Papers of Sir Richard Temple, Indian Civil Service 1847-77; Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal 1874-77; Governor of Bombay 1877-80
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Temple Collection (1): papers of Sir Richard Temple (1826- 1902), Indian Civil Service 1847-77, including papers as Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces 1862-67; Finance Member, Governor-General's Council 1868-74; Superintendent, famine relief, Bengal 1874 and Madras 1876-77; Lieutenant-Governor...
Elphinstone Collection (2): Private Papers, Correspondence and Journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service from 1795, Envoy to Afghanistan 1808-09, Resident at Poona 1810-17, Commisioner for territories annexed to Bombay 1817-19, Governor of Bombay 1819-27
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The private and semi official papers, correspondence and journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service from 1795, Assistant to Resident at Poona 1801-1804, Resident at Nagpur 1804-1808, Envoy to Afghanistan 1808-1809, Resident at Poona 1811-1817, Commissioner for territor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Marathi, and Persian
Elphinstone Collection (3): papers of William Fullerton Elphinstone (1740-1843), East India Company Director 1786 1825, Chairman 1804, 1806 and 1814; and of other members of his family including his son Maj-Gen William George Keith Elphinstone (1782-1842), British Army 1804-42; also Elphinstone estate papers
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Elphinstone Collection (3): papers of William Fullerton Elphinstone (1740-1834), East India Company Director 1786-1825, Chairman 1804, 1806 and 1814; and of other members of his family including his son Maj-Gen William George Keith Elphinstone (1782-1842), British Army 1804-42; also Elphinstone e...
John Lawrence Collection: papers and correspondence of Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811-79), Bengal Civil Service 1830-59; Member, Board of Administration of the Punjab 1849-53; Chief Commissioner of the Punjab 1853-59; Member, Council of India 1859-63; Viceroy of India 1864...
Address of Welcome presented to William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (b 1906), Secretary of State for Burma 1947-48, by the Municipal Corporation of the City of Rangoon, 2 Sep 1947.
Papers of Sir William Lee-Warner, Indian Civil Service 1869-95; India Office official 1895-1903; member of Council of India 1902-12
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Lee-Warner Collection: correspondence, writings and papers of Sir William Lee-Warner (1846-1914), Indian Civil Service 1869-95; Secretary, Political and Secret Dept, India Office 1895-1903; Member, Council of India 1902-1912.
Correspondence of 1st Marquess of Willingdon as Governor of Bombay 1913-18, and Governor of Madras 1919-24
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Willingdon Collection: correspondence of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866-1941) as Governor of Bombay 1913-18, and Governor of Madras 1919-1924.
`List of Outfit for Writers, Cadets, and Assistant Surgeons, proceeding to India', issued c1839-44, by Grindlay, Christian, & Matthews, East India Army Agency, London.
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`List of Outfit for Writers, Cadets, and Assistant Surgeons, proceeding to India', issued c1839-44, by Grindlay, Christian, & Matthews, East India Army Agency, London. Dated as: no date
Miscellaneous papers of Lt-Col Robert Kyd (1746-93), Bengal Army 1764-93, founder and honorary Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta 1786-93, including a survey called `Some Remarks on the Soil and Cultivation on the western side of the River Hooghly', sent to Sir William Jones on 7 De...