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1250761. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/17
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Pleased at news from Lucknow; believes Canning will receive a West India Regiment; Ellenborough does not wish to increase Queen's regiments in India but hopes to maintain existing complement by sending drafts of recruits; is in communication with officers on whom he places most reliance regarding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250762. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/18
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 20 February; problem of awarding honours; agrees with Canning about Frere; if there was anything wrong with despatch on compensation, it arose 'from that eternal system of compromise between the Court [of Directors] and Board which mars so much correspondence'; Direc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250763. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/19
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Comments approvingly on Cambell's operations at Lucknow; has secured Cabinet agreement to increase Company's European infantry by three regiments which he propose should be officered by officers of mutinied regiments; one regiment going to India from Australia, and two from the Cape; reasons why ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250764. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/20
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Asks for reports on efficiency of 'young gentlemen' recruited to civil service by competitive examination compared with that of those sent out under former system.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250765. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/21
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Uneasy relations with France caused hesitation concerning despatch of remainder of 57th regiment to Bombay following Elphinstone's urgent request; arrangements for further reinforcements; hopes four or five of hardest-worked regiments can be relieved – believes it would produce excellent effect i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250766. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/22
Title:
Letter from Sir G Clerk (Secretary to Board of Control) to Canning
Scope & Content:
Suggests Canning might find it worthwhile to see his son who has recently been attached to mission to Heart and is returning via Khorasan and Persia to India for information on those parts; Lord Stanley will probably be Ellenborough's successor [On 10 May Ellenborough resigned following the contr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250767. Mss Eur Photo Eur 477

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 477
Title:
Letters from Lord Stanley as President of the Board of Control (5 Jun-1 Sep 1858) and Secretary of State for India (2 Sep 1858-18 Jun 1859) to Canning
Scope & Content:
Letters from Lord Stanley as President of the Board of Control (5 Jun-1 Sep 1858) and Secretary of State for India (2 Sep 1858-18 Jun 1859) to Canning
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1859
Extent:
Unspecified

1250768. Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/1
Title:
Letter from Stanley to Canning
Scope & Content:
Expresses hope, shared by his father Lord Derby (Prime Minister), that nothing that has passed in Parliament will lead Canning to resign; hopes Canning will write as frankly as he intends to do, and assures him of Government's support.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250769. Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/2
Title:
Letter from Stanley to Canning
Scope & Content:
Has not written earlier chiefly because of Canning's superior knowledge but there are now one or two points on which Canning should know Ministry's intentions; plans for despatch of European troops; complaints from Duke of Cambridge (C-in-C, British Army) regarding dispersal of European force in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1858
Extent:
1 item

1250770. Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/3
Title:
Letter from Stanley to Canning
Scope & Content:
Apologies that previous letter is not in his own hand [Stanley's draft had been copied for him by his private secretary Gerald Talbot, previously Canning's Private Secretary].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1858
Extent:
1 item

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