Hanoverians, Germans, and Europeans: Colonial Identity in Early British India.

The article discusses the role played by the experience of empire in the formation of British identity in the 18th century in early British India, and if this holds true for the non-British European servants of the imperial enterprise including a high proportion of Germans. The question whether these servants considered themselves as representatives of a European rather than a British enterprise is discussed. Between 1782 and 1792, the army of Hanover served East India Co. in southern India.