Colonisation of India: Which regions of the United Kingdom did colonial personnel come from?

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  • EITC employees usually came from the outer regions (ports and fishing villages). Some of the main ones where; Brighton, Hull, Liverpool and Dover. People would usually receive a sort of "page service" on one of the ships.
  • Colonial officers of the Raj is probably the easiest one. These were usually officials that had done great deeds fighting in other colonies. So, they would have been from across the "world" and dialects (which I think you are mainly interested in) would have been mainly London English because of the Academy at Sandhurst. Now Sandhurst is nearest to Dover, however they were taught London English because of military boys coming in from different countries. And because British lingo isn't the same everywhere (for example toilet is either the lou or the bath) there were taught a common dialect in order for orders to have the same meanings.
  • Missionaries came from the unwanted areas of England (Scotland, Wales, Ireland) because of the lack of funds. When going to a new world camp they would have plenty of funding from the mother country. They would have gone to a theology school beforehand.

How many people came to India and how many from each exact group is impossible to find out. The reason being the numbers fluctuated and also they schooled Indians to become EITC men, Monks, and Rajs. This throws off the exact number of British men that you actually want.

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