1. Mss Eur C877
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C877
- Title:
- Letter, dated 12 Nov 1883, from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Bengal Civil Service 1856-87, Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1882-87 to Henry Yates Thompson, proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the difficulty of interesting people at home in Indian matters, on the Ilbert Bill, on upper class Indian opposition to local government reform, and on Sir Syed Ahmed who 'from our political point of view is too much an Englishman.'
- Scope & Content:
- Letter, dated 12 Nov 1883, from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Bengal Civil Service 1856-87, Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1882-87 to Henry Yates Thompson, proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the difficulty of interesting people at home in Indian matters, on t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1883
- Extent:
- 3 folios