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151. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 73-74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 73-74
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, 2 Manor Place, North, Edinburgh to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that both Mrs Aitchison and Mrs Cox will be accompanying him to London and asking Pelly to dine with them at the Charing Cross Hotel, as well as asking him to meet them there rather than coming to Kings Cross to meet them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1877
Extent:
2 folios

152. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 75-76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 75-76
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his having found things different once he arrived in India, his having unexpectedly found himself directed to Simla and re-established in the Foreign Office, and his meeting with the Viceroy and the explanation behind why he had been offered the appointment in Assam.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1877
Extent:
2 folios

153. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 77-78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 77-78
Title:
Part of a letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Last folio of a letter regarding the movements of the Viceroy around India; a visit to Pelly from Mr Cox (Aitchison's father-in-law); letters to Pelly from his wife; and reports in the Bombay Papers that Pelly is to be married and will be the next Governor of Bombay. The earlier folio(s) of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878?
Extent:
2 folios

154. Mss Eur F126/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5
Title:
Letters from Sir Owen Tudor Burne to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Personal and demi-official correspondence from Sir Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India to Sir Lewis Pelly, who retired from service with the India Office in August 1877. The official correspondence relates primarily to affairs in Cabul [Kabul] and the British Government'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1877-18 Oct 1878
Extent:

1 file, 12 items (32 folios)

155. Mss Eur F126/5, f 21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, f 21
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Heathercliff, Bournemouth to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter informing Pelly that his wife is not in good health, but that if he does come to London for a day he would be glad to meet up with him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1878
Extent:
1 folio

156. Mss Eur F126/5, f 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, f 30
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, India Office to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, written on thick black edged mourning paper, confirming arrangements for a meeting with Pelly and discussing recent affairs in Cabul [Kabul] which he describes as 'ticklish'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1878
Extent:
1 folio

157. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 3-6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 3-6
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing the 'Afghan Despatch' for Pelly's confidential information (no longer enclosed) and informing him that things have remained in a status quo since Pelly left, expressing his hopes that if things stay the same for a few more months their policy will be vindicated, and reporting th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1877
Extent:
4 folios

158. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter informing Pelly that a copy of the 'New Despatch' has not been enclosed as one has already been sent to him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1877
Extent:
2 folios

159. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 9-10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 9-10
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter regarding his offence at Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil)'s 'Cabul utterances' particularly in regard to all the hard work that Pelly and Lord Lytton (Robert Bulwer-Lytton) among others had undertaken and the lack of acknowledgement or gratitude from Lord Salisbury in his stat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1877
Extent:
2 folios

160. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 11-14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 11-14
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1877
Extent:
4 folios