Papers of Sir Alexander MacRobert, businessman, and Lady MacRobert, chiefly relating to their interests in the British India Corporation and its subsidiary companies
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MacRobert Collection: papers of Sir Alexander MacRobert, 1st Bart (1854-1922), businessman, co-founder and Chairman of the British India Corporation Ltd, Cawnpore, President of Upper India Chamber of Commerce; and of his wife Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert (d 1954); especially relating to their in...
Papers of Edmund Henderson Hunt, Chief Medical Officer, Nizam's State Railway, Hyderabad
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Hunt Collection: papers of Edmund Henderson Hunt (1874-1952), Chief Medical Officer of the Nizam's State Railway, Hyderabad 1903-31, including papers and photographs relating to the Rafai Fakirs and their practice of self-mutilation, and letters to his children describing life in Hyderabad in the...
Papers of General Sir Sydney Muspratt, Indian Army 1898-1941
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Muspratt Collection: diaries, articles, lectures, photographs and memorabilia of General Sir Sydney Frederick Muspratt (1878-1972), illustrating his life and career in the Indian Army 1898-1941, particularly on the North-West Frontier; also Muspratt family papers, dated 1801-55 and 1897-1918.
Papers of Sir John Maynard, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1885-1927, and Lady Maynard
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Maynard Collection: correspondence, diaries, memoirs, literary writings and other papers of Sir Herbert John Maynard (1865-1943), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1885-1927, and of Lady Maynard; including material relating to his visit to Russia 1895-96.
Papers of Sir Montagu Butler, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1896-1933, Governor of Central Provinces 1925-33, and of Lady Butler
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Montagu Butler Collection: papers of Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler (1873-1952), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1896-1933, Governor, Central Provinces 1925-29 and 1930-33, chiefly comprising private correspondence and photographs.
Memoirs of former members of the Indian Political Service or their wives
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Indian Political Service Collection: memoirs of some thirty-five former members of the Indian Political Service, or their wives, describing their experiences, chiefly in the period 1920-1947, as political officers in the Indian States, the North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan, or the Residen...
Murdoch Brown Collection: accounts, correspondence and papers relating to the business and public affairs of Murdoch Brown (1750-1828), adventurer and merchant, lessee of the Anjrakandy estate, Malabar from 1798; his son Francis Carnac Brown (1792-1868), member of the British India Society and the India Reform Society; and their descendants
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Murdoch Brown Collection: accounts, correspondence and papers relating to the business and public affairs of Murdoch Brown (1750-1828), adventurer and merchant, lessee of the Anjrakandy estate, Malabar from 1798; his son Francis Carnac Brown (1792-1868), member of the British India Society and th...
Papers of Maj-Gen William Kirkpatrick (1754-1812), Resident at Hyderabad 1793-97
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Kirkpatrick Collection: papers and correspondence of Maj-Gen William Kirkpatrick (1754-1812), Bengal Army 1773, and Lt-Col James Achilles Kirkpatrick (1764-1805), Madras Army 1780, chiefly as successive Residents at Hyderabad 1793-97 and 1797-1805, but also including papers relating to Mysore, th...
Papers of Archibald Ian Bowman, Indian Civil Service, chiefly relating to the Lushai Hills Total Defence Scheme and 'V' Force 1942-44
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Bowman Collection: papers of Archibald Ian Bowman (1915-87), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1937-47, chiefly relating to his role in the Lushai Hills Total Defence Scheme and `V' Force 1942-44, and his continuing interest in the Lushai (or Mizo) people after independence; also papers of M...
Papers of Sir Penderel Moon, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-43; served independent Government of India 1948-61
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Moon Collection: letters home and other correspondence, papers, articles and photographs of Sir (Edward) Penderel Moon (1905-87), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-43; again in India 1946-47 and 1948-61, and in Bahawalpur 1947-48; relating to his career in India before and after independence.