- Role in Pendennis: He appears in London to blackmail Sir Francis Clavering.
- Identity: Major Pendennis discovers that Altamont is actually John Amory, a murderer who escaped from prison in India.
- Context: He is a key antagonist in the subplot involving the Clavering family and their secret.
According to Bombay history, Colonel Altamont (spelled A-L-T-A-M-O-N-T, not "Amount") served the Nawab of Lucknow before settling in Bombay, according to local history accounts. [1, 2]
- Road Named After Him: The prominent Altamont Road in South Bombay (Cumballa Hill) is named after him.
- Settlement: After his service to the Nawab, he settled on the Cumballa Hill slope leading up from Kemp's Corner.
- The Spelling: While often misspelled "Altamount," historical accounts note it is named after this specific individual. [1, 2, 3, 4]
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Maskati Corner, originally Tata Mansion was built by the Tata brothers Byram, Bahadur & Dadiba from Billimora, Gujarat approximately around 1915.
Initially, it served as a home to those family members who had left Billimora to come to Bombay.
The building when built originally, had only three floors. Subsequently, the fourth floor was added some years later. There are two flats on each floor & shops around the building at pavement level.
Many, many years later, due to stressed financial conditions, they were constrained to sell the building.
It was built in an era where there were hardly any privately owned motor vehicles as a result of which today the residents face terrible parking issues.
From the building, one can get a view of the iconic Kemp’s Corner flyover.
Very centrally located at Kemp’s Corner, the building today is a heritage structure.
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John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont
The Earl of Altamont | |
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 Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds | |
| Member of the Parliament of Ireland | |
| In office 1744–1760 | |
John Browne, 1st Earl of Altamont (c. 1709 – 4 July 1776), styled Lord Mount Eagle between 1760 and 1768 and Viscount Westport between 1768 and 1771, was an Irish peer and politician. He began the building of Westport House and the town of Westport.
Background and education
[edit]Browne was the only son of Peter Browne, a prosperous Catholic landowner in County Mayo, and Mary Daly. He was a grandson of Colonel John Browne, a signatory of the Treaty of Limerick, and of Denis Daly, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). His sisters were Roman Catholics but he himself was a member of the Church of Ireland. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in July 1725.
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Altamont
Altamont House was so named circa 1760. It had been previously known as "Rose Hill" and later "Soho". It is situated one mile off the Tullow-Bunclody Road on the River Slaney. The central portion of the house dates from the Seventeenth Century. The house was extensively altered in the Eighteenth Century. A porch with an interesting fanlight and a low dining room were built. Two avenues with granite entrance gateways were also laid out. Altamont Gardens extend over forty acres, mostly consisting of woodland. The current layout of the gardens was planned by the Dawson-Bovia family who bought the estate in the 19th Century. They also added two wings to the original house. They also made the lake with labourers employed during the famine. The Lecky-Watson family moved to Altamont in 1923. When their daughter Mrs. Corona North inherited the estate she made improvements to the garden which were opened to the public. Mrs. North died in 1999
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a newspaper for residents of Malabar Hills.
Bombay: A Place in Time
Altamont Road, India’s Billionaires’ Row, was long a peaceful tree-covered locality meandering up the southern slope of Cumballa Hill. Almost definitely named so after one Colonel Altamont (yes, spelt ‘Altamont’ not “Altamount”!) who lived in a home that went by his namesake a little up the hill, it would be easy to deduce that the translation of the name into “high hill road” is apt, but easier said than done! The earliest reference comes from the year 1865, the peak of a cotton boom in Bombay that had seen its wealth and prominence skyrocket, when Altamont was being let out on rent at Rs. 1000 per month, an astounding sum for its time (and an indication of demand even in a then-obscure part outside the fort area) and hence deemed worthy of recording.
1865 was also the year that the American Civil War ended; Britain lifted its trade embargo on the US and cotton prices in Bombay plummeted, rendering many of the richest men in town bankrupt virtually overnight (due to various factors which are too detailed to enter into here.) But what changed Bombay forever within this time period is that the fort walls were ordered to be brought down by then Governor Bartle Frere, whose brother William had lived in Altamont in the 1850s, described as “a jolly man, which could scarcely be said of Sir Bartle, and very popular”. Other British-era references of Altamont, of which there are scarce numbers, record parties such as one where William Wordsworth (Jr.), the son of the poet recited a poem wherein a writer jibed that “he had never been to Scotland, but from the hills of Cumberland he had once “a glimpse of the Promised Land”! So, on and on life went by in this quaint neighbourhood.
Shifting gears – looking through my bedroom window during peak COVID, I would wonder at how the quiet, even in a turbulent time, could render a place peaceful. The view that greeted me was virtually what we see here in this accompanying early 20th century view – left to right, is the Manize bungalow, Maskati Corner, and the edge of Kwality House, all at Kemp’s Corner, with the commencement of Altamont Road in the centre. A quaint view of bygone times in this neck of the woods, the Manize bungalow was largely (but not completely!) demolished in the 1960s during the construction of the Kemp’s Corner Flyover that went right over it, leaving the road-accessible shopfronts to house Manize beauty parlour for many years, before the final remnants were very recently demolished. Confusingly enough, the road that used to envelope the bungalow pre-flyover days was named Hermitage Pass (also the former name for Kemp’s Corner, still to be found in contemporary BMC surveys), but the 18th century Hermitage bungalow was to be found on the other side of Woodlands, at the site of Pleasant Park today, as conveyed by Mr. Vaman Apte, whose family lived in the adjacent Woodlands bungalow before its transformation into a skyscraper, adding that his mother clearly remembers this.
Maskati Corner, formerly named Tata Mansions, used to house Kamal Book House, where a young Buddhichand Maroo was employed for a short while before launching in the 1960s what was to become the media behemoth Shemaroo Entertainment, as confirmed by co-founder and brother Mr. Atul Maru, further stating that their origins were very humble, and grew over time. The building today houses residences as well as a host of commercial establishments. The Rolls Royce sign of Kwality House can be seen on the right of the image, covered extensively previously in this column.
Gone are the days when characters like “sau eedu” (hundred eggs!) lived in the vicinity mid-20th century (described in the unputdownable ‘Altamont Road and other True Stories’ by Sheryar Ookerjee, a rib-tickling look into the hyperlocal residents of the time) and tigers would amble up the rough Altamont Road path two centuries ago. To cap off, here’s a century-old account of the view from the cliff at the end of Anstey Road, off Altamont Road, considered one of the best the island had to offer: “From Cumballa Hill, the view to the east includes the whole native city, the hill of Mazagaon… To the left lies the industrial area, with its high chimney-stacks and mill roofs… On the west side Cumballa Hill slopes down to the shore, where, close to the Hornby Vellard, the Mahalaxmi temples command attention.”
(Picture and article by Mrinal Kapadia, resident of Cumballa Hill, he is a collector and researcher, and can be reached on mrinal.kapadia@gmail.com or via Instagram on @mrinal.kapadia)
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THE WILD BEASTS OF BOMBAY. /TIGER AT MAHIM,HYENA AT BYCULLA,TIGER AT ESPLANADE,TIGER AT MAZGAON,HYENA AT MALABAR HILL,TIGER AT GOWALIA TANK
MALABAR HILL FOREST 
THE WILD BEASTS OF BOMBAY. 1783. — The Governor and most of the gentlemen of Bombay go annually on a party of pleasure to Salsette" to hunt the wild boar and royal tiger, both of which we found here in great plenty. — Hector Macneill.
1806, December 17th. — Two gentlemen at 7 a.m. riding towards the bungalows of General Macpherson on the Island of Salsette, near the village of Coorla, two tigers came out of the jungle as if ready to spring, crouched, and were observed to betake themselves to the jungles and hills of Powee, fifty yards in front of the horses.
And in this connection two persons on November 4th were carried off by two tigers from a native village nearly opposite to Powee, near the high road leading from Sion to Tanna.
The natives believe the tigers are human beings, and have gold rings in their ears and noses. One native's body they had sucked all the blood out of it, otherwise not eaten. They took away a herdsman driving his fl^ck. 1819,
— There were in all only three deaths recorded in India of Europeans from snake-bites in the years 1817, 1818 and 1819. 1820, December 23rd.
— A large lion killed within eight coss from Ahmedabad. 1822, February 9th.
— A tiger on Malabar Hill came down, quenched his thirst at Gowalla Tank, and ran off over the hill between the Hermitage and Prospect Lodge. Prints of its feet were distinctly visible this morning. 1828.
— At Colaba Ferry a huge shark was observed in proximity to some bathers. 1830, January 13th.
— A large hyena is prowling about Malabar Hill on the western side between Mr. Nicol's residence and Vaucluse, " as good sport as a Mazagon tiger."
— Bombay Gazette. 1839, June 25th. — Lieutenant Montague, at Colaba, returning from mess, put his foot in a hole, received a slight wound which in twenty-five minutes carried him off. Some jurors thought it was from the bite of a serpent.
1841, September 15 th. — A man bitten by a snake on the Esplanade.
1849. — A finback whale driven on shore at Colaba, 60 feet long, 30 to 40 feet round the thickest part. All along the road from the Fort to Colaba was a perfect fair. . The stench was felt from the town side of the causeway from where it lay at the back of Colaba Church. Jawbone taken away. — Gentleman s Gazette. 1850, Oct. 9th.
— A tiger at Bandoop leaped upon the mail- cart and upset it, and the gliarry-wallah was little injured. I saw jackals several times in the gardens of the Colaba Observa- tory in 1844.
— Dr. Buist. On tins Mr. Charles Chambers, F.K.S., observes (1893) : " I found a jackal in my bedroom in the Colaba Observatory about fifteen years ago." A jackal was killed in the new High Court Buildings shortly after they were finished. 1858, March 3rd
.— Some officers of the P. and 0. steamer Aden observed a tiger swimming from Mainland to Mazagon. A boat was lowered and the crew armed with ship's muskets. When they came up to it the brute was boarding a buggalow, and was being kept off by the lascars by handspikes. It was shot through the head by six balls. Weight, 353 lbs. Length to tip of tail, 8 ft. 9 ins. 1858, May 26th.
— A young Portuguese this day shot a tiger at Mahim, and on the 27th inst. brought the carcass to the Chief Magistrate for the reward,
1859. — To-day Mr. Forjett with a fowling-piece shot a tiger within a few hundred yards of the fashionable drive on the Esplanade, and on the beach of Back Bay near Sonapore. Mr. Forjett promised the hide to Dr. Birdwood for the Museum. —Bombay Gazette.
Feb. 6th. — On this day, Sunday evening, the wife of Mr. Pratt, uncovenanted assistant in the General Department Secre- tariat, walking along with her husband in the fields adjoining their residence at Mahim, trod on a snake and died two hours afterwards.
— Bombay Gazette. Feb. 15th. — ■A tiger was seen sloping about the nooks of Kalpadavie, but disappeared.
Nov. 12th. — Dr. Turner, P. and 0. service, at his residence, Chinchpoogly, was bitten by a venomous snake on the calf of the leg. His leg swelled to an immense size. A friend of his made an incision, sucked the wound, and he is now recovering.
Kov. 16th. — A cobra, 4 ft. in length, killed in Secretariat compound, Apollo Street. 1860,
Oct. 31st. — On Sunday a snake was seen amusing itself round one of the pillars in St. John's Church, Colaba, a few yards from the reading-desk, and not long ago a cobra was found in the organ. — Times and Standard.
Dec. 5 th. — A hyena shot while devouring a bullock not far from the Byculla Club House. 1861,
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Nov. 26th. — Hyenas quite common at night, prowling about the Byculla Flats. 1863,
Jan. 25th.— Tiger at Mahim, near railway station. Two natives killed by it. Shot.
Believe it or not, the “Urban Jungle” of Mumbai was once a literal one. Historical records confirm that the Royal Bengal Tiger was once a resident of these very islands.
In February 1822, a tiger was famously spotted quenching its thirst at Gowalia Tank before vanishing back into the thickets of Malabar Hill. By the late 19th century, tigers were still frequent visitors; records show one was shot in the Mahim woods in 1858, and another was intercepted swimming across the harbour toward Mazagon in 1829!
The most legendary encounter, however, happened much later. On Tuesday, January 22, 1929, a large tiger was shot in the vicinity of Vihar Lake (then Vehar) in Salsette. The animal was taken down by a hunter named Mr. J.J. Sutari. Accounts state that the tiger walked out of the shadows into the moonlight, just 12 yards from where Mr Sutari was waiting. This majestic animal had likely swum across the Thane Creek from the mainland to reach the island.
While the city has since traded its forest canopy for skyscrapers, these stories remind us that the legacy of the tiger is deeply etched in Mumbai’s history.
The original Altamont Bungalow was a private residence located on in , Mumbai,
Jatia House in Malabar Hill, the family home of the Pudumjee Industries promoters auctioned on Sep 7.
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and served as the namesake for the street itself. Built in the 1850s, it was the home of Sir William Yardley, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay,
and was situated on the elevated, tree-canopied southern slope of Cumballa Hill.
Key historical details include:
Timeline: Sir William Yardley lived there in the 1850s, and his wife, Lady S. Yardley, gave birth in the house in 1849.
Demise: The bungalow is long gone; it was demolished sometime after the mid-19th century, with records suggesting it was removed by 1855 or shortly thereafter.
Location: It stood near a flagstaff on a high point of the hill, which served as a visual marker for shipping coming from the west.
Current Status: The area where the bungalow once stood is now part of the affluent Altamount Road (officially renamed S. K. Barodawalla Marg in the 1990s), which is now known as "India’s Billionaires’ Row" and features modern skyscrapers like Antilia.
