Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen

"The Clogstouns served India generation after generation as dolphins follow in line across the open sea." - Rudyard Kipling   Inspired by the serendipitous discovery of his family's deep ties to British India, former diplomat Royden Clogstoun embarked on a four-year journey through the British Library's archives to uncover the intertwined stories of the Clogstoun and Pattle families. Both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen brings to life colonial India