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Name Palk, Robert, 1st Baronet

1. IOR Neg 4381-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4381-82
Title:
Sir Robert Palk papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of Sir Robert Palk, 1st Bart (1717-98), Governor of Madras 1763-66, MP 1767-68 and 1774-87, chiefly dated 1767-86, but with a few earlier papers including an account, dated 1755, by Maj (later Maj-Gen) Stringer Lawrence of his campaigns in India 1752-54, addressed to Rear-Admir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1755-1786
Extent:
2 reels

2. Mss Eur C866

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Mss Eur C866
Title:
R W Williams papers.
Scope & Content:
'A Nabob's Life: Lord Pigot of Patshull' by R W Williams: an unpublished biography of George Pigot, Baron Pigot (1719-77), East India Company servant, Madras 1737-65, Governor of Madras 1755-63 and 1775-76.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1997
Extent:
1 volume

3. Mss Eur E380

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Mss Eur E380
Title:
Extracts of proceedings, dated 1765, of the Madras Council, with copies of their correspondence with Jean Law (b 1720), French Commissary in India and Governor of Pondicherry, about the return of Pondicherry to the French; with a copy in French of the Treaty of Mangalore, 1784.
Scope & Content:
Extracts of proceedings, dated 1765, of the Madras Council, with copies of their correspondence with Jean Law (b 1720), French Commissary in India and Governor of Pondicherry, about the return of Pondicherry to the French; with a copy in French of the Treaty of Mangalore, 1784.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1765-1784
Extent:
20 folios

4. Mss Eur F128

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Mss Eur F128
Title:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800); and of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), and other members of the Strachey family
Scope & Content:
Sutton Court Collection: papers of (i) Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800), relating chiefly to his service in the Bengal Army 1758-67; (ii) papers of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), private secretary to 1st Lord Clive 1764-74, relating chiefly to Clive and his son, 2nd Lord Clive, Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1756-1832
Extent:
232 items

5. Mss Eur F331

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F331
Title:
Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior merchant (1769), and Resident at Midnapore; second (1770) and Chief (1772) in Revenue Council at Patna; member of Council, Bengal 1773; member of Board of Trade, Bengal 1774-76.
Scope & Content:
Vansittart Collection: papers of George Vansittart (1745-1825), East India Company servant, Bengal 1762-76; factor (1767), junior merchant (1769), and Resident at Midnapore; second (1770) and Chief (1772) in Revenue Council at Patna; member of Council, Bengal 1773; member of Board of Trade, Benga...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1824
Extent:
44 items

6. Mss Eur Orme

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Mss Eur Orme
Title:
Robert Orme papers.
Scope & Content:
Orme Collection: papers of Robert Orme (1728-1801), East India Company servant, Bengal and Madras 1743-58, historiographer to the Company 1769-1801, chiefly collected for his `History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from the year 1745' (London 1763, 1778).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1636-1796
Extent:
356 volumes

7. Mss Eur Photo Eur 083

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 083
Title:
Henry Vansittart papers.
Scope & Content:
Copies of nine letters from Henry Vansittart (1732-70), East India Company servant, Madras 1745-59, Governor of Bengal 1760-64, to Sir John Frederick, husband of Henry's first cousin; also letter (Jan 1755) from Henry's father, Arthur Vansittart.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1752-1769
Extent:
34 folios

8. Mss Eur Photo Eur 208

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 208
Title:
J D Gurney papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Debts of the Nawab of Arcot, 1763-1776' by J D Gurney (D.Phil thesis, University of Oxford, 1968).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1763-1776
Extent:
1 volume