Letters of John Atkinson Blanshard and Harriet Blanshard to Mrs Bettie Browne
Scope & Content:
Letters from John Atkinson Blanshard (1747-1806), captain of the York and Rockingham East Indiamen, and Mrs Harriet Blanshard (1745-1822) to Mrs Bettie Browne, widow of John Browne, Secretary to the Masons’ Grand Lodge at York. Captain Blanshard was the guardian of the two sons of Mrs Browne. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785-1793
Extent:
19 letters (16 on bifoliums, 3 on single leaves); 1 f. of cover on marbled paper.
Correspondence of General Sir James Brind (1808-1888) on the siege of Delhi in 1857
Scope & Content:
a. Photocopies and transcripts of three notes dated 11, 13 and 15 September from Brig Gen A Wilson, Comd Delhi Field Force. b. Photocopy of a report dated 18 September 1857 by Major James Brind, Comd Delhi Foot Artillery, with a transcription produced by Lieutenant Colonel D J Brind in 2014.
John Whitehead Collection of papers on Chin Hills, Burma
Scope & Content:
John Randolph Whitehead (1924-1999), lawyer and writer, Capt, 1st (Chin Hills) Anti-tank Regiment, Burma, 1945-48; solicitor in London 1952-56, India and Pakistan 1956-62; legal adviser later Director, Texaco Ltd 1963-1983. The collection consists mainly of research notes, correspondence, maps, ...
The collection consists of the papers of several interrelated individuals of the Gwatkin family, including correspondence, memorandums, maps, photographs and other papers, dated c.1850-1950 focusing on the Indian Army with the exception of Sir Willowghby Gwatkin's papers, which include material r...
'A life of trivialities - An autobiographical sketch by Frederick Weston Peile (1828-1902)' transcribed and edited by Chris Peile
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A typed transcript of the original manuscript written by Frederick Peile between 1884 and 1902. F W Peile, born at Stamford Hill in 1828, entered the corps of Royal Engineers, and proceeding to India in 1848, joined the Public Works Department as an Assistant Engineer, and promoted to Executive ...
A commonplace book compiled by Rev James Henry Tomlinson Blunt (b.1831)
Scope & Content:
Following his marriage in 1864, James Henry Tomlinson Blunt was appointed Senior Government Chaplain in Bombay, stationed at Poona and Karachi. The volume contains literary and religious writings, newspaper cuttings, invitations from the Governor Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Stratearn. Page...
Correspondence between Phoolan Devi and Roy Moxham
Scope & Content:
Comprises original letters in Hindi with English translations from Phoolan Devi (1963-2001), popularly known as "Bandit Queen", an Indian dacoit and later a politician, describing her life in prison and after her release from prison. Letters from Roy Moxham, author of 'Outlaw - India's Bandit Qu...
Diaries, letters, autobiographical essays, press-cuttings, and cine films of Lady Doris Olive (Dodo) Symon (1899-1987), wife of Sir Alexander Colin Burlington Symon (1902-74), India Office 1921, Commonwealth Relations Office 1947-61, British Deputy High Commissioner in India 1946-49, and High Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1987
Extent:
42 files; 37 reels of cine films (13 of 24cm; 24 of 18cm) and 5 audio tape cassettes
Diary of Lt-Col George Thomas Chaloner (1912-1956) of 1/10th Baluchi Regiment, Indian Army and a booklet: 'Some Jungle Trees and Their Uses'
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1) A RONEO indexed diary with entries from 1 Jan to 31 May 1944 and 7 Sep 1947 by Lt-Col G T Chaloner. The diary describes the reconnaissance expeditions in Indian jungles in 1944 and pre-Independence situation in India when he was involved in riot control in Delhi in 1947. 2) A booklet , Some...