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Name Watson, Charles, Rear-Admiral

1. Egerton MS 3488

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Egerton MS 3488
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Scope & Content:
LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. CLXV (ff. 234). (1) Correspondence of Lord Holdernesse with officers and officials in India, including (passim) Col. John Adlercron and Rear-Adm. Charles Watson, Commander-in-chief of the land and sea forces; 1754-1761. ff. 1-182;-(2) Miscellaneous letters relating to India; 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1753-1761
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur D1079

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Mss Eur D1079
Title:
Charles Watson papers.
Scope & Content:
Letterbook of correspondence between Rear-Admiral Charles Watson (1714-57), Royal Navy 1728-57, C-in-C, East Indies 1754-57, and Secretaries of State Lord Holdernesse and William Pitt, including reports on the defeat of the pirate Angria, the capture of Calcutta and Hooghly, and the battle of Pla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1754-1757
Extent:
1 volume

3. Mss Eur F128

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Mss Eur F128
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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

4. 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