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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/77, ff 19-20
Title:: Account of the succession of Jaswant Singh II, Maharaja of Jodhpur
Scope & Content:: Account, most likely written by either Doctor James William Moore, Doctor to the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency, or Major Charles Kenneth Walter, Political Agent for Jaipur describing the introduction of Jaswant Singh II as the new Maharaja of Jodhpur 3 March 1873 to his Court, local Chiefs and ci...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Mar 1873
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/77, ff 21-24
Title:: Letter from Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, In charge, Agent Governor General's Office, Rajputana [Rājasthān], Abu to Lieutenant-Colonel Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy
Scope & Content:: Letter enclosing a memorandum, dated 6 September 1876, for the attention of His Excellency the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Second Baron Lytton), giving his views on the personal concessions and acts of grace that would be suitable for the Chiefs of Rajputana [Rājasthān] at the forthcoming Imp...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Sep 1876
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/78
Title:: Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874
Scope & Content:: Report of the Baroda Enquiry Commission on the administration of the government of Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda. The Commission comprised Richard John Meade (President), Edward William Ravenscroft, Mumtazul Dowlah Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Colonel Alfred Thomas Etheridge and Thomas Duncan Mackenzie (...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Nov 1873-14 Feb 1874
Extent:: 1 volume (249 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/78-95
Title:: Sir Lewis Pelly's Baroda Papers
Scope & Content:: Papers, reports, correspondence, memorandums, notes and proclamations relating to events in Baroda 1873 to 1875 and Sir Lewis Pelly's appointment there as Special Commissioner. The events in question revolved around allegations of the maladministration of the Baroda State by Malhar Rao, Gaekwar...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1873-1880
Extent:: 18 files (851 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/79
Title:: Statement of Witnesses taken by Colonel Phayre
Scope & Content:: Statement of witnesses taken by Col Phayre, Resident at Baroda, of all those individuals who had access to his private office room between 6am and 7am on 9 November 1874 and could have been involved in the attempt to poison him. The statements were prepared by Messrs Hearn, Cleveland, and Lee ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Nov 1874-23 Nov 1874
Extent:: 1 file (20 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/80
Title:: Letter appointing Lewis Pelly as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda, as a Temporary Measure
Scope & Content:: Letter No. 2564 P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, 25 November 1874, to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly informing him of his appointment as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda as a temporary measure whilst the Baroda Enquiry Commission...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Nov 1874
Extent:: 1 file (8 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81
Title:: Enclosures to Letters and Despatches to the Secretary of State for India regarding affairs in Baroda
Scope & Content:: The enclosures comprise letters and telegrams between the Secretary of State for India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison); Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); Agent, Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Bombay (Lewis Pelly); Resident at Baroda (Co...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Nov 1874-28 Jan 1875
Extent:: 1 file, 5 items (158 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 1-51
Title:: Enclosures of Letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.213, dated 27 November 1874: Nos. 3 to 31 of Abstract of Contents, from Foreign Department, Fort William
Scope & Content:: Enclosures 3-31 that accompanied letter No.213 to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, with a list of abstracts to the enclosures, comprising mainly correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, the Resident at Baroda, the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Secretary to the Gov...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Nov 1874
Extent:: 51 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 52-100
Title:: Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William
Scope & Content:: The enclosures relate to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, formerly Political Resident at Baroda, including the Colonels interviews with the staff at the Residency on duty the day of the poisoning, and the implication that the Gaekwar of Baroda had ordered it. Also discussed are ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jan 1875
Extent:: 50 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/81, ff 101-145
Title:: Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.17, dated 22 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 26 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William
Scope & Content:: The enclosures relate to the progress being made by Lewis Pelly as Special Commissioner at Baroda including improvements to revenue collections, proposals for land settlements, and attempts at arranging discussions to settle grievances and complaints between the Sirdars and Sillidars and the Gae...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jan 1875
Extent:: 45 folios

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