James was born in 1817. He was the son of George Cadell and Susan Tod.[1]
He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy (1828-32).[2]
He joined the Honourable East India Company as a lieutenant in the 3rd Madras Light Cavalry, from which he retired in 1844.
Suffering from severe mental illness, he was for a time a resident in Moorcroft House, a private asylum in Middlesex. In January 1856, he was admitted to Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, where he was diagnosed as suflering from ‘mania merging into fatuity’.[3]
He was described as 'dignified in bearing', his behaviour alternating between affability and pugnacity. He read and drew 'for amusement’ and 'joined in bowling matches'. In 1860, he was noted as ‘fond of military books'. He continued to enjoy reading but he 'became more difficult to handle' and in September 1862, he was removed from Crichton. His fate thereafter is unknown but he must have lived in England, presumably with family.
He died in England in 1870 and is buried in the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.[4]
His record in the Edinburgh Academy Register reads as follows:
CADELL, James George Scott, 1828-32. Cl. 3-6. b. 31 May 1817 [sic] ; s. of Col. George Cadell, Madras Army.
Lt. 3rd Madras L. Cav. ; d. 6 Feb. 1870.
The FindaGrave webpage refers to James as having been in the 2nd Madras Light Cavalry. The engraving on the gravestone clearly states it was the 3rd.
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