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11. Mss Eur D358

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Mss Eur D358
Title:
`The Incidents of a Life': manuscript autobiography, dated 1870, by Thomas Lumisden Strange (1808-84), Madras Civil Service 1827-63, describing family background, school days, life in Madras and Malabar, travels in Mesopotamia and Persia, life at Tellicherry, rebellion in Canara, life in Malabar and Bellary.
Scope & Content:
`The Incidents of a Life': manuscript autobiography, dated 1870, by Thomas Lumisden Strange (1808-84), Madras Civil Service 1827-63, describing family background, school days, life in Madras and Malabar, travels in Mesopotamia and Persia, life at Tellicherry, rebellion in Canara, life in Malabar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1863
Extent:
1 volume

12. Mss Eur D607

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Mss Eur D607
Title:
James Stuart papers.
Scope & Content:
Extract from a letter, dated 20 Jan 1798, from General James Stuart (1741-1815), British Army, C-in-C, Madras 1801-04, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), President of the Board of Control 1793-1801, criticizing recent errors of policy and administration in Malabar and commenting ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798
Extent:
6 folios

13. Mss Eur D970

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Mss Eur D970
Title:
James Bayley papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Maj James Bayley (b 1783), Madras Army 1804-29, consisting of a survey of the area between Tanjore and Malabar; a letter describing Java where Bayley was stationed in 1812; and a journal of a trip on the Ganges and Jumna rivers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1814
Extent:
49 folios

14. Mss Eur D1074

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Mss Eur D1074
Title:
Henry Dundas papers.
Scope & Content:
Summaries of private letters (1785-1800) received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, from Sir Archibald Campbell, William Petrie, Lord Hobart, Jonathan Duncan, General Robert Stuart and General James Stuart; also memor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785-1800
Extent:
1 volume

15. Mss Eur D1111

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1111
Title:
Papers of John Coldwell Griffiths, Indian Civil Service, Madras
Scope & Content:
Griffiths Collection: letters and papers of John Coldwell Griffiths (b 1913), chiefly relating to his life in the Indian Civil Service, Madras 1937-48; also memoir, dated 1985, on his career in India and from 1951 to 1982 as an administrator and judge in Malaya, Singapore, Northern and Southern R...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1987
Extent:
29 items

16. Mss Eur E261

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Mss Eur E261
Title:
Sir Benjamin Hobhouse papers.
Scope & Content:
Reports compiled by Sir Benjamin Hobhouse (1757-1831) as Secretary to the Board of Control 1803-04, on relations with the Marathas since 1774, revenue and other matters in the Carnatic and Malabar, relations with China, and the renewal of hostilities with France and Holland (1803).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1804
Extent:
1 volume

17. Mss Eur F82

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Mss Eur F82
Title:
Papers of Sir (Harry) Evan Auguste Cotton (1868-1939), Calcutta barrister, President, Bengal Legislative Council 1922-25, comprising notes and papers on the history of the British in India, including notes on paintings and painters
Scope & Content:
Cotton Collection (1): papers of Sir (Harry) Evan Auguste Cotton (1868-1939), Calcutta barrister, President, Bengal Legislative Council 1922-25, comprising notes and draft articles on Indian history and art.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1939
Extent:
62 items

18. Mss Eur F96

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Mss Eur F96
Title:
Papers of 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Governor of Madras 1842-48
Scope & Content:
Tweeddale Collection: papers of George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale (1787-1876) as Governor of Madras 1842-48.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1848
Extent:
24 items

19. Mss Eur F128

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Mss Eur F128
Title:
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

20. Mss Eur F227

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F227
Title:
Murdoch Brown Collection: accounts, correspondence and papers relating to the business and public affairs of Murdoch Brown (1750-1828), adventurer and merchant, lessee of the Anjrakandy estate, Malabar from 1798; his son Francis Carnac Brown (1792-1868), member of the British India Society and the India Reform Society; and their descendants
Scope & Content:
Murdoch Brown Collection: accounts, correspondence and papers relating to the business and public affairs of Murdoch Brown (1750-1828), adventurer and merchant, lessee of the Anjrakandy estate, Malabar from 1798; his son Francis Carnac Brown (1792-1868), member of the British India Society and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1788-1927
Extent:
23 items