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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Monteith, William, army officer and diplomat, 1790-1864 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/L/PS/9/70/48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/48
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Major William Monteith, in Tabreez, to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from Major William Monteith, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of 17 July 1825. Monteith reports his observations from his mission to survey the Russo-Persian frontier in the Caucasus, including a disputed area around the lake of Goukc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1825
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/70/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/162
Title:
Copy of a Letter from Major William Monteith to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from Major William Monteith to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 24 November 1826. The letter concerns allegations made against Monteith by General Yermoloff [Governor-General of Georgia, General Aleksey Petrovich Yermol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
27 Sep 1826-24 Nov 1826
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/70/208

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/208
Title:
Copy of a Letter from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Nesselrode, in St Petersbourg, to Major William Monteith
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count [Karl Robert] Nesselrode, in St Petersbourg [St Petersburg], to Major William Monteith, of December 1826. The letter transmits a diamond snuffbox from the Emperor of Russia [Tsar Alexander II] as a gift of thanks to Monteith f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
Dec 1826
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/71/94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/94
Title:
Letter from Major William Monteith, in Tabriz, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir
Scope & Content:
Letter from Major William Monteith, in Tabriz, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 26 October 1827. In the letter, Monteith reports that he was unable to effect the removal of the British detachment at Tabriz before the occupation of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/71/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/146
Title:
Map Detailing the Russian Siege of Erivan of 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827
Scope & Content:
Map detailing the Russian siege of the fortress of Erivan [Yerevan] between 5 October 1827 and 13 October 1827 during the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], drawn up by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith. The map is based upon information procured by Monteith f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1827
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/L/PS/9/71/147

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/147
Title:
‘Memorandum of the Siege of Erivan by the Russian troops from the 5th to the 13th of October 1827’
Scope & Content:
Memorandum of the siege of Erivan [Yerevan] by Russian troops under the command of General Peskowitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] from 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827, by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith of the Madras Engineers, in Tabreez [Ta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)