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Name Skinner's Horse

1. Mss Eur Photo Eur 173

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 173
Title:
James Skinner papers.
Scope & Content:
Copy of manuscript memoirs of Col James Skinner of Skinner's Horse (1778-1841), covering his life up to c1808, with copies of papers, dated 1803-32, referring to him. [James Baillie Fraser's `Military Memoir' of Skinner (London 1851) is thought to have been based on this document].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778-1832
Extent:
166 folios

2. Mss Eur Photo Eur 196

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Mss Eur Photo Eur 196
Title:
Charles Robert Douglas Gray papers.
Scope & Content:
Copies of articles by Lt-Col Charles Robert Douglas Gray (b 1909), Indian Army 1932-47, on visits to India for regimental reunions with Skinner's Horse; article by Gray on `Hog-hunting: the forgotten sport' (1975); typescript copies of memoir (1894) by Skinner's granddaughter, Elizabeth Florence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-1981
Extent:
1 portfolio

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