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1. Mss Eur F142

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142
Title:
Papers of Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Bart, Bengal Army 1779-1802, East India Company Director 1808-29, and of other members of his family
Scope & Content:
Robinson Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Bart (1758-1832), Bengal Army 1779-1802, Military Auditor-General 1798, East India Company Director 1808-29, Chairman 1820 and 1826; also papers of his sons and their families.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1745-1911
Extent:
84 items

2. Mss Eur F142/1

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Mss Eur F142/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
Bond of settlement on the marriage of John Robinson and Margaret Lesley [sic]. Copies of letters from John Robinson to his first mother-in-law Elizabeth Gouin [or Govin] , and from his daughter Rebecca Jervis to her own mother- and sister-in-law in England. Copy of will of Elizabeth Gouin.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1745-1783
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur F142/1-15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/1-15
Title:
John Robinson (d 1779) and Sir George Abercrombie Robinson (1758-1832): personal papers
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur F142/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/2
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters from Thomas Best and his wife to George Abercrombie Robinson.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1776-1802
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur F142/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/3
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers concerning the birth and upbringing of Margaret Southwell, wife of George Abercrombie Robinson, from Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire (d.1783), his daughter and heiress Lady Diana le Fleming (d. 1816) and Margaret's guardians, and from Margaret to her husband. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1780-1816
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur F142/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/4
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter-book of George Abercrombie Robinson.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur F142/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of members of the Canning and Leigh families with George and Margaret Robinson, and related legal correspondence about Robinson's trusteeship for the Leigh daughters.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1828
Extent:
Unspecified

8. Mss Eur F142/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/6
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter-book of George Abercrombie Robinson.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796
Extent:
Unspecified

9. Mss Eur F142/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/7
Title:
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of Francis Horsley and his wife in Calcutta with the Robinsons. Copy of will of Francis's mother [?] Mary Horsley, and later notes on the Horsley family. Dated as: 1797-1805; 1778; 1891
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1891
Extent:
Unspecified

10. Mss Eur F142/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F142/8
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from Col. William Scott (?1754-1804), Bengal Army 1771-1804 and Resident at Lucknow, 1799-1804. Also later correspondence with Robinson's fellow-trustees about Scott's estate, his mistress and his illegitimate children.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1833
Extent:
Unspecified