Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Grant na Nairn na Scottish Highlands, ebe nna ya bụ onye ụkọchukwu parish, ma gụrụ akwụkwọ na Nairn Academy, Aberdeen Grammar School na Marischal College, Aberdeen. N'afọ 1846, ọ banyere n'òtù ndị agha India. O jere ozi n'ọrụ n'ụlọ ọrụ
Agha Sikh (1848<unk>49), jere ozi n'oge niile Indian Mutiny nke 1857, ma merụọ ahụ na arụmọrụ maka enyemaka nke Lucknow.