Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Lumsden akaberekerwa mungarava yeEast India Company yainzi "Rose" muBay of Bengal. Akapedza makore matanhatu okutanga oupenyu hwake muBengal, uko baba vake Colonel Thomas Lumsden vakanga vachishanda somukuru mukuru weArtillery. Baba vake Thomas vakapinda muBengal Army muna 1808 uye vakashanda muAnglo-Nepalese War
, Hondo yechitatu yeAnglo-Maratha uye Hondo yekutanga yeAnglo-Burmese kuwana musiyano. Muzukuru wake wokutanga akambobviswa akanga ari nyanzvi yezvekumabvazuva Matthew Lumsden. Aiva nevanun'una vatanhatu, vatatu vavo vakatamira kuCanada, nepo munun'una wake Peter akatevera nzira yake kuenda kuIndia.