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Name Bengal Civil Service Place India, Asia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Mss Eur B69; D310-16; F56-60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B69; D310-16; F56-60
Title:
Henry Elliott Collection: papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53), Bengal Civil Service 1826-53; Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Agra 1837-47; Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1847-53; including papers on settlement and revenue work, political relations with Oudh, and the history and ethnography of the peoples of the North-Western Provinces.
Scope & Content:
Henry Elliott Collection: papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53), Bengal Civil Service 1826-53; Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Agra 1837-47; Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1847-53; including papers on settlement and revenue work, political relations with Oudh, and the histo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1853
Extent:
14 volumes

2. Mss Eur C402

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C402
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Diaries of Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70, giving details of his work, travels, retirement and current events.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1909
Extent:
4 volumes

3. Mss Eur D538

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D538
Title:
Sir George Russell Clerk papers.
Scope & Content:
Clerk Collections: papers, dated 1838-84, of Sir George Russell Clerk (1800-89), Governor of Bombay 1847-48 and 1860-62, Perm- anent Under-Secretary of State for India 1858-60; and papers, dated 1869-96, of his son Capt Claude Clerk (1832-1905), Madras Cavalry 1850-62, mainly as Tutor to the Niza...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838-1896
Extent:
18 volumes

4. Mss Eur F109

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F109
Title:
Papers of John Adam, Bengal Civil Service 1796-1825, member of Supreme Council of India 1819-25, Acting Governor-General of India 1823
Scope & Content:
Adam Collection: official papers and private correspondence of John Adam (1779-1825), Bengal Civil Service 1796-1825, including papers as Member of Supreme Council of India 1819-25 and Acting Governor-General 1823.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1825
Extent:
109 items

5. Mss Eur F127

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F127
Title:
Papers of Lt-Gen Sir Richard Strachey, Bengal Engineers 1836-75, member of Council of India 1875-89, Chairman, East India Railway Company from 1889; and of other members of the Strachey family, including Sir John Peter Grant, Bengal Civil Service, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal 1859-62
Scope & Content:
Strachey Collection: papers of Lt-Gen Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908), Bengal Engineers 1836-75; Member, Council of India 1875-78 and 1879-89; Chairman, East India Railway Company from 1889; of his wife Jane Maria; and of his father-in-law Sir John Peter Grant (1807-93), Bengal Civil Service 182...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1927
Extent:
485 items

6. Mss Eur F128

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F128
Title:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800); and of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), and other members of the Strachey family
Scope & Content:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of (i) Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800), relating chiefly to his service in the Bengal Army 1758-67; (ii) papers of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), private secretary to 1st Lord Clive 1764-74, relating chiefly to Clive and his son, 2nd Lord Clive, Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1756-1832
Extent:
232 items

7. Mss Eur F176

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F176
Title:
Papers of Sir George Barlow, East India Company servant, Bengal from 1778; Governor-General of Bengal 1805-07; Governor of Madras 1807-13; and papers of his children
Scope & Content:
Barlow Collection: papers of Sir George Hilaro Barlow (1762-1846), East India Company servant, Bengal from 1778, Governor-General of Bengal 1805-07, Governor of Madras 1807-13, and of his children and grandchildren, chiefly comprising family correspondence.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1860
Extent:
116 items

8. Mss Eur F486

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F486
Title:
Sam Browne Collection: miscellaneous papers, dated mainly 1853-1901, of General Sir Samuel James Browne (1824-1901)
Scope & Content:
Letters, papers and photograph albums of General Sir Samuel James Browne (1824-1901), Bengal Army 1840-1879, Military Member of Supreme Council 1878, Commander Peshawar Field Foce, Afghan War 1878-79, and of his son Col Sherwood Dighton Browne (1842-1947), British Army 1882-1919 and of members of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850-1901
Extent:
29 items

9. Mss Eur F523

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F523
Title:
Papers of Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson (1876-1949)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson (1876-1949), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1899-1912 and Bihar and Orissa 1912-1936, Registrar and later Judge, Patna High Court 1920-1936. Also includes papers of Helen Macpherson, Vice-President of the Bihar & Orissa Council of Women and wife of Sir Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1944
Extent:
12 series of 100 items

10. Mss Eur Photo Eur 312

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 312
Title:
Robert Trotter papers.
Scope & Content:
Part of a journal of Robert Trotter (1807-78), Bengal Civil Service 1827-52, describing a voyage from Cape Town to India, his life as a Collector in Bengal, a journey down the Ganges from Patna to Calcutta, and travels in Egypt and Italy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1838
Extent:
1 folder