Treasury deposits: East India Company armies and Indian Army
Scope & Content:
The Treasury Deposits comprise half-yearly, quarterly and monthly returns to the UK of the estates of deceased European officers and other ranks of the EIC / Indian Army. Early volumes in the series list the name of the deceased, the amount of the estate and the date when payments from the estat...
Inventories and accounts of deceased estates - Bengal, Madras and Bombay
Scope & Content:
The inventories are lists of articles, belonging to individual estates, sold at public auction, giving the names of the purchasers and amounts realised. Estate accounts are often filed with the inventories. The numbers IOR/L/AG/34/27/251-52 and IOR/L/AG/34/27/386 were not used
Returns of Deaths of Uncovenanted Servants and Other Officers
Scope & Content:
The returns, which are not 100% complete, relate to Europeans born in the UK and India, to a few Eurasians and to a very small number of Asians. The amount of detail varies but usually includes the date, place and cause of death, age, place of birth, details of the estate and names and addresses ...
Wills, probates, administrations and inventories of estates of persons who died in India and Burma
Scope & Content:
Note on Administrations: letters of administration were issued not only in cases of intestacy but also in cases where although there was a will no executor had been named or the executor was not immediately available. In such cases a copy of the will is usually to be found annexed to the administ...
Registers of Miscellaneous Letters from Administrators General and of Consequential Letters to Persons Outside India
Scope & Content:
These registers are in the nature of summaries of all correspondence in individual estate cases. Registers for the period 1894-1918 cannot now be found.
Probates and administrations, wills and inventories administered by district courts other than the High Courts of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay
Scope & Content:
This series consists mainly of grants of probates and administrations, giving name of party, date and place of death, amount or value of the estate, nature and extent of grant and name and description of the applicant. It also contains some wills and inventories, as follows: full copies of Lower...