Letter No.552 of 1870 from Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to the Government at Bombay
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Note stating that the enclosed letter has been submitted to Government and should be used in reference to previous correspondence regarding Colonel Phayre. Letter No.540 of 1870 from Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, The Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi] to Colonel Robert Phayre, The ...
Letter No.1212 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind to Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter enclosing copies of correspondence which Colonel Phayre believes show that matters in Khelat [Kalāt] have now gone far enough and that a complete chance is required. The letter also states that the Colonel intends to show the Khan that his present line of conduct is not likely to produce ...
Letter No.1218 of 1870 from Colonel Robert Phayre, Political Superintendent, Frontier Upper Sind, Jacobabad to Colonel William Lockyer Merewether, Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi]
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Letter enclosing reports and a political diary from Captain Charles Henry Harrison, Political Agent at Khelat [Kalāt] and offering his observations on the matters raised from them. Colonel Phayre's observations relate to the use by the Khan of Khelat of the title 'Khan of Beloochistan [Baluchis...
Memorandum by Sir Charles Aitchison on 'Mysore Local Troops viz Mysore Silladar Horse' with annotations by Lewis Pelly
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The memorandum, written 12 January 1872, relates to the existing military provision in the state of Mysore and the lack of need for an army for defence and protection under the treaty agreement with the British Government. Pelly's annotations relate to his situation in Baroda and whether the p...
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...
Copy of the speech 'The Empire and its responsibilities' given by Lewis Pelly at the Hampstead Constitutional Club 06 April 1892
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Typed copy of the speech 'The Empire and its responsibilities' given in support of Edward Brodie Hoare's campaign for re-election as MP for Hampstead with annotations and corrections in ink by Pelly. Pelly had been asked by Hoare to give a talk, which he believed was to be a 'parlour talk' to ...
Notes on Aitchison's Treaties, Engagements and Sunnuds, and Wheaton's Elements of International Law
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Notes on the following publications: Charles Umpherston Aitchison (compiler), A collection of Treaties,Engagements,and sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring countries,(India 1862-65) Henry Wheaton, Wheaton's Elements of International Law (Boston:Sampson Low, 1864) The notes take the fo...
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...
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...
Order issued by the British Minister at Tehran, Charles Alison, instructing Pelly to return to India overland from Persia through Afghanistan. The letter instructs Pelly on the British Government's preferred route for him through Meshed [Mashhad], Herat and Cabul [Kabul], weather permitting, an...
