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221. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 114-115

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 114-115
Title:
Letter from [Charles Umpherston Aitchison], Gorton Castle, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's retinue; an outbreak of cholera in Simla; and Aitchison's plans for returning to England. The letter itself is missing the last folio(s) including the signature of the author, who has been identified through his handwriting as Charles Umpherston Aitchison.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Aug 1875
Extent:
2 folios

222. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 118-119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 118-119
Title:
Letter from Donald Robertson, Horringer Rectory, nr Bury St Edmunds to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Donaldson's hopes of obtaining an appointment in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] on his return to India and asking if Pelly would be willing to write a few lines in support of his application.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1875
Extent:
2 folios

223. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 121-122

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 121-122
Title:
Letter from Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton, Dorking, Surrey to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for information regarding the Political Department which he had sent for his son Alfred; sending Pelly a pamphlet on learning 'living' languages (no longer enclosed); and regarding the Prince of Wales's (Albert Edward, later Edward VII) forthcoming visit to India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1875
Extent:
2 folios

224. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 124-125

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 124-125
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, St James's Square, London to Lord George Hamilton, Under Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:
Draft letter to Lord George Hamilton, Under Secretary of State for India regarding private letters he had received from Lord Northbrook which contained assurances that he might remain in England until November 1876.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1875
Extent:
2 folios

225. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 142-145

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 142-145
Title:
Letter from William Howell Beynon, Jeypore [Jaipur] to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, on leave in England
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for the kindness he has shown to his wife Charlotte Beynon; announcing his departure from Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and giving reactions from friends and colleagues to the news; and discussing the recent visit of the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) and the Pri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1876
Extent:
4 folios

226. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 150-153

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 150-153
Title:
Letter from Charles Burslam Saunders, The Residency, Hyderabad to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, on leave in England
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that he would have arranged for someone to meet him at Bombay, but he had been reported to be on a different vessel and it was too late once they knew to arrange anything. The letter concludes by enquiring after Pelly's health and informing him that he has been asked to g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1876
Extent:
4 folios

227. Mss Eur F126/10, ff 3-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/10, ff 3-8
Title:
Letter from Lord Elcho to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Note enclosing copies of Lord Elcho's correspondence with the Duke of Argyll and his thoughts on the section of a book which the Duke had referred to. Letter from the Duke of Argyll, Argyll Lodge, Kensington to Lord Elcho, dated 21 May 1879 regarding a notice in the Pall Mall which the Duke assu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1879-22 May 1879
Extent:
6 folios

228. Mss Eur F126/10, ff 30-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/10, ff 30-31
Title:
Letter from Lord Salisbury, 20 Arlington Street, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that had he realised accusations had been made against Pelly he would have 'obtained the Duke's disavowal in the house', and commenting that the reason that no one has answered the statements made in the Duke's book is that no one has read it. He also returns the papers Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1879
Extent:
2 folios

229. Mss Eur F126/11, f 70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/11, f 70
Title:
Background information on the Syuds of Roice
Scope & Content:
Background note titled 'The history of the laziest and holiest in Sind, the devout and bigoted Syuds of Roice' [Reice?]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 folio

230. Mss Eur F126/11, ff 5-63

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/11, ff 5-63
Title:
Two draft scenes from the play
Scope & Content:
Two original draft scenes from the play which do not feature in the final published version. The scenes are numbers two and four from the list (ff. 1-4).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
59 folios