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1. Mss Eur F126/12

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Mss Eur F126/12
Title:
Commissions of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Certificates of commission for each of Lewis Pelly's appointments in the East India Company: Captain 23 November 1856; Major 18 February 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 15 November 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 30 June 1863; Lieutenant Colonel 12 December 1866; Major General 01 Apr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jul 1857-17 Jul 1882
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/24

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Mss Eur F126/24
Title:
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings about Afghanistan
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Press cuttings from British and Indian Newspapers regarding the Afghan War (today known as the 2nd Afghan-Anglo War), negotiations in Cabul [Kabul], the British Government's policy with regards to the Indian Frontier, and the movements of the Russians during the war. The cuttings have been tak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Sep 1878-19 Oct 1878
Extent:

1 volume (150 folios)

3. Mss Eur F126/21

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Mss Eur F126/21
Title:
Russia in Asia - Growing influence of Europe on Asia
Scope & Content:
The file contains journal articles, correspondence, papers and memorandum relating to russian involvement in Asia 1850s-1860s and Pelly's mission to Herat and Afghanistan in 1760. The material relating to Russian involvement and influences in Asia primarily consists of journal articles, in fren...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1858-1866
Extent:

1 file, 10 items (67 folios)

4. Mss Eur F126/27

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Mss Eur F126/27
Title:
History of the Province of Gohud
Scope & Content:
A published, printed history of the Province of Gohud [Gohad] written on or after 1843, which is the last date to appear in the history. The history, although published, gives no details of its author or information on when or where it was published. There are a small number of alterations t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1843
Extent:

1 volume (36 folios)

5. Mss Eur F126/14

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Mss Eur F126/14
Title:
Manuscript and printed copies of Lewis Pelly's record of service up to 1875
Scope & Content:
The file contains two different versions of Pelly's record of service along with a handwritten list of papers authored by him: Record of service covers his entry into the Army in 1841 through to his appointment as Knight Commander of the Star of India in May 1874. There are two copies of this r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874-1875?
Extent:

1 file (25 folios)

6. Mss Eur F126/20

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Mss Eur F126/20
Title:
Letter No. 64 of 1858, Secret Department, from Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Commissioner in Scinde [Sindh] to The Right Honourable Lord Elphinstone, G.C.S.I., Governor and President in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter containing remarks on the present state of affairs in Kelat [Kalat]: The letter details the historical events from 1839 onwards which have affected British relations with the Khan of Kelat including the British storming of the capital and killing of Mehrab Khan, the selection of a ruler ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1858
Extent:

1 file (38 folios)

7. Mss Eur F126/18

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Mss Eur F126/18
Title:
Printed copies of letters from Sir Henry Willock to successive British Foreign Secretaries discussing the situation in Persia.
Scope & Content:
The printed copies of the letters have been brought together as a booklet giving Sir Henry Willock's thoughts on the situation in Persia from December 1838 to September 1841. Sir Henry Willock had spent 23 years in Persia, 11 of which had been spent superintending British relations with the Cour...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Dec 1838-04 Sep 1841
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

8. Mss Eur F126/28

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Mss Eur F126/28
Title:
The Nineteenth Century, No 182, Apr 1892
Scope & Content:
The file contains a copy of the journal The Nineteenth Century. A pencil note on the cover of the journal, in the hand of Lady Pelly, indicates that Lewis Pelly was being read an article from this journal on Easter Sunday five days before he died. The article he and his wife were reading has be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1892
Extent:

1 volume (120 folios)

9. Mss Eur F126/17

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Mss Eur F126/17
Title:
Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
File containing journals kept by Lewis Pelly during his early career in India. The journals include a recollection, written in 1854, of a post monsoon journey from Kurrachee [Karachi] to Bombay in 1842; journeys taken in India in 1855 to mark his thirtieth birthday; an excursion to visit a tomb ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1862
Extent:

1 file, 5 items (27 folios)

10. Mss Eur F126/16

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Mss Eur F126/16
Title:
Two passports for travel through Europe, one issued to Lewis Pelly by the Bombay Government the other by the British Government
Scope & Content:
The first passport, issued 27 January 1858 granted Lewis Pelly British consular protection, should he require it, on his travels from India to England via Trieste or Marseille. The reverse of the passport contains stamps for the various places Pelly passed through on his journey home. The seco...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1858-11 Feb 1885
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)