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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur B298

1. Mss Eur B298

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298
Title:
Papers of Robert Bensley Thornhill (1818-57) and family
Scope & Content:
Papers and miscellaneous items, dated 1840-95, of and relating to Robert Bensley Thornhill (1818-57), Bengal Civil Service 1836-57 and his wife Mary (nee Siddons) (d1857), particularly to their deaths at Cawnpore in the Indian Mutiny; also letters, dated 1858-1919, to their daughter Henrietta (Mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1919
Extent:
24 items

2. Mss Eur B298/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
Three letters from Mary Thornhill; one from Ghazipur dated 13 Feb 1854, to her mother; and two letters to Emily Couper (wife of Sir George Couper, Indian Civil Service 1846-82), one undated letter from Banda and one, dated 22 May [1857] from Fatehgarh.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1857
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur B298/1-11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/1-11
Title:
Papers of Robert Bensley Thornhill, Bengal Civil Service 1836-57, and his wife Mary Thornhill
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur B298/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/2
Title:
Scope & Content:
Verses by Robert Bensley Thornhill found at Fatehgarh in December 1857 together with other verses and a note addressed to his wife. Dated as: no date
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur B298/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/3
Title:
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the discovery of of these verses; also a letter concerning the Thornhills. Dated as: 1870; 1895
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870-1895
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur B298/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/4
Title:
Scope & Content:
Mary Thornhill's copy of The Afflicted's Refuge or Prayers adapted to various circumstances of distress (Edinburgh, 1840), found in the palace of the Nawab of Farrukhabad in January 1858.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur B298/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letter from C.M. Tucker (A.L.O.E.) to Mrs Thornhill giving news of the course of the Mutiny.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
Unspecified

8. Mss Eur B298/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/6
Title:
Scope & Content:
Ambrotype of Robert Bensley Thornhill.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1852-1855
Extent:
Unspecified

9. Mss Eur B298/6(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/6(1)
Title:
Ambrotype portrait of Robert Bensley Thornhill. TRANSFERRED TO PHOTO 1229. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Oval image. Half-length portrait of Robert Bensley Thornhill (1818-1857), Bengal Civil Service, killed with his wife and children at Cawnpore (Kanpur).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur B298/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B298/7
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Scope & Content:
Gold locket containing the hair of Robert and Mary Thornhill.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified