Robert Bruce (trader)

Robert Bruce (1789–1824)[1] was a Scottish arms trader and mercenary soldier on the north-east frontier of India. He took steps towards the introduction of tea plantations in Assam in the 1820s.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Robert Bruce Robert Bruce 1789 - 1824 from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
  2. ^ Andreas, Peter (2020). Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs. Oxford University Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-19-046301-4.
  3. ^ "Mr Bruce's Report on Assam Tea". Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. 25 January 1840. Archived from the original on 20 December 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2007.