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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225
Title:: Papers of Sir Montagu Butler, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1896-1933, Governor of Central Provinces 1925-33, and of Lady Butler
Scope & Content:: Montagu Butler Collection: papers of Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler (1873-1952), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1896-1933, Governor, Central Provinces 1925-29 and 1930-33, chiefly comprising private correspondence and photographs.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1896-1933
Extent:: 51 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/1
Title:
Scope & Content:: Voyage to India and arrival in Punjab; Assistant Commissioner at Hissar, Karnal, Simla, Hoshiarpur, Lahore and Attock; plague duty at Jullundur; Settlement Officer, Shahpur; engagement and marriage to Ann Smith; birth of their children; family life and travel in Punjab and environs
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1896-1904
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/2
Title:
Scope & Content:: On deputation as Settlement Officer, Kotah State; opium tour, Calcutta; political situation in Bengal and Punjab; riots; comments on Indian nationalism; the King's visit; his work on the Royal Commission on the Public Services in India; frustration with officials and difficulty in obtaining promo...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1905-1914
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/3
Title:
Scope & Content:: Visit to Egypt; war service at Campbellpur; deaths in the family; difficulties and disappointments in official career; conflict with senior Punjab civil servants; unrest in Lahore; appointment as President, Punjab Legislative Council; Prince of Wales' visit; appointment as Secretary for Education...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1915-1922
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/4
Title:
Scope & Content:: Knighthood and appointment as President, Council of State; appointment as Governor, Central Provinces; observations as to his children's progress; description of tornado at Simla
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1923-1924
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/5
Title:
Scope & Content:: Duties as Governor, Central Provinces, based at Pachmarhi and Nagpur; Swarajist politics; his opinion of Lord Reading; Cambridge Honorary fellowship; Rab Butler's academic and political career; Iris Butler's marriage; Rab's and his wife Sydney's visit to India
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1925-1926
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/6
Title:
Scope & Content:: Her departure from visiting her brother Dunlop, in India; Montagu's proposal of marriage; preparations for their wedding and leave arrangements; wedding service hymns Dated as: 1898; 1900-01
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1898-1901
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/6-17
Title:: Sir Montagu Butler, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1896-1933, Governor of Central Provinces 1925-33: letters to his wife, Ann
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: Unspecified

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F225/7
Title:
Scope & Content:: On tour and in camp, as Assistant Commissioner, Gondal, Kot, Simla; from Kotah whilst Ann in England; whilst on opium tour in Calcutta; on other special tours of duty and at Lahore
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1902-1909
Extent:: Unspecified

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