Governor General's Memorandums, nos. 1-549, issued by the Military Secretary's Office. Many of the Office Memorandums are directed to the Secretary to the Government of India Military Department (Sir Richard J.H. Birch), and refer to Military appointments or changes in Military personnel.
Military Secretary: Miscellaneous Applications & Recommendations
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Series of correspondence, often containing testimonials or statement of services, applying for military positions, including speculative applications. Also correspondence asking for patronage for individuals, or recommending people for positions or promotion. Applications and recommendations ar...
Miscellaneous papers relating to the period Charles Canning served as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1841-45). Includes material from an earlier date collected by Canning. For additional material relating to Canning's work at the Foreign Office, see also series of material describ...
Material relating to Charles Canning's role as Postmaster General, 1853-55. Papers relating to the French postal service include printed ordnances from 1832 onwards. For papers relating to the postal service in India see Mss Eur F699/1/4/7.
Correspondence between Charles Canning and various political figures, including Lord George Bentinck, Lord Granville, Lord John Russell, Sir Stratford Canning, Lord Hardinge, and William Ewart Gladstone. Also includes file of various political correspondence. Also copies of various parliamentary ...
Various papers relating to matters of International politics, matters of diplomacy and other affairs. Some papers may have been acquired by Charles Canning as briefing papers in relation to his appointment as Governor General of India. For other papers relating to International politics and ot...