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Place Hazara, North-West Frontier Province

1. IOR Neg 11661

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11661
Title:
Sir James Abbott papers.
Scope & Content:
A narrative account of Huzara and the Second Sikh War by Maj (later General Sir) James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Commissioner, Hazara 1845-53. For original see Mss Eur C225.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848-1849
Extent:
1 reel

2. Mss Eur B380

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380
Title:
Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Scope & Content:
Private letters from Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822-72), as Viceroy of India 1869-72, to the 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Secretary of State for India 1868-74, commenting on official matters and enclosing copies of official papers (indexed).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1870
Extent:
5 volumes

3. Mss Eur C120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C120
Title:
Sir James Abbott papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Chiefs of Hazara': memorandum, dated 1850, by Maj (later General Sir) James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Commissioner, Hazara 1845-53, copied in 1851 by Lt (later General) George Godfrey Pearse when appointed Abbott's assistant, with annotations and additional material (1850-54;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850-1888
Extent:
1 volume

4. Mss Eur C225

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C225
Title:
Sir James Abbott papers.
Scope & Content:
`Huzara and its place in the Second Sikh War': unpublished manuscript, written in 1856, by Maj (later General Sir) James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Commissioner, Hazara 1845-53. For photocopy and microfilm see Mss Eur F171/111 and IOR Neg 11611.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1849
Extent:
2 volumes

5. Mss Eur D998

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D998
Title:
Papers of Arthur John Hopkinson, Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1920-24, Indian Political Service 1924-47
Scope & Content:
Hopkinson Collection: letters, papers and photographs of Arthur John Hopkinson (1894-1953), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1920-24, Indian Political Service 1924-47, including letters to his family and papers relating to his service in Kathiawar, North-West Frontier Province, and Tibet.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1951
Extent:
58 items

6. Mss Eur D1197

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1197
Title:
Elinor Tollinton papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir by Mrs Elinor Tollinton (b 1909), recounting her parents' involvement in India, her childhood there and marriage to Hugh Phillips Tollinton (b 1904), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929, Indian Political Service 1934-47 serving chiefly in North-West Frontier Province; also photograph album, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897-1970
Extent:
2 volumes

7. Mss Eur D1206

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1206
Title:
Papers of Edward Parry Thornton, Bengal Civil Service
Scope & Content:
Papers of Edward Parry Thornton (1811-93), Bengal Civil Service 1830-62, served in Punjab from 1849, chiefly relating to his part in the suppression of a rebellion by Nadir Khan of Mandla, 1852-53; and in the suppression of the Indian mutiny in Hazara, 1857.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1852-1878
Extent:
7 items

8. Mss Eur E277

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E277
Title:
Miscellaneous letters and papers of General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara 1847-53, including news of Hazara after Abbott left
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters and papers of General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Commissioner, Hazara 1845-53, including news of Hazara after Abbott had left.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1896
Extent:
7 items

9. Mss Eur F114

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F114
Title:
Papers of Field Marshal 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Bengal Engineers 1826; Military Member, Governor-General's Council 1861-65; C-in-C, Bombay 1865-68; commanded Abyssinian Expedition 1867-68; C-in-C, India 1870-76; Governor of Gibraltar 1876-82
Scope & Content:
Napier Collection: correspondence and papers of Robert Cornelis Napier, Field Marshal 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-90), Bengal Engineers 1826; Military Member, Governor-General's Council 1861-65; C-in-C, Bombay 1865-68; commanded Abyssinian Expedition 1867-68; C-in-C, India 1870-76; Governor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1910
Extent:
68 volumes; 7 portfolios; 10 boxes

10. Mss Eur F171

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F171
Title:
Werge Thomas Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Nicholson (1821-57), Bengal Army 1839-57, and other members of his family; of General Sir James Abbott (1807-96), Bengal Artillery 1823, Deputy Commissioner, Hazara 1847-53; of their biographer Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975); and of other members of the Thomas family, including Geoffrey David Ivor Thomas (1905-74), Indian Civil Service, Burma from 1930.
Scope & Content:
Evelyn Maude Werge Thomas (1891-1975), formerly Evelyn Kaye, stage designer and author, had been working since 1938 on two interconnected biographies. The first was a substantial biography of Brigadier-General John Nicholson (1821-1857), Bengal Army 1839-1857, who commanded the Punjab mobile col...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1746-1972
Extent:
155 items