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81. 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

82. Mss Eur F126/7, f 59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, f 59
Title:
Letter from Horace George Walpole, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that the Secretary of State for India (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury) will be happy to present him at the Royal Levée on 1 June 1874.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1874
Extent:
1 folio

83. Mss Eur F126/7, f 123

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, f 123
Title:
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, St James's Square, London to Adolphus Warburton Moore (Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department, India Office)
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Moore that following the note from the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook) of 23 September 1875 he intends to remain in England until November 1876 unless otherwise instructed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1875
Extent:
1 folio

84. Mss Eur F126/7, f 257

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, f 257
Title:
Draft telegram from Lewis Pelly, India Office to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton, Viceroy of India), Simla
Scope & Content:
Draft telegram, written on the back of a Secretary's departmental order slip, informing Lord Lytton that he is ready to return to work at a day's notice. The telegram contains a number of crossings through and corrections, and also includes the financial calculations for the cost of sending th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878
Extent:

1 folio

85. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 48-49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 48-49
Title:
Letter from Frederick Greenwood, Pall Mall Gazette, Northumberland Street, Strand, London to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that he was not aware of there having been any attacks on Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Barond Lytton) and that there appears in general to be a more favourable feeling entertained towards him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1874
Extent:
2 folios

86. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 54-56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 54-56
Title:
Letter from Frederick Greenwood, Pall Mall Gazette, Northumberland Street, Strand, London to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding an account of a tour of North Africa which he had received from Pelly some years previously, and regarding the 'great game' which the British had been playing for four years and which in Greenwood's view they had lost.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1874
Extent:
3 folios

87. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 57-58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 57-58
Title:
Letter from Dr William James Moore, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter citing Pelly's commendation of Moore's work in Baroda, and giving news from Aboo [Ābu] including the development of Badminton there, as well as giving news of other colleagues throughout India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1874
Extent:
2 folios

88. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 68-69

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 68-69
Title:
Letter from Charles Allan Baylay, Aboo [Ābu] to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's decision to return to England for health reasons and expressing his hopes that the rest from work and change of air will help him. The letter goes on to discuss arrangements for Baylay to care for Pelly's kit at Aboo [Ābu]; to remind him that he still has a box of conf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1874
Extent:
2 folios

89. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 70-71
Title:
Letter from Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Camp Khow to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the succession to rulership (of Maharajah of Alwar), including naming the two individuals with competing claims Suhdeer Sing [Sudhir Singh] and Mangul Sing [Singh], and regarding Suhdeer Sing's desires to guarantee his property and income.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1874
Extent:
2 folios

90. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 73-75

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 73-75
Title:
Letter from John Hay, Apsley House, Piccadilly, London to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter giving Lord John Hay (rear-admiral)'s opinions on the possibility of a dissolution of parliament and possible reform bills. The letter goes on to ask for news on the proposed telegraph line from Tehran to the Indian Ocean and to discuss the financing of a telegraph to Australia and China.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1874
Extent:
3 folios