Papers of Sir John McNeill, Bombay Medical Service 1816-36, Envoy to Persia 1836-42
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McNeill Collection: private and official correspondence and papers of Sir John McNeill (1795-1883), Bombay Medical Service 1816-36, chiefly relating to his negotiations as British Envoy to Persia 1836-42.
Vocabularies, translations, textual and philological notes, and other academic papers of Sir Ralph Lilley Turner (1888-1983), oriental scholar, Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1937-57. Dated as: no date
Papers of Charles Evelyn Arbuthnot William Oldham (1869-1949), Indian Civil Service 1890-1920, Commissioner of Patna Division 1913-20, including extensive notes on Buddhism, indexes of Bhojpuri proverbs, and correspondence with Sir Aurel Stein
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Papers of Charles Evelyn Arbuthnot William Oldham (1869-1949), Indian Civil Service 1890-1920, Commissioner of Patna Division 1913-20, including extensive notes on Buddhism, indexes of Bhojpuri proverbs, and correspondence with Sir Aurel Stein.
Papers of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, Political Agent, Gilgit 1920-24, including notes on Shina grammar and vocabulary and correspondence on the lifestyle of the Hunzas.
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Papers of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, Political Agent, Gilgit 1920-24, including notes on Shina grammar and vocabulary and correspondence on the lifestyle of the Hunzas.
`A Game Warden's Permit for a Corpse (The life and times of a Customs Officer)': privately published memoir by Patrick Brian Sweeney (b 1914) of his career in the Customs and Excise Depts in Bombay 1933-46 and Nawanagar 1946-49, in the Indian Army 1940-45, and in the Colonial Customs Service 1949...
Warrant, dated 22 Apr 1853, from the Governor-in-Council of Bombay appointing Conductor Charles Parsons (b c1801), Bombay Army 1820, as a Deputy Assistant Commissary in the Ordnance Commissariat Dept, Bombay; also photocopy of papers, dated 1854, stating his claim to a Commission.
Papers of Capt Robert FitzGerald, Bombay Army 1836-53, and of James Edward FitzGerald, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1854
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FitzGerald Collection: papers of and relating to Capt Robert FitzGerald (1817-53), Bombay Army 1836-53, Commandant, Sind Camel Corps 1843-49, Commandant, 5th Punjab Cavalry, and Officer Commanding, Dera Ismail Khan 1849-53; also letters, dated 1838-92, of James Edward FitzGerald (1818-96), Prime ...
Papers of Michael John Carritt (b 1906), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1930-39, communist underground worker, including tour diary as sub-divisional officer, Tangail 1933-34, and notebook containing notes on Communist Party organization in India c 1936-37
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Papers of Michael John Carritt (b 1906), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1930-39, communist underground worker, including tour diary as sub-divisional officer, Tangail 1933, and notebook containing notes on Communist Party organization in India c1936-37.
Papers of and relating to Shapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936), MP (Communist) for North Battersea 1922-23, 1924-29, comprising chiefly material collected in 1937 by his son Beram for a projected biography: and typescript drafts, prepared c1987-90, by his daughter Sehri Saklatvala for her book The Fifth Commandment: A Biography of Shahpurji Saklatvala (Salford 1991); also Amstrad discs containing copies of letters, dated 1937, to Beram about his father, and draft of the biography.
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Papers of and relating to Shapurji Saklatvala (1874-1936), MP (Communist) for North Battersea 1922-23, 1924-29, comprising chiefly material collected in 1937 by his son Beram for a projected biography; and drafts, prepared c1987-90, by his daughter Sehri Saklatvala for her book `The Fifth Command...
Letter book, dated 24 Mar-30 Aug 1830, of the Lucknow Residency containing copies of official letters sent by the Resident, Thomas Herbert Maddock (1790-1870), Bengal Civil Service 1814-49, to the Government of India, on relations with the King of Oudh.