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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/79
Title:: Statement of Witnesses taken by Colonel Phayre
Scope & Content:: Statement of witnesses taken by Col Phayre, Resident at Baroda, of all those individuals who had access to his private office room between 6am and 7am on 9 November 1874 and could have been involved in the attempt to poison him. The statements were prepared by Messrs Hearn, Cleveland, and Lee ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Nov 1874-23 Nov 1874
Extent:: 1 file (20 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/80
Title:: Letter appointing Lewis Pelly as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda, as a Temporary Measure
Scope & Content:: Letter No. 2564 P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, 25 November 1874, to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly informing him of his appointment as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda as a temporary measure whilst the Baroda Enquiry Commission...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Nov 1874
Extent:: 1 file (8 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81
Title:: Enclosures to Letters and Despatches to the Secretary of State for India regarding affairs in Baroda
Scope & Content:: The enclosures comprise letters and telegrams between the Secretary of State for India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison); Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); Agent, Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Bombay (Lewis Pelly); Resident at Baroda (Co...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Nov 1874-28 Jan 1875
Extent:: 1 file, 5 items (158 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 1-51
Title:: Enclosures of Letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.213, dated 27 November 1874: Nos. 3 to 31 of Abstract of Contents, from Foreign Department, Fort William
Scope & Content:: Enclosures 3-31 that accompanied letter No.213 to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, with a list of abstracts to the enclosures, comprising mainly correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, the Resident at Baroda, the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Secretary to the Gov...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Nov 1874
Extent:: 51 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 52-100
Title:: Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William
Scope & Content:: The enclosures relate to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, formerly Political Resident at Baroda, including the Colonels interviews with the staff at the Residency on duty the day of the poisoning, and the implication that the Gaekwar of Baroda had ordered it. Also discussed are ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jan 1875
Extent:: 50 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 101-145
Title:: Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.17, dated 22 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 26 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William
Scope & Content:: The enclosures relate to the progress being made by Lewis Pelly as Special Commissioner at Baroda including improvements to revenue collections, proposals for land settlements, and attempts at arranging discussions to settle grievances and complaints between the Sirdars and Sillidars and the Gae...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jan 1875
Extent:: 45 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 146-155
Title:: Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.18, dated 22 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 30 Abstract of Contents from the Foreign Department, Fort William
Scope & Content:: The enclosures consist of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison); Secretary to the Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); and the Agent, Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda (Lewis Pelly). The correspondenc...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jan 1875
Extent:: 10 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 156-158
Title:: Enclosure of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.25, from the Foreign Department, Fort William
Scope & Content:: The enclosure comprises letter No.293P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Political Department. The letter is regarding the removal of Colonel Robert Phayre as Residen...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1875
Extent:: 3 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/82
Title:: Demi Official Correspondence from the Viceroy, Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook and the Foreign Secretary, Charles Umpherston Aitchison, regarding Baroda
Scope & Content:: The correspondence is all from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India to Sir Lewis Pelly regarding his appointment as Special Commissioner at Baroda. The correspondence discusses Pelly's wor...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Dec 1874-28 Mar 1875
Extent:: 1 file, 17 items (55 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/82, f 54
Title:: Notes by Lewis Pelly regarding a telegram sent by the Viceroy
Scope & Content:: Note, written by Lewis Pelly, recording that a copy of a telegram had been made 28 March 1875. The telegram in question is included and is from the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) to Pelly regarding Pelly's telegram about the poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and regard...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Mar 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

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