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171. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 6-11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 6-11
Title:
Letter from George Mathieson Ogilvie, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the estrangement of Pelly and Ogilvie's friendship and Ogilvie's desire for reconciliation. The letter goes on to discuss Major Macleod Innes who is writing a work on the history of the mutiny and who wishes information on particular points which Ogilvie believes Pelly can assi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1860
Extent:
6 folios

172. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 12-17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 12-17
Title:
Letter from John Wortley de la More, Cedar Grove, Richmond, Surrey to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding arrangements for an extension of the Electric Telegraph from Baghdad to Bassorah [Basra] and then via the Persian Gulf to Kurrachee [Karachi] and discussing this route as a more commercially and politically viable one than through the Red Sea where the telegraph has ruptured sev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1860
Extent:
6 folios

173. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 18-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 18-22
Title:
Letter from Alfred Hyman Louis, London to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his friendship with Pelly, and giving his personal opinions and thoughts on government and the ruling of the British empire. Mr Louis' handwriting is very difficult to read.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1860
Extent:
5 folios

174. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 23-24
Title:
Letter from Sir Henry Rawlinson, London to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Rawlinson's marriage which was due to take place that week but which had been postponed owing to matters in Persia. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's appointment in Persia and proposes that he apply to return to India via Herat and Cabul [Kabul] in order to demonstrate to L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1860
Extent:
2 folios

175. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 25-26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 25-26
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Calcutta, to The Earl Canning
Scope & Content:
Letter to Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount and Earl Canning, regarding the news that Mr Barnes is contemplating retirement from the Foreign Office and requesting that his name be put forward for consideration should a vacancy arise there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1861
Extent:
2 folios

176. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 27-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 27-28
Title:
Letter from L C A Scote [Scott?], 11 Northumberland Terrace, Primrose Hill, London to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Alfred Hyman Louis and his wife Elizabeth and their recent emigration to Melbourne, Australia which has been caused by recent events in England and Mr Louis not being able to work in England. The letter discusses the difficulties for Mrs Louis in leaving her circle of friends an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1861
Extent:
2 folios

177. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 29-30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 29-30
Title:
Letter from Robert Lambert Playfair, Zanzibar to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his recent tour of Mozambique and the Comores [Comoros] and giving news of Mr Finley who has been made to resign his consulate by Earl Russell. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's position in Bushire, Playfair's intention to remain in Zanzibar for a few years and his hopes o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1863
Extent:
2 folios

178. Mss Eur F126/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7
Title:
Letters to Lewis Pelly from Individuals in Britain and India
Scope & Content:
The correspondence relates to three main periods of Lewis Pelly's life: his work in India as Agent to the Governor-General, Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and subsequently at Baroda 1870-1877; his return to England in 1877 and marriage to Amy Henrietta Lowder, 1 August 1878; and his desire for re-employ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
25 Sep 1870-3 Jan 1883
Extent:

1 file, 118 items (287 folios)

179. Mss Eur F126/7, f 52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, f 52
Title:
Letter from Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter making arrangements for Pelly to see Lord Derby (Edward Stanley, 15th Earl Derby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) at the Foreign Office on 9 May 1874.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1874
Extent:
1 folio

180. Mss Eur F126/7, f 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, f 53
Title:
Letter from Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that Lord Derby (Edward Stanley, 15th Earl Derby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) has been summoned to the cabinet at 3pm (when Pelly had been due to see him) and suggesting he call there at 2.30pm instead.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1874
Extent:
1 folio