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141. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 57-58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 57-58
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that the Governor-General had been asking after his health and when he intended on going on leave; that Aitchison had informed him how matters stood in Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and of the medical adviser's recommendation that three months leave would be succifient time for h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1874
Extent:
2 folios

142. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 59-60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 59-60
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the Aitchison's departing for Scotland that evening and providing Pelly with their address whilst there; a meeting with Sir Bartle Frere; and the fact he will have to go back to the India Office on his return from Scotland as there is much work to be done.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1874
Extent:
2 folios

143. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 61-62

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 61-62
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Clement Park, Lochee, Dundee to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter providing Pelly with the details of the trains from London to Edinburgh and the onward trains to Dundee so that Pelly can come and stay with them. A postscript to the letter contains a further invitiation for Pelly to visit issued by Mr and Mrs Cox, Beatrice Aitchison's parents, with wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1874
Extent:
2 folios

144. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 63-64

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 63-64
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Umballa to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, marked private, regarding the Viceroy's decision to replace Pelly at Baroda which was taken out of concern for Pelly's health and over the effect that Pelly suddenly being taken ill during proceedings there could potentially have. The letter also gives Aitchison's opinions on the policy ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1875
Extent:
2 folios

145. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 65-66

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 65-66
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Clement Park, Lochee, Dundee to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Aitchison's attempts to contact Pelly in London to invite him to dine with them and the subsequent discovery that Pelly had gone to India with Lord Lytton, and speculating that given the mystery surrounding his movements he is either going to handle Khelat [Kelat] affairs or be ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1876
Extent:
2 folios

146. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 67-68

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Mss Eur F126/4, ff 67-68
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Hotel Metropolw, Schwalbach, Germany to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding additional honours that have been confirmed on Pelly, and congratulating him on them as well as discussing Pelly's recent work (in Aghanistan) and regarding Aitchison's opinion that the policy being pursued there is a bad one. The letter goes on to discuss attempts at meeting u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1877
Extent:
2 folios

147. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter from Beatrice Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, addressed to Tullum Pelly, thanking him for taking the time to read a letter from her husband; inviting Pelly to come and see them whenever he is able and suggesting that he might like to come and see the opening of the Tay Bridge, as the weather is too unpleasant to ask him to come righ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
2 folios

148. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 71-72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 71-72
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, 2 Manor Place, North, Edinburgh to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the arrival in Edinburgh; the journey from Rotterdam; and their intention of going off on travels to visit friends. The letter also informs Pelly that he expects to be in London on 10 September and will be staying in the Charing Cross Hotel and gives dining arrangements for that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1877
Extent:
2 folios

149. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 73-74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/4, ff 73-74
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, 2 Manor Place, North, Edinburgh to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter informing Pelly that both Mrs Aitchison and Mrs Cox will be accompanying him to London and asking Pelly to dine with them at the Charing Cross Hotel, as well as asking him to meet them there rather than coming to Kings Cross to meet them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1877
Extent:
2 folios

150. Mss Eur F126/4, ff 75-76

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Mss Eur F126/4, ff 75-76
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his having found things different once he arrived in India, his having unexpectedly found himself directed to Simla and re-established in the Foreign Office, and his meeting with the Viceroy and the explanation behind why he had been offered the appointment in Assam.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1877
Extent:
2 folios