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1. Mss Eur F697/1

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Mss Eur F697/1
Title:
Colonel William Raban
Scope & Content:
4 diaries kept by Colonel William Raban (1765-1843) during his time on leave in England and following his retirement from service with the East India Company. The first two volumes follow on from each other and cover the period 1803-1804; the third and fourth volumes covers the years 1815-1816. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1816
Extent:
4 volumes, 1 folder

2. Mss Eur F697/2

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Mss Eur F697/2
Title:
Lydia King Baker
Scope & Content:
Five diaries kept by Lydia King Baker, later Raban (1821-1862) covering 1840-1846 and recounting her voyage to India on board the Maidstone; her first year's residency in Noakhali, where her father, a surgeon in the East India Company, was stationed; her engagement to Herbert Raban during a visi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817-1846
Extent:
5 volumes

3. Mss Eur F697/3

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Mss Eur F697/3
Title:
Lieutenant William Raban
Scope & Content:
Diary of Lieutenant William Raban (1792-1864), son of Thomas Raban and nephew of Colonel William Raban. The diary covers his service with HM's 22nd Regiment of Foot in Ireland, Jamaica and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819-1846
Extent:
1 volume

4. Mss Eur F697/4

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Mss Eur F697/4
Title:
Partial diary of Jessie Raban
Scope & Content:
4 pages from a diary kept by Jessie Raban (1823-1891) covering 18-30 November 1850. The entries recount the weather, her daily activities and who she has received correspondence from. The entry for the 20 November includes reference to a letter from her brother Herbert announcing the arrival...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1850-30 Nov 1850
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

5. Mss Eur F697/5

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Mss Eur F697/5
Title:
Settlement of the Estate of William Frederick Raban (1847-1915)
Scope & Content:
Volume recording the details relating to the estate of William Frederick Raban (1847-1915) and arrangements for its financial settlement. The details and accounts are recorded by Edward Raban (1850-1927), younger brother of William. William married Evelyn Birch (1858-18 Dec 1933) in 1879, howe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1915-14 Dec 1915
Extent:
1 volume, 80 pages

6. Mss Eur F697/6

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Mss Eur F697/6
Title:
General Sir Edward Raban
Scope & Content:
4 diaries kept by General Sir Edward Raban (1850-1927) covering 1 January 1914-23 June 1917. General Raban retired from the Admiralty in 1900, but came out of retirement to re-enlist in December 1914. The diaries focus primarily on General Raban's work during World War One initially advising on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1917
Extent:
4 volumes

7. Mss Eur F697/7

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Mss Eur F697/7
Title:
Ellen Lydia Mary Curteis "Ellie" Raban
Scope & Content:
2 diaries kept by Ellen Lydia Mary Curteis Raban (1857-1914), known to the family as "Ellie". The diaries cover 1 January to 23 November 1879, and 11 October 1886 to 20 May 1888. Ellie married on 22 July 1893 to The Reverend Richard John Knowling.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1888
Extent:
2 volumes

8. Mss Eur F697/8

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Mss Eur F697/8
Title:
Mary Elizabeth Baines, née Raban
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1863
Extent:
4 volumes

9. Mss Eur F697/9

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Mss Eur F697/9
Title:
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Henry Baines
Scope & Content:
2 diaries kept by Charles Henry Baines (1783-1844), a Colonel in the East India Company Army. He married in 1830 to Mary Elizabeth Raban.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830-1838
Extent:
2 volumes

10. Mss Eur F697/10

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Mss Eur F697/10
Title:
Lydia Fanny Sophia Pitt, née Raban
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889-1920
Extent:
2 volumes