Papers of Sir William Gerald Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald (1841-1910), comprising engagement diaries and papers as Political ADC to the Secretary of State for India 1874-1901
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Papers of Sir William Gerald Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald (1841-1910), comprising Engagement diaries and papers as Political ADC to the Secretary of State for India 1874-1901.
Papers of the Indian Soldiers Fund established to provide comforts and clothing for Indian troops and prisoners of war in France and Mesopotamia during the first World War
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Minutes, reports, correspondence, cash books, vouchers and photographs of the Indian Soldiers Fund established to provide comforts and clothing for Indian troops and prisoners of war in France and Mesopotamia during the first World War.
Papers of Lord George Hamilton as Secretary of State for India 1895-1903
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Hamilton Collections: papers of Lord George Francis Hamilton (1845-1927) as Secretary of State for India 1895-1903, including correspondence with the Viceroy, the Governors of Madras and Bombay, and others. [See also Mss Eur C125].
Part iv of a thesis, completed c1934, on `The Non-Arabic Languages of South East Arabia' [dealing with four semitic languages and one Iranian], by Bertram Sidney Thomas (1892- 1950), Arabian explorer, oriental scholar, soldier and diplomat. Dated as: no date
Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Pelly (1825-1892). The papers comprise ten series covering Sir Lewis Pelly's career in the East India Company and the Indian Civil Service as well as personal correspondence and papers on his life and interests. Sir Lewis Pelly entered ...
Papers of Lt-Gen Sir Richard Strachey, Bengal Engineers 1836-75, member of Council of India 1875-89, Chairman, East India Railway Company from 1889; and of other members of the Strachey family, including Sir John Peter Grant, Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal 1859-62
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Strachey Collection: papers of Lt-Gen Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908), Bengal Engineers 1836-75; Member, Council of India 1875-78 and 1879-89; Chairman, East India Railway Company from 1889; of his wife Jane Maria; and of his father-in-law Sir John Peter Grant (1807-93), Bengal Civil Service 182...
Sutton Court Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800); and of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), and other members of the Strachey family
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Sutton Court Collection: papers of (i) Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800), relating chiefly to his service in the Bengal Army 1758-67; (ii) papers of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), private secretary to 1st Lord Clive 1764-74, relating chiefly to Clive and his son, 2nd Lord Clive, Govern...