Paper of Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, chiefly as Governor of Burma 1946-48
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Rance Collection: papers, correspondence and memoirs of Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Elvin Rance (1898-1974), British Army 1916-47, Director of Civil Affairs, Burma 1945-46, Governor of Burma 1946-48.
Papers of Charles Henry Roberts, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India 1914-15; member of Montagu Delegation to India 1917-18, and of Financial Relations Committee
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Charles Roberts Collection: papers of Charles Henry Roberts (1865-1959), Liberal MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India 1914-15, including papers relating to visits to India as a member of the Montagu delegation (1917-18) and of the Financial Relations Committee (1919-20).
Werge Thomas Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson (1821-57), Bengal Army 1839-57, and other members of his family; of General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara 1847-53; of their biographer Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975); and of other members of the Thomas family, including Geoffrey David Ivor Thomas (1905-74), Indian Civil Service, Burma from 1930.
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Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975), formerly Evelyn Kaye, stage designer and author, had been working since 1938 on two interconnected biographies. The first was a substantial biography of Brigadier-General John Nicholson (1821-1857), Bengal Army 1839-1857, who commanded the Punjab mobile col...
Papers of Lt-Col Thomas Walter Powell, British Army 1807-39 and other members of his family; and of Maj Edward Molyneux, Indian Army 1891-1913
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Powell Collection: papers of Col Thomas Walter Powell (d 1839), British Army 1807-39; Lt-Col Thomas Sidney Powell, British Army 1826-57; Vice-Admiral Richard Ashmore Powell (1816-92), Royal Navy 1831-71; Maj-Gen Sidney Henry Powell (1866-1945), Royal Engineers 1884-1923, Colonel Commandant, India...
Records of the Indian Civil Service (Retired) Association
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Indian Civil Service (Retired) Association: minutes, reports, subject and correspondence files, and financial papers,relating to the interests of retired members of the Indian Civil Service, particularly their pensions.
London archives of the Indian Tea Association, the Pakistan (later Bangladesh) Tea Association, and the South Indian Association
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Indian Tea Association: archives of three related organisations involved in the tea industry: the Indian Tea Trades Association (later the Indian Tea Association, London); the Pakistan (later Bangladesh) Tea Association, London; and the South Indian Association in London.
Papers of Lt-Gen Sir Jasper Nicolls, British Army 1793-1849, Commander-in-Chief, Madras 1838-39, Commander-in-Chief, India 1839-43
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Nicolls Collection: papers of Lt-Gen Sir Jasper Nicholls (1778-1849), British Army 1793, C-in-C, Madras 1838-39, C-in-C, India 1839-43, comprising original manuscript journals kept throughout his life, and some official and private correspondence.
Papers of Sir George Barlow, East India Company servant, Bengal from 1778; Governor-General of Bengal 1805-07; Governor of Madras 1807-13; and papers of his children
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Barlow Collection: papers of Sir George Hilaro Barlow (1762-1846), East India Company servant, Bengal from 1778, Governor-General of Bengal 1805-07, Governor of Madras 1807-13, and of his children and grandchildren, chiefly comprising family correspondence.
Papers of Emily Overend Lorimer, author, editor of 'Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lorimer, Indian Political Service 1903-27
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Lorimer Collection: papers of Emily Overend Lorimer (1881-1949), author, tutor in Germanic Philology at Somerville College Oxford 1907-10, editor `Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, comprising let...
Papers of S K Datta, lecturer 1909-14 and Principal 1932-42, Forman Christian College; active in YMCA in India and internationally; representative of Indian Christians at Round Table Conference 1931
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Datta Collection: papers of Surendra Kumar Datta (1878-1942), lecturer in history and biology 1909-14, and Principal 1932-42, Forman Christian College; YMCA national secretary for India, Burma and Ceylon 1919-27 and active in international YMCA thereafter; representative of Indian Christians in I...