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1. Mss Eur A3-5; B4-10; C9-10; D26-32; E49-50

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A3-5; B4-10; C9-10; D26-32; E49-50
Title:
Erskine Collection: papers collected by William Erskine (1773-1852), legal office holder, Bombay from 1804, Master in Equity, Recorder's Court 1820-23; Secretary and later Vice-President of the Bombay Literary Society 1805-23; oriental scholar; chiefly relating to the history, geography, customs and antiquities of the peoples of India and Central Asia.
Scope & Content:
Erskine Collection: papers collected by William Erskine (1773-1852), legal office holder, Bombay from 1804, Master in Equity, Recorder's Court 1820-23; Secretary and later Vice-President of the Bombay Literary Society 1805-23; oriental scholar; chiefly relating to the history, geography, customs ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804-1841
Extent:
21 volumes

2. Mss Eur A111

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A111
Title:
Sir Allen Bayard Johnson papers.
Scope & Content:
Five letters from various correspondents to General Sir Allen Bayard Johnson (1829-1907), Bengal Army 1846-76, Military Secretary, India Office 1877-89, concerning patronage and other matters; also note, dated 1887, from Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for India 1886-92, asking for a memorandu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1889
Extent:
9 folios

3. Mss Eur A153

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A153
Title:
Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall papers.
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Bengal Civil Service 1856-87, Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1878-81, Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1882-87, to Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (1829-1906), Under-Secretary of State for India 1868-74, Governor of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1887
Extent:
9 folios

4. Mss Eur B198

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B198
Title:
Henry George Grey papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 8 Oct 1838, from Henry George Grey, Viscount Howick, later 3rd Earl Grey (1802-94), Secretary at War 1835-39, to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), Home Secretary 1835-39, criticising Government policy towards Afghanistan, Persia, and more particularly Russia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838
Extent:
7 folios

5. Mss Eur B234

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B234
Title:
William Wilberforce Bird papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 11 Jun 1840, from William Willerforce Bird (d 1857), Bengal Civil Service 1803-44, Member, Supreme Council of India 1838-44, to William Butterworth Bayley (1782-1860), Bengal Civil Service 1799-1830, East India Company Director 1834-58, Chairman 1840, mainly discussing affairs in Af...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
5 folios

6. Mss Eur B255

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B255
Title:
John Keane papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Lt-Gen Sir John Keane, 1st Baron Keane of Ghuznee (1781-1844), British Army 1793, C-in-C, Bombay 1834-40, commanded advance of Army of Indus into Afghanistan 1839: (i) dated 1836-39, from General Sir Henry Fane (1778-1840), British Army 1792, C-in-C, India 1835-39 on various m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1841
Extent:
2 volumes

7. Mss Eur B380

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380
Title:
Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Scope & Content:
Private letters from Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822-72), as Viceroy of India 1869-72, to the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Secretary of State for India 1868-74, commenting on official matters and enclosing copies of official papers (indexed).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1870
Extent:
5 volumes

8. Mss Eur C162

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C162
Title:
Frederick Marshman Bailey papers.
Scope & Content:
Typescript account, incorporating extracts from his diaries, by Lt-Col Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882-1967), Indian Army 1900, Indian Political Service 1905-38, of his experiences in Chinese Turkestan and Russian Central Asia, and of his escape to Meshed, while on a secret mission for the Indian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1920
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur C178

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C178
Title:
Garry John Alder papers.
Scope & Content:
`British Policy on the Roof of the World 1865-95, with special reference to the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1895', by Garry John Alder (Ph.D. thesis, University of Bristol, 1959), later published as `British India's Northern Frontier, 1865-95' (London 1963).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1895
Extent:
1 volume

10. Mss Eur C313

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C313
Title:
Papers of Maj Ronald Sinclair (alias Reginald Teague Jones), Frontier Constabulary 1914-17, British agent in Transcaspia 1917-22
Scope & Content:
Sinclair Collection: papers and photographs of Maj Ronald Sinclair (alias Reginald Teague Jones) (1889-1988), Frontier Constabulary 1914-17, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1917-22, British Consul, New York 1941-53; relating to the policing of the North-West Frontier, the British Mission to Central A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1980
Extent:
98 items