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261. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 185-188

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 185-188
Title:
Letter from Henry Carstairs Pelly, Abbey Leix, Ireland to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
The letter details his visit to his brother-in-law (John Robert William Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci of Abbey Leix) and the contrast between their life in Ireland and the accounts of poverty and destitution he has heard of among the people in general there. The Letter also enquires as to what P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1877
Extent:
4 folios

262. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 189-192

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 189-192
Title:
Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton), Barrakpore to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Lewis Pelly's role in representating Lord Lytton and the British Government in negotiations with an envoy of the Khan of Afghanistan, and setting out a clear position and policy with regard to Afghanistan for the purposes of the forthcoming talks. Enclosed with the letter is a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1877
Extent:
4 folios

263. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 193-194

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 193-194
Title:
Letter from L-C P, Government of India to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the re-opening of frontier passes and trade, and explaining that the sudden decision to re-open them caught many traders unprepared. A postscript to the letter refers to a brief report the author wrote about Surat the previous year and notes that the information contained withi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1877
Extent:
2 folios

264. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 195-196

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 195-196
Title:
Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton), Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly of his united approach, as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, to the frontier policy and discussing the difficulties being caused by it not being matched with a united approach from the British Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1877
Extent:
2 folios

265. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 197-198

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 197-198
Title:
Letter from Horace George Walpole, 18 Linden Gardens, London to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an unnamed matter which he has resolved with Lord Beaconsfield's private secretary.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1877
Extent:
2 folios

266. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 199-200

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 199-200
Title:
Letter from the Marquess of Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury), India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that a knighthood is to be conferred upon him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1877
Extent:
2 folios

267. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 201-204

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 201-204
Title:
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Athanaeum Club, Pall Mall, London to the Marquess of Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)
Scope & Content:
Letter to the Marquess of Salisbury thanking him for his role in Pelly receiving the knighthood of the Order of Bath. Enclosed with the letter is a draft copy of the letter to the Marquess of Salisbury acknowledging that Queen Victoria wishes to confer upon him the honour of the Order of Bath.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1877
Extent:
4 folios

268. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 205-206

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 205-206
Title:
Letter from Albert W Woods, College of Arms to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, KCB, KCSI
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing Pelly's warrant to accompany his having been appointed an ordinary member of the Civil division of the Second Class of Knights Commanders of the Honourable Order of the Bath. (Warrant no longer enclosed).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1877
Extent:
2 folios

269. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 207-209

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 207-209
Title:
Letter from William Howell Beynon, Frenches, Redhill, Surrey to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Beynon's intention of travelling to India via ship to aid his recovering health and giving news from Jeypoor [Jaipur] including of Alfred Comyn Lyall's move to Simla to take up an appointment there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1877
Extent:
3 folios

270. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 210-211

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 210-211
Title:
Letter from [George Christopher Molesworth] Birdwood, Acton to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the political situation with regard to Bulgaria and Armenia; and regarding a request from Mr Townshend of the Spectator, which he hopes Pelly will act promptly in regard to.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1877
Extent:
2 folios