Sir Henry Ponsonby Private Secretary to Queen Victoria, 1870-95, Windsor Castle, to Walpole: has given the Queen all the telegrams sent by Walpole; regrets that he and Walpole must terminate their correspondence, and thanks Walpole for the use that his letters have been.
C.W. Birdwood, India Office, to Walpole: congratulates Walpole on C.B.E.; hopes that Montagu Corry "has brains" since he will have to vindicate the foreign policy of the outgoing government. Reports rumours that Mr. Smith was also to be elevated to the peerage, and that there were to be 10 or 12 ...
Portrait of Sir Horatio George Walpole at his desk in the India Office, London. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of Sir Horatio George Walpole seated at his desk in the India Office. Walpole (1843-1923), India Office 1862-1907, was Assistant Under Secretary of State for India 1883-1907. A glass negative of a similar portrait is also held in the collection. [Silver pri...