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Forfarian, if we are talking about John Alexander Sutherland (1 Jan 1793 to 24 Jun 1848), I am not aware of him having made a trip back to Scotland around 1821, which seems unlikely. My family tree for him shows his first of seven children as John Sutherland (Abt. 1823 to 17 Jun 1902), born in Hyderabad where his father was, according to the Bombay 1821 East India Register and Directory, serving with the Nizam's Horse as a Lieutenant in the Third Regiment Light Cavalry.

Metcalfe carried out his mission to the Court of Ranjit Singh from Sept. 10, 1808 to May 2, 1809 which resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Amritsar on April 25, 1809. That was when he met his wife Merriam (Mirriam, Maryam) and they must have married in the Punjab. Their first son was born 12 Nov. 1810 in Delhi, but Studholme was not baptised until 18 Dec 1813 at Fort William, Calcutta.

Merriam's sister Ushrut came to the court of Ranjit Singh around 1817, with her father on a trade mission. The date of her wedding to John Sutherland is not documented well; I am inclined to date it in 1821, but perhaps it was earlier. Their first child was born in 1823 (or perhaps 1822).