Memorabilia, genealogical notes, and correspondence relating to the Melvill and Mather families compiled by Sir James Cosmo Melvill (1792-1861), East India Company Home Service 1808-58, Chief Secretary to the Company 1836-58; and his grandson James Cosmo Melvill (1845-1929), including letters fro...
WIMBERLEY DIARIES: Diaries of Mary Wimberley, wife of Rev Charles Wimberley, Chaplain, Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment
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Diaries of Mary Wimberley (1796-1887), wife of Rev Charles Wimberley (1800-76), Chaplain, Bengal Ecclesiatical Establishment 1825-41; with transcript made by Maj-Gen Douglas Neil Wimberley. Mary Irvine (1796-1887) of Aberdeen married the Rev. Charles Wimberley (1800-76) in June 1825, and they ...
Typescript transcripts of two letters, dated 24 Dec 1825 and 19 Jan 1826, from Capt (later Maj) Neil Campbell (1788-1848), 21st Bengal Native Infantry, to his wife, describing the siege and capture of Bharatpur.
Copy of book of press cuttings and letters, made 1858 by Vicars A Boyle, relating to the siege of Arrah House July-Aug 1857, and the part played in it by his son Richard Vicars Boyle (1822-1908), District Engineer, East Indian Railway Company; and of a scrapbook, made 1908 perhaps by Boyle's wido...
Copies of articles from the `Gentleman's Magazine' Oct 1794, and elswhere on the operation in 1793 on Cowasjee to give him a new nose, after his had been cut off in 1792 by Tipu Sultan.
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Copies of articles from the `Gentleman's Magazine' Oct 1794, and elswhere on the operation in 1793 on Cowasjee to give him a new nose, after his had been cut off in 1792 by Tipu Sultan.
Letters from John James Waterston, Naval Instructor and Schoolmaster to Gentlemen Volunteers of the Indian Navy at Bombay 1839-57, to members of his family containing comments on the Indian Navy and its officers, and on social life.
Letters inserted in `The Jaipur Observatory and its Builder', by Lt Arthur ffoliot Garrett assisted by Pundit Chandradhar Guleri (Allahabad 1902). The letters answer queries from Capt A Gorham, Britsh Army; two, dated 1910, are from Guleri; another (1924) is from the Royal Observatory. [For origi...
Copies of papers, dated Feb-May 1947, of Arthur George Bottomley (later Baron Bottomley) (1907-95), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Dominions 1946-47, relating to his visit to Burma in Feb 1947 and the Panglong Conference; also original photographs of Bottomley with Burmese politic...
Miscellaneous papers compiled by Maj-Gen Neville Fraser Parker (1841-1915), Indian Army 1859-1900, relating to the Parker, Fraser and Campbell families, mainly genealogical, but including copy of diary, dated Feb-Aug 1822, of Mary Campbell (1784-1843) describing her voyage from Calcutta to England.
Letters from Lt (later Maj-Gen) Charles Farran (1770-1842), Madras Infantry 1790-1842, to his father and cousin, describing his experiences during and after the Third Mysore War; also copies of obituary notice and an account of his life by a descendant possibly written c1971.