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Name Skinner, James, Colonel

1. Mss Eur C70-72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C70-72
Title:
Journals, dated 1836-41 and 1854-59, of General Marcus de la Poer Beresford (b 1800), British Army, Military Secretary to C-in-C, India 1835-40, Commandant, Bangalore 1855-59, mainly describing travels in India, meetings with Indian rulers including Ranjit Singh and King of Delhi, reflections on 1st Afghan War, life at Bangalore, reflections on Indian Mutiny, sport and hunting.
Scope & Content:
Journals, dated 1836-41 and 1854-59, of General Marcus de la Poer Beresford (b 1800), British Army, Military Secretary to C-in-C, India 1835-40, Commandant, Bangalore 1855-59, mainly describing travels in India, meetings with Indian rulers including Ranjit Singh and King of Delhi, reflections on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1859
Extent:
3 volumes

2. Mss Eur C304

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C304
Title:
William Linnaeus Gardner papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Lt-Col William Linnaeus Gardner (1771-1835), of Kasganj, United Provinces, Commander of the 2nd Local Irregular Cavalry or `Gardner's Horse', to his cousin Edward Gardner (1784-1861), Bengal Civil Service 1801-29, Resident at Nepal from 1816, giving a vividly detailed account of his ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820-1821
Extent:
1 volume

3. Mss Eur C318

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C318
Title:
Deeds relating to the estate of David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre (1808-51)
Scope & Content:
Deeds relating to a settlement by David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre (1808-51) in favour of his sister, Anne May Troup (d 1867), and the subsequent division of Dyce Sombre's estate.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838-1868
Extent:
10 items

4. Mss Eur C599

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C599
Title:
Henry Wood papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Lt-Col (later Maj-Gen) Charles (Carlo) Joseph Doyle (1787-1848), British Army 1803, Military Secretary to Governor-General 1813-20, from Henry Wood, member, Board of Superintendence for Improving the Breed of Cattle, on the management of stud farms and the provision and breedi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1820
Extent:
94 folios

5. Mss Eur F531

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F531
Title:
Papers of Christopher J. Hawes, Writer and Historian
Scope & Content:
Papers of Christopher J Hawes (d2004), writer and historian, author of Poor Relations: The making of a Eurasian Community in British India 1773-1833 (1996) and an unfinished subsequent book on Anglo-Indians.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1750-2004
Extent:
91 Files

6. Mss Eur Photo Eur 173

Reference (shelfmark):
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