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...
Private correspondence of Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bart (1737-1801), secretary to Lord Macartney as Governor of Madras 1781-85 and Ambassador to China 1792-94, and of other members of the Staunton Family.
Correspondence and account books of Sir Robert Cowan, free merchant at Bombay 1719, Chief of the Factory at Goa 1720, Chief at Mocha 1724, Governor of Bombay 1729-34.
Papers of Earl Mountbatten of Burma as Viceroy 1947 and Governor-General 1947-48 of India
Scope & Content:
Mountbatten Collection: correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1947-48. the following original items have not been filmed: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy 1947 and Gov...
`Nabob, Historian and Orientalist: the Life and Writings of Robert Orme (1728-1801)' by Asoka Sinha Raja Tammita-Delgoda (Ph.D thesis, University of London, 1991).