page_title: John Spencer Login
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: John Spencer Login / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial To Sir John Spencer Login
context_page_description: Sir John Spencer Login was a Scottish surgeon in British India, best remembered as the guardian of Maharajah Duleep Singh and the Koh-i-Noor diamond following the annexation of Punjab and Last Treaty of Lahore.
  Born in the seaport of Stromness, Orkney, in 1809, Login went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh and was, within a few years, offered the post of assistant surgeon for the East India Company. Arriving in Calcutta in 1832, he initially had appointments with the Bengal establishment and the Nizam’s army. Later roles included, amongst others, a medical charge of the horse artillery in the Afghan campaign, residency surgeoncy at Lucknow, action in the Second Anglo-Sikh War and in 1849, the appointment as the Governor of Lahore.
  It was under Login and his wife's guidance that Duleep Singh converted to Christianity and was escorted to England in 1854. After a final trip to India, Login died shortly after his return to England in 1863.
context_section_description: In 1862-3 he visited India for the last time, to establish the Indian Railways. Upon his return to Britain, he died suddenly at Felixstowe on 18 October 1863 following a short illness and two months after the death of Duleep Singh's mother.
  Local coastguards in Felixstowe carried his coffin for one mile to the church. He had been described as "truthful" by Lord Lawrence, past Viceroy of India and "a thoroughly good, conscientious man" by Queen Victoria's private secretary, Sir Charles Phipps. For a "heartbroken" Duleep Singh, Login's death was likened to the loss of a father. His tombstone, erected by Duleep Singh, was engraved with words chosen by Queen Victoria.
  In 1890 Login's wife, Lady Lena Login, published Sir John Login and Duleep Singh, her memoirs of their relationship.
  In 2015, photograph albums thought to have once belonged to Login were sold at auction.
caption: Grave of John Login, Felixstowe, Suffolk
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