British historian of India Robert Orme (1728 – 1801) entered the service of the East India Company in Bengal in 1743. As a Member of the Council at Fort St. George, Madras (1754 – 1758) he was instrumental in the early careers of Robert Clive and Alexander Dalrymple. Poor health prompted his departure from Madras aboard the Chatham at the end of 1758. A spell at Mauritius after the French captured the ship meant he did not arrive in London until the autumn of 1760, when he bought a house in Harley Street.
Orme served as the East India Company's salaried historiographer from about 1769 till his death. His works included A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from 1745 (1763–78), Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, the Morattoes and English Concerns in Indostan from the year 1659 (1782). His collection of books, 51 volumes of printed tracts and 231 volumes of manuscripts, maps, charts and plans ended up in the India Office's library. (Wikipedia)