Editing East India Company (section)

== Establishments in Britain ==
[[File:East India House by Thomas Malton the Younger.jpg|thumb|The expanded [[East India House]], London, painted by [[Thomas Malton]], {{circa|1800}}]]
The company's headquarters in London, from which much of India was governed, was [[East India House]] in [[Leadenhall Street]]. After occupying premises in [[Philpot Lane]] from 1600 to 1621; in [[Crosby Hall, London|Crosby House]], [[Bishopsgate]] from 1621 to 1638; and in Leadenhall Street from 1638 to 1648, the company moved into Craven House, an Elizabethan mansion in Leadenhall Street. The building had become known as East India House by 1661. It was completely rebuilt and enlarged in 1726–1729 and further significantly remodelled and expanded in 1796–1800. It was finally vacated in 1860 and demolished in 1861–1862.<ref>{{cite book |first=Sir William |last=Foster |title=The East India House: its History and Associations |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177522 |place=London |publisher=John Lane |year=1924 }}</ref> The site is now occupied by the [[Lloyd's building]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2017 |title=East India Company headquarters on Leadenhall Street |url=https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2017/01/east-india-company-headquarters-on-leadenhall-street.html |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>

In 1607, the company decided to build its own ships and leased a yard on the [[River Thames]] at [[Deptford]]. By 1614, the yard having become too small, an alternative site was acquired at [[Blackwall Yard|Blackwall]]: the new yard was fully operational by 1617. It was sold in 1656, although for some years East India Company ships continued to be built and repaired there under the new owners.<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Hermione |editor-last=Hobhouse |editor-link=Hermione Hobhouse |chapter=Blackwall Yard |title=Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs: the parish of All Saints |series=[[Survey of London]] |volume=44 |publisher=Athlone Press/Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England |location=London |year=1994 |isbn=9780485482447 |pages=553–565 |via=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp575-582 |access-date=30 December 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020230005/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp575-582 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1803 an act of Parliament, promoted by the East India Company, established the East India Dock Company, with the aim of establishing a new set of docks (the [[East India Docks]]) primarily for the use of ships trading with India. The existing Brunswick Dock, part of the Blackwall Yard site, became the Export Dock; while a new Import Dock was built to the north. In 1838 the East India Dock Company merged with the [[West India Docks|West India Dock Company]]. The docks were taken over by the [[Port of London Authority]] in 1909 and closed in 1967.<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Hermione |editor-last=Hobhouse |editor-link=Hermione Hobhouse |chapter=The East India Docks |title=Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs: the parish of All Saints |series=[[Survey of London]] |volume=44 |publisher=Athlone Press/Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England |location=London |year=1994 |isbn=9780485482447 |pages=575–582 |via=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp575-582 |access-date=30 December 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020230005/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp575-582 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Addiscombe Seminary photo c.1859.jpg|thumb|[[Addiscombe Military Seminary|Addiscombe Seminary]], photographed in {{circa|1859}}, with cadets in the foreground]]

The [[East India Company College|East India College]] was founded in 1806 as a training establishment for "writers" (i.e. clerks) in the company's service. It was initially located in [[Hertford Castle]], but moved in 1809 to purpose-built premises at [[Hertford Heath]], Hertfordshire. In 1858 the college closed; but in 1862 the buildings reopened as a [[Public school (United Kingdom)|public school]], now [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Frederick Charles |last1=Danvers |first2=Harriet |last2=Martineau |author2-link=Harriet Martineau |first3=Monier |last3=Monier-Williams |author3-link=Monier Monier-Williams |first4=Steuart Colvin |last4=Bayley |author4-link=Steuart Bayley |first5=Percy |last5=Wigram |first6=Brand |last6=Sapte |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialsoldhai00collgoog |title=Memorials of Old Haileybury College |place=Westminster |year=1894 |publisher=Archibald Constable }}</ref><ref name="Farrington 1976">{{cite book |editor-first=Anthony |editor-last=Farrington |title=The Records of the East India College, Haileybury, & other institutions |place=London |publisher=H.M.S.O. |year=1976 }}</ref>

The [[Addiscombe Military Seminary|East India Company Military Seminary]] was founded in 1809 at [[Addiscombe]], near [[Croydon]], Surrey, to train young officers for service in the company's armies in India. It was based in Addiscombe Place, an early 18th-century mansion. The government took it over in 1858 and renamed it the Royal Indian Military College. In 1861 it was closed, and the site was subsequently redeveloped.<ref>{{Cite book |first=H. M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: its heroes and men of note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894 |ol=23336661M }}</ref><ref name="Farrington 1976"/>{{rp|111–123}}

In 1818, the company entered into an agreement by which those of its servants who were certified insane in India might be cared for at Pembroke House, [[Hackney (parish)|Hackney]], London, a private [[History of psychiatric institutions|lunatic asylum]] run by Dr George Rees until 1838, and thereafter by Dr William Williams. The arrangement outlasted the company itself, continuing until 1870, when the India Office opened its own asylum, the [[Hanwell#Healthcare|Royal India Asylum]], at [[Hanwell]], Middlesex.<ref name="Farrington 1976"/>{{rp|125–132}}<ref>{{cite book |first1=Diane K. |last1=Bolton |first2=Patricia E. C. |last2=Croot |first3=M. A. |last3=Hicks |author3-link=Michael Hicks (historian) |chapter=Ealing and Brentford: Public services |title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7, Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden |editor1-first=T. F. T. |editor1-last=Baker |editor2-first=C. R. |editor2-last=Elrington |editor2-link=Christopher Elrington |publisher=Victoria County History |location=London |year=1982 |pages=147–149 |chapter-url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp147-149}}</ref>

The [[East India Club]] in London was formed in 1849 for officers of the company. The Club still exists today as a private [[gentlemen's club]] with its club house situated at 16 [[St James's Square]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastindiaclub.com/|title=East India Club|access-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074553/http://www.eastindiaclub.com/|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Forrest |first=Denys Mostyn |year=1982 |title=Foursome in St James's: the story of the East India, Devonshire, Sports, and Public Schools Club |location=London |publisher=East India, Devonshire, Sports and Public Schools Club }}</ref>