British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator (1800–1880)
Colonel Samuel Hennell (c. 1800 – 13 September 1880) was a British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East. He was the British Political Resident for the Persian Gulf from 1838 to 1852 and has been hailed as: 'without doubt the greatest Political Resident Britain has ever had in the Persian Gulf.'[1]
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