Claude Martin

Claude Martin
GENERAL CL. MARTIN
Born	(1735-01-05)5 January 1735 Lyon, Kingdom of France
Died	13 September 1800(1800-09-13) (aged 65) Lucknow, Oudh State
Resting place	Constantia- La Martiniere Lucknow
Monuments	Farhad Baksh Kothi (Chateau de Lyon), Bibiapur Kothi, Hayat Baksh Kothi and Constantia
Occupation	Soldier
Organization	East India Company
Parents	Fleury Martin (father) Anne Vaginay (mother)
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Major-General Claude Martin (5 January 1735 – 13 September 1800) was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in the British East India Company's Bengal Army. Martin was born in Lyon, France, into a humble background, and was a self-made man who left a substantial lasting legacy in the form of his writings, buildings and the educational institutions he founded posthumously. There are now ten schools named after him, two in Lucknow, two in Calcutta and six in Lyon. The small village of Martin Purwa in India was also named after him.