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111. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/14
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Intention to introduce bill to transfer Government of India to the Crown within next fortnight; recruitment for India going very well; hopes by next mail to send Secret Letter regarding reward for Jung Bahadur (of Nepal) and revision of treaties with native princes – need to reward those who have...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

112. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/15
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Elgin's force at Canton is inadequate; asks Canning to send 'what native troops you can. It is good for you to get them out of India' and good for him to have them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

113. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/16
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Ellenborough's only sign of life towards Vernon Smith has been curt note approving of Elphinstone's appointment as provisionanl Governor-General; Pratt's exclusion has been attributed to Canning; fuss over this appointment convinces Vernon Smith that attacks on Canning emanated from low church pa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

114. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/17
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Pleased at news from Lucknow; believes Canning will receive a West India Regiment; Ellenborough does not wish to increase Queen's regiments in India but hopes to maintain existing complement by sending drafts of recruits; is in communication with officers on whom he places most reliance regarding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 item

115. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/18
Title:
Letter from Vernon Smith to Canning
Scope & Content:
Refers to Canning's letter of 20 February; problem of awarding honours; agrees with Canning about Frere; if there was anything wrong with despatch on compensation, it arose 'from that eternal system of compromise between the Court [of Directors] and Board which mars so much correspondence'; Direc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item

116. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/19
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Comments approvingly on Cambell's operations at Lucknow; has secured Cabinet agreement to increase Company's European infantry by three regiments which he propose should be officered by officers of mutinied regiments; one regiment going to India from Australia, and two from the Cape; reasons why ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item

117. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/20
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Asks for reports on efficiency of 'young gentlemen' recruited to civil service by competitive examination compared with that of those sent out under former system.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1858
Extent:
1 item

118. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/21
Title:
Letter from Ellenborough to Canning
Scope & Content:
Uneasy relations with France caused hesitation concerning despatch of remainder of 57th regiment to Bombay following Elphinstone's urgent request; arrangements for further reinforcements; hopes four or five of hardest-worked regiments can be relieved – believes it would produce excellent effect i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

119. Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 476/22
Title:
Letter from Sir G Clerk (Secretary to Board of Control) to Canning
Scope & Content:
Suggests Canning might find it worthwhile to see his son who has recently been attached to mission to Heart and is returning via Khorasan and Persia to India for information on those parts; Lord Stanley will probably be Ellenborough's successor [On 10 May Ellenborough resigned following the contr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1858
Extent:
1 item

120. Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 477/1
Title:
Letter from Stanley to Canning
Scope & Content:
Expresses hope, shared by his father Lord Derby (Prime Minister), that nothing that has passed in Parliament will lead Canning to resign; hopes Canning will write as frankly as he intends to do, and assures him of Government's support.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1858
Extent:
1 item

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