Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Lumsden i runga i te kaipuke o te East India Company "Rose" i te Bay of Bengal. I noho ia i nga tau tuatahi e ono o tona oranga i Bengal, i te wa e mahi ana tana papa a Colonel Thomas Lumsden hei rangatira o te pu. I uru tana papa a Thomas ki te ope taua o Bengal i te tau 1808 ka mahi i te Pakanga Anglo-Nepalese
, Te Pakanga Tuatoru o Anglo-Maratha me te Pakanga Tuatahi o Anglo-Burmese e tutuki ana i te rereketanga. Ko tana whanaunga tuatahi i te wa i tangohia ai ko te tohunga o te rawhiti a Matthew Lumsden. E ono ona tuakana, tokotoru o ratou i heke ki Kanata, i te mea ko tana teina ko Pita i whai i tana huarahi ki Inia.