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11. Mss Eur F656/1

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Mss Eur F656/1
Title:
Letters of Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (1785-1846), 1st Baron Metcalfe, Acting Governor-General of India 1935, Lieutenant-Governor of Agra, India 1836-38, Governor of Jamaica 1839-42, Governor General of the Province of Canada 1843-1845.
Scope & Content:
Comprises two bound volumes of letters from Metcalfe to his sister Georgiana, covering the period 1819-1845, including his postings in Hyderabad, Delhi, Calcutta, and Agra, as well as a brief period in England and then the three years he spent first in Jamaica, 1839-42 and later in Canada, 1843-4...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1819-1845
Extent:
2 bound volumes of autograph letters

12. Mss Eur F656/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F656/2
Title:
Papers of Sir Edward Clive Bayley (1821-1884)
Scope & Content:
Edward Clive Bayley (1821-1884), College at Haileybury 1839, went to India 1942, deputy commissioner of Gujurat 1849. Returned to England 1854. Recalled to India during the Mutiny in 1857 and remained in India holding judicial roles. Appointed as Indian Home Secretary, 1862-1872, became a member ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850-1877
Extent:

18 files

13. Mss Eur F699/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/1
Title:
Papers of Charles Canning, Viscount (later Earl) Canning
Scope & Content:
The Governor General's papers were dealt with by Charles Canning directly, and include the most important sequences of correspondence such as with the Officers of the East India Company, the President of the Board of Control, and the Secretary of State for India. The Governor General was suppor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815-1870
Extent:
149 volumes, 208 boxes & 9 oversize portfolios

14. Mss Eur F699/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F699/2
Title:
Papers of Charlotte, Lady Canning
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the personal papers of Charlotte Canning, including diaries and journals kept on her European travels and while carrying out royal duties as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and whilst in India with her husband Charles Canning, as Governor General and later Vi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1962
Extent:

15 boxes

15. Mss Eur Mack Gen 1-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Mack Gen 1-75
Title:
Mackenzie General Collection
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1672-1815
Extent:
75 Volumes

16. Mss Eur Mack Misc 76-179

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Mack Misc 76-179
Title:
Mackenzie Miscellaneous Collection
Scope & Content:
The volumes and files that form the Mackenzie Miscellaneous Collection were not part of the Mackenzie General Collection, but for convenience have been numbered consecutively to follow on the from the General Collection. Original titles, when they exist, have been given in inverted commas, reta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1608-1826
Extent:
104 Volumes and Files

17. Mss Eur Orme India

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Mss Eur Orme India
Title:
Orme India
Scope & Content:
The INDIA volumes, containing almost entirely copies of manuscripts, the originals of most of which are to be found in the ORME VARIOUS, though some [e.g. the Eyre Coote Journals (VII. 3, 4; VIII. 2), the originals of which, I fear, are hopelessly lost.], and these not the least important, are c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1745-1780s
Extent:
20 Volumes

18. Mss Eur Orme OV.

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.
Title:
Orme Various
Scope & Content:
The Orme Various or O.V. volumes, containing chiefly originals or duplicates. As regards the contents of the Orme Various volumes, it must not be supposed that these are of anything like equal value. Putting aside the differences naturally arising from the capacity or authority of the writers,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1636-1796
Extent:
304 Volumes