Addiscombe

Addiscombe, a place in Surrey, near Croydon. A mansion here was, in 1812, converted by the East India Company into a college for their cadets, but sold in 1861, when the British and Indian armies were amalgamated. It bred 3600 cadets, including Sir Henry Lawrence, Sir H. Pottinger, Lord Napier, Sir H. Durand, Sir G. Chesney, Sir H. Yule, and Lord Roberts. See Vibart's monograph (1894).