Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Ameer [Amir] of Cabul [Kabul], Shere Ali [Sher Ali Khan], who is refusing to give in or back down and the likelihood that a re-establishment of relations with him would now be impossible. The letter goes on to give Burne's thoughts on a united and strong Afghanistan under ...
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Campore [Kanpur], India, to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding His Excellency the Viceroy (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)'s letter on the German alliance and giving Burne's thoughts and opinions in general on him, including that he attempts to keep up too much correspondence and depends on other people's opinions of him. T...
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Heathercliff, Bournemouth to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the declining health of his wife Evelyne and his reluctance to travel whilst she is unwell. The letter also discusses his desire to retire from active public life.
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, written on black edged mourning paper, regarding the resurfacing of the Cabul question following the arrival in Cabul [Kabul] of an envoy from the Czar of Russia, despite the Emperor having stated several days earlier that he had not given the authority for any such action. The letter g...
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, India Office to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, written on thick black edged mourning paper, regarding his recent illness and their having missed each other in Bournemouth as Pelly had already left. The letter also informs Pelly that he will not be discussing Cabul [Kabul] affairs as it is all in The Times which has been obtaining go...
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, India Office to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, written on thick black edged mourning paper, regarding his brother Captain George William Burne who is a candidate for a vacancy as an elder brother in the Trinity House, and asking whether Richard William Pelly, who is already an elder brother there, is a relative of his and if so wheth...
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Albury, Surrey to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, written on thick black edged mourning paper, in response to the letter of 8 October (folios 28-29v) confirming that his brother (George William Burne) would call on Pelly's cousin (Richard William Pelly). The letter goes on to discuss a matter regarding Pelly's luggage and refers to an...
'Personal and Private D.O. [Demi-Official] Correspondence'
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Correspondence from friends and colleagues of Lewis Pelly discussing personal and professional topics including: Alfred Hyman Louis discussing his opinions on the British Government, the India Office and the running of the Empire and J C A Scote detailing Louis's departure for Melbourne, Austra...
Letter from Alfred Hyman Louis, 11 Ormonde Terrace, Regents Park, London to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the state of affairs within the new India Office, and the difficulties that Lord Stanley, the new Prime Minister will be facing, in particular with the Military Department. The letter goes on to discuss the state of the Empire, which Louis feels is getting too big for both its ...
