4 diaries kept by Mary Elizabeth Baines (1802-1864). Mary was the only child of Robert Raban (1768-1829) and his wife Mary (d. 1804). Mary married in 1830 to Charles Henry Baines (1783-1844), a Colonel in the East India Company Army.
2 diaries kept by Lydia Fanny Sophia Pitt, née Raban (1862-1942). Lydia married 29 May 1890 to Robert Francis Salisbury Pitt (1858-1907), a Civil Engineer.
3 diaries kept by Constance Maud Raban (1 Sep 1876-1 Sep 1952), youngest daughter of Sir Edward Raban. The dates of the diaries overlap and cover 1890-1926; 1896-1901; and 1918.
The bulk of the papers of the Governor General of India Charles Canning consist of private and demi-official correspondence written to Canning, and copies of his correspondence in reply. The correspondence was administered by the Offices of the Governor General's Secretaries. It is divided into ...
The Private Secretary to the Governor General of India was a salaried member of the Governor General's Personal Staff, and was appointed to manage the Office of the Private Secretary. The Private Secretary managed access to the Governor General, drafted letters and despatches on his behalf, and ...
The Military Secretary to the Governor General of India was a member of the Governor General’s Personal Staff, paid a salary in addition to his Military pay, and was appointed to manage the office of the Military Secretary. The Military Secretary’s role was similar to that of the Private Secreta...
Personal papers belonging to Charles Canning, originally contained in a series of chests, despatch boxes and lettered pigeon holes. Contains both material returned from India in 1862, and material that remained in England, being amalgamated with the India papers at a later date. Papers relate ...
Correspondence and other papers relating to the family of Charlotte, Lady Canning. Includes letters between various family members, including: Charlotte Canning's parents, Lord Charles Stuart de Rothesay and Lady Elizabeth Stuart de Rothesay; her sister Louisa Stuart, later Lady Waterford; her m...
Charlotte Canning's personal journals, which have been arranged into three separate sub-series: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/: British & European Journals, 1840-1852 Mss Eur F699/2/2/2: India Journals, 1855-1861: Almost all of the original journals were damaged by fire in Dec 1859 and are in a fragi...