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451. 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

452. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 26-27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 26-27
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, India Office to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, written on thick black edged mourning paper, regarding his recent illness and their having missed each other in Bournemouth as Pelly had already left. The letter also informs Pelly that he will not be discussing Cabul [Kabul] affairs as it is all in The Times which has been obtaining go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Oct 1878
Extent:
2 folios

453. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 28-29
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, India Office to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, written on thick black edged mourning paper, regarding his brother Captain George William Burne who is a candidate for a vacancy as an elder brother in the Trinity House, and asking whether Richard William Pelly, who is already an elder brother there, is a relative of his and if so wheth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1878
Extent:
2 folios

454. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 31-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 31-32
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Albury, Surrey to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, written on thick black edged mourning paper, in response to the letter of 8 October (folios 28-29v) confirming that his brother (George William Burne) would call on Pelly's cousin (Richard William Pelly). The letter goes on to discuss a matter regarding Pelly's luggage and refers to an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1878
Extent:
2 folios

455. Mss Eur F126/6, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/6, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter from Alfred Hyman Louis, 11 Ormonde Terrace, Regents Park, London to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the state of affairs within the new India Office, and the difficulties that Lord Stanley, the new Prime Minister will be facing, in particular with the Military Department. The letter goes on to discuss the state of the Empire, which Louis feels is getting too big for both its ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1858
Extent:
2 folios

456. 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

457. Mss Eur F126/7, f 232

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, f 232
Title:
Letter from William J Maitland, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's name having been added to a list of candidates (possibly for a vacancy on the Council of India) and informing him that Lord Cranbrook (Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook) will refer to Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury) when ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1878
Extent:

1 folio

458. Mss Eur F126/7, f 254

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, f 254
Title:
Letter from George Pomeroy Colley, London to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter thanking Pelly for his action in regard to the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)'s telegram and informing him that he had recently been in Bournemouth with Owen Tudor Burne. The letter concludes by informing Pelly that he has heard that the Council of India wish to h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878?
Extent:

1 folio

459. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 1-4
Title:
Letter from Alfred Cotton Way, Muscat to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's return to Bushire and updating him on the situation at Muscat including that Fysul [Faisal bin Turki] had taken losses in Zalala [Şalālah] and had since joined Syud Azan [Azzan bin Qais]; Syud Turkee [Turki bin Said] being at Wadi with a force of 400-500; rumours that Sy...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1871
Extent:
4 folios

460. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter from Lord Northbrook, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter asking Pelly if he would be willing to accept the appointment as Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana [Rajasthan].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1873
Extent:
2 folios