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On the 7th January, 1881, he read and played with the Chiefs and Thakores of the Rajkumar class of his College; on the evening of the 8th he played lawn-tennis in the Residency garden, when he caught a chill. The next day Sunday symptoms of tetanus appeared which created anxiety among his relatives and friends.
He then availed himself of that status to bring about the affiliation of the Rajkumar College at Indore to the same University, with, as a matter of course, the concurrence of the Syndicate. No. 2 We have here an admirable summary of the highly important personal duties of a tactful A.D.C. to an Indian Viceroy. Not the least important being the superintendence of the Invitation Department.
Griffin was created a K.C.S.I., and shortly afterwards appointed Governor-General's Agent in Central India and Resident in Indore where Aberigh-Mackay was Principal of the Rajkumar College the College for the "Sons of Nobles" the first "Eton" established under British rule in India.
As a rule the Indian reigning princes of today and especially those educated at the splendid Rajkumar College, or Princes' School are an honour to their high lineage and the races from which they spring.
It so happened that at the time Mr Mackay was in charge of the Rajkumar College, a large number of important Chiefs were minors, including the Rajah of Rutlam, the junior Chief of Dewar, the Nawab of Jaora, and the two sons of His Highness the Maharaja Holkar. At present there are no Chiefs of the first rank in the Residency College.
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