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unusual facts about George Bogle



Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama

He befriended George Bogle, a Scottish adventurer and diplomat who had made an expedition to Tibet and stayed at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse from 1774-1775.

Tilly Kettle

Kettle moved on to Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1771 and painted Shuja ud-Daula and Dancing-Girl Holding the Stem of a Hookah. In 1775,he painted George Bogle, Warren Hastings' emissary to Tibet, in Tibetan dress, presenting a ceremonial white scarf to Lobsang Palden Yeshe the 6th Panchen Lama.


see also

George Bogle of Daldowie

Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie (and also lands at Whiteinch ).