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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F90/28

1. Mss Eur F90/28, no.1

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Mss Eur F90/28, no.1
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Comments favourably on (Sir) W Muir (Foreign Secretary to Govt of India); drawbacks of permanent settlement; Lawrence's Durbar has attracted attention in England and will tend to suppress rumours of revolt; famine relief measures.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1867
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur F90/28, no.2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.2
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Passes on recommendation for Col Buchanan for appointment to Inspector-Generalship of Artillery in Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1867
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur F90/28, no.3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.3
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 6 and 7 December; proposed Muir to succeed Grey as member of Governor-General's Council, but majority of his own Council voted in favour of Sir George Yule (Resident at Hyderabad) on grounds of seniority; Cranborne would have preferred Muir 'as I do not think th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1867
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur F90/28, no.4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.4
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 19 December; approves India's financial proposals, except that it should not be specified where loan is to be raised; pleased to see so much set apart for local expenditure which may facilitate very desirable decentralisation of Public Works Dept; increase in ex...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1867
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F90/28, no.5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.5
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Agrees with Lawrence's views on advance of Russians in Central Asia, as does everyone with possible exception of Sir H Rawlinson; Council of India thinks its prerogative has been invaded by Lawrence's recommendation of Muir and is likely to insist on Yule's appointment to Governor-General's Counc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur F90/28, no.6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.6
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Vexation at inability to carry Muir's appointment through his Council who 'make a greta point of exerting their statutory powers' and unanimously adhered to former decision despite Lawrence's remonstrance; Queen is reluctant to fill up vacancies for K.S.I.s too quickly; opinion at home in favour ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur F90/28, no.7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.7
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Lawrence's letter of 4 January]; fears it impossible to 'escape from the dilemma "less troops or more taxes"'; War Office may borrow regiments for China service; tone of Foreign Dept letters gives ammunition to those in England who feel Holkar has been ill treated; railway lines being ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur F90/28, no.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.8
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Briefly outlines his decision on Mysore case.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur F90/28, no.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.9
Title:
Letter from Cranborne to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Has resigned; thanks Lawrence for his 'unsparing labour' in assisting 'one so ignorant of the subject matter of my duties as I was'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur F90/28, no.10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/28, no.10
Title:
Letter from Sir James Fergusson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India) to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Corrects statement (made in Commons during interregnum between Cranborne and Northcote) misreported by Times that Govt of India had sent commercial mission to central Asia; Cranborne resigned over reform question.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

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