Certificates of commission for each of Lewis Pelly's appointments in the East India Company: Captain 23 November 1856; Major 18 February 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 15 November 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (Local Rank) 30 June 1863; Lieutenant Colonel 12 December 1866; Major General 01 Apr...
Extracts from Letters acknowledging Pelly's Services to Government which he used as Letters of Testimonial
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The file consists of individual extracts from letters, telegrams and reports in which Lewis Pelly's work and services to Government have been praised or highly thought of and which he brought together to be used as testimonials to show the quality of his work for the India Office. Also enclose...
Letter No. 151P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [Calcutta] to William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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Letter documenting the approval of the Governor General in Council of Lewis Pelly's work in resolving a misunderstanding between Midhut Pasha (Ottoman Governor of Iraq) and the Chief of Bahrain.
Letter No. 1296A from William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lewis Pelly, The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter detailing papers which are to be sent to the Government of India in relation to proceedings concerning His Highness Syed Torkee [Turki bin Said, later Imam of Muscat] and approving the proceedings of Colonel Pelly in acting 'promptly but with caution and judgment'.
Letter No. 2901 from Charles Gonne, Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay Castle to Lewis Pelly, The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter documenting a resolution of the Government at Bombay approving of Colonel Pelly's proceedings and thanking both Pelly and Captain R A Brown for 'the way in which they have vindicated the position of the British Government in the Persian Gulf'. The letter was also sent to Captain R A Brow...
Letter No. 1228 from Walter Scott Seton Karr, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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Letter detailing the Viceroy and Governor General in Council's approval of the actions taken by Lewis Pellys in punishing the Chiefs of Bahrain and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] for disturbing the peace of the Persian Gulf.
