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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 258-259
Title:: Letter from Evelyn Baring, 23 St James's Place, London to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter inviting Pelly to dine with him on 4 June 1879 and meet J W Austin, and informing him that he has invited Sutherland, Sir Henry Green and other friends of British interests in the East to come along and meet him too.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 May 1879
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 263-266
Title:: Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton), Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding a letter to Pelly which Lord Lytton had omitted to send several months earlier in relation to Pelly's book and secret correspondence acquired by the British which proved that Nur Mohamed Shah was in the pay of the Ameer [Amir] and the Maharajah of Kashmir, who wanted to prevent ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Dec 1879
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 267-268
Title:: Letter from William Stebbing, Heathland Lodge, The Vale, Hampstead, London to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Brief letter expressing his 'cordial pleasure' at a letter Pelly had sent him on the 'demeanour of Great Britain and the powers to the Porte'.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 21 May 1880
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 269-274
Title:: Letter from G W Dickson, Constantinople to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter, marked confidential, regarding his having attempted to trace the whereabouts of some photographs belonging to Pelly and his discovery that they had already been sent to him. The letter goes on to discuss George Goschen (1st Viscount Goschen)'s work in Constantinople; Dickson's views on ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jun 1880
Extent:: 6 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 276-279
Title:: Letter from Jane Anne Yate, Minber House, Churbridge to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding her son who has been posted to Kelat and regarding her concerns over the heat the troops are exposed to and of their general well being.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Aug 1880
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 280-281
Title:: Letter from Richard Congreve, 22 South Terrace, Littlehampton, Sussex to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the death of Mr Henry Geddis on 9 March and informing Pelly how friends and family are coping with the loss.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Aug 1880
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 282-283
Title:: Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, India Office to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter congratulating Pelly on his letter which has been published in The Times, and discussing Colonel Deare's recent opinions.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 17 Feb 1881
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/8
Title:: Correspondence and other Papers concerning Lewis Pelly's Application to join the Bombay Staff Corps
Scope & Content:: Lewis Pelly's application in 1861 to join the Bombay Staff Corps including correspondence with the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay regarding the application; supporting correspondence and testimonies from 1857 to 1859 and the confirmation letter 31 July 1861 of the submission of Pelly's nam...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Nov 1857-31 Jul 1861
Extent:: 1 file, 6 items (8 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/8, f 1
Title:: Notification issued by Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Notification statement that Captain Lewis Pelly's functions as Political Secretary to the Officer Commanding the Persian Field Force have ceased and that Pelly has been permitted to resume his staff appointment in Sind [Sindh].
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 14 Nov 1857
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/8, f 2
Title:: Extract from Sir James Outram's letter to the Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay
Scope & Content:: Extract from a letter written by Sir James Outram supporting a commendation for Lewis Pelly for his work in Persia as Political Secretary to the Persian Field Force.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Jan 1859
Extent:: 1 folio

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