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1. Mss Eur F90/31, no.45

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.45
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Yule's satisfactory letter on Hyderabad's claims to portion of Mysore should it escheat to British Crown; on Azim Jah's case, believes Govt of India must acquiesce in what has been practically decided between Govt of Madras and Secretary of State; near impossibility of preventing Muslim chief fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur F90/31, no.47

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.47
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Enclose correspondence (not present) on Madras Army; its unsatisfactory state has been exaggerated by English officers; reasons for thinking Madras Army officers are, in most respects, much better off than formerly; complains of Durand's opposition to new organisation [i.e. irregular system of of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur F90/31, no.14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.14
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to de Grey
Scope & Content:
Protests at despatch just received exonerating Eden from the (very mild) censure of Govt of India of his conduct in Bhutan in 1864; failure to trust judgement of Govt of India in such trivial point will undermine its authority; tendency of events is 'to weaken the influence of the Governor-Genera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur F90/31, no.31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.31
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Famine situation in Bengal and Orissa; believes railways should have priority over Burma road, and that feeders to existing lines should have priority over construction of new main lines; more important than either is irrigation which Lawrence believes will prove profitable (unlike railways); exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1866
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F90/31, no.32

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.32
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
With Strachey's help has effected satisfactory settlement of the Oudh taluqdari question unanimously approved by his Council; no part of his administration will give him greater pleasure than this; does not himself think taluqdars will lose much, except that what they formerly gave as a favour, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur F90/31, no.37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.37
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Raises point of detail regarding settlement of officers' grievances; settlement generally well received though doubtless there will still be some discontent; has no idea of overall cost.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur F90/31, no.42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Brief encomium of Bishop Cotton; pleased to receive Cranborne's telegram sanctioning loans for irrigation works; refers to Cranborne's letter of 16 September; unreasonable outcry against Beadon who is in bad health and cannot reside in Calcutta, over failure to act on famine – he was slow to act ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur F90/31, no.44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.44
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Has authorised Col (Sir) Arthur Phayre (Chief Commissioner, British Burma) to visit Mandalay (with good escort) in case he can smooth matters there; hopes King will be able to maintain his authority – 'it will never do for us to help him'; Beadon reports some improvement in state of Bengal but La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur F90/31, no.48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.48
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
In view of newspaper attacks, defends his irrigation policy; reasons for preferring state to private companies undertaking such works; engineers trained in India have more specialist knowledge of canals than those from England, and are familiar with Indian administrative system – even private com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur F90/31, no.53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.53
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Controversy between Beadon and Dr Moore over alleged failure of former to facilitate latter's plan for canal between Hooghly and Mutlah; businessmen in India are 'mere birds of passage, and look simply to making a fortune, and leaving the country'; difficult to get such men to serve on Legislativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

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