|Thomas Price]]
* [[Edward Stedman|Sir Edward Stedman]]
* [[Robert Warburton|Sir Robert Warburton]]
{{div col end}}

==Notable staff==
[[File:Group of Professors at Addiscombe Military Seminary.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Group of Professors at Addiscombe Military Seminary]]
Staff at Addiscombe included:<ref>A full list of staff appears in Farrington 1976, pp. 119–21; and further biographical details for many are given in Vibart 1894.</ref>
* Sir [[Frederick Abbott (Indian Army officer)|Frederick Abbott]], Lieutenant-Governor 1851–61
* Dr [[James Andrew (East India Company)|James Andrew]], Superintendent 1809–22
* [[David T. Ansted]], Lecturer in Geology 1845–61
* [[John Callow]], Lecturer in Civil Drawing 1855–61
* Revd [[Jonathan Cape (mathematician)|Jonathan Cape]], Senior Professor of Mathematics 1822–61
* [[John Frederic Daniell]], Professor of Chemistry 1835–45
* [[Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding]], Lecturer in Civil Drawing 1826–50
* [[Edward Frankland]], Professor of Chemistry 1859–61
* [[John Christian Schetky]], Lecturer in Civil Drawing 1836–55
* [[John Shakespear]], Professor of Hindustani, 1809–29
* [[William Sturgeon]], Lecturer in Science and Philosophy 1824–50
* [[William Frederick Wells]], Lecturer in Civil Drawing 1813–36

===Public Examiners===
The Public Examiners were:<ref>Farrington 1976, p. 119.</ref>
* 1809–20: Maj-Gen. [[William Mudge]]
* 1820–23: Maj-Gen. [[Howard Douglas|Sir Howard Douglas]]
* 1824–40: Maj-Gen. [[Alexander Dickson (British Army officer)|Sir Alexander Dickson]]
* 1840–55: Maj-Gen. [[Charles Pasley]]
* 1856–61: Maj-Gen. [[Frederick Smith (Conservative MP)|Sir Frederick Smith]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book |first=Kate |last=Birbeck |title=Addiscombe Military College and the Cadets who Forged an Empire |location=Ugley Green |publisher=Dreadnought |year=2023 |isbn=9781999958770 }}
*{{Cite journal |first=J. M. |last=Bourne |title=The East India Company's Military Seminary, Addiscombe, 1809–1858 |journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |volume=57 |year=1979 |pages=206–222 }}
*{{Cite journal |first=W. |last=Broadfoot |title=Addiscombe: The East India Company's Military College |journal=[[Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine]] |volume=153 |issue=931 |date=May 1893 |pages=647–57 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_blackwoods-magazine_1893-05_153_931/page/647/mode/1up |publisher= Blackwood, Pillans and Wilson}}
*{{Cite book |first=Anthony |last=Farrington |title=The Records of the East India College, Haileybury, & other institutions |place=London |publisher=H.M.S.O. |year=1976 |pages=111–23 }}
*{{Cite book |editor-first=John B. |editor-last=Gent |title=Victorian Croydon Illustrated |edition=2nd |place=Croydon |publisher=[[Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society]] |year=1987 |isbn=0-906047-00-5 |pages=20–21}}
*{{Cite book |first=Clarence G. |last=Paget |title=Croydon Homes of the Past |place=Croydon |publisher=Croydon Central Library |year=1937 |pages=34–45 }} (mainly on Addiscombe Place)
*{{Cite journal |first=Roger T. |last=Stearn |title=Addiscombe: the East India Company's Military Seminary |journal=Soldiers of the Queen: The Journal of the Victorian Military Society |volume=79 |year=1994 |pages=1–3 }}
*{{Cite book |first=Col. H. M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: Its Heroes and Men of Note |place=Westminster |publisher=[[Archibald Constable]] |year=1894 |ol=23336661M |url=https://archive.org/details/addiscombeitsher00viba/page/n7}}

==External links==
*{{cite web |url=https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2174&s_id=1122 |title=Index of Addiscombe officers |first=Annabelle |last=Sutton |publisher=[[Families In British India Society]] |work=Families In British India Society Database |year=2000 |access-date=18 June 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (based on Vibart 1894)

{{coord|51.37693|N|0.07947|W|type:landmark_region:GB_dim:500|display=title}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1809]]
[[Category:Training establishments of the British Army]]
[[Category:19th century in London]]
[[Category:History of the London Borough of Croydon]]
[[Category:Military history of London]]
[[Category:Military history of the British East India Company]]
[[Category:Military academies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British East India Company buildings and structures]]
[[Category:Graduates of Addiscombe Military Seminary| ]]
[[Category:1809 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1861 disestablishments in England]]

Addiscombe Military Seminary - Revision history

Blshastri2 at 14:17, 18 February 2026