Search

036-002311284

91. Mss Eur F126/5, ff 11-14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/5, ff 11-14
Title:
Letter from Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the Ameer [Amir] of Cabul [Kabul], Shere Ali [Sher Ali Khan], who is refusing to give in or back down and the likelihood that a re-establishment of relations with him would now be impossible. The letter goes on to give Burne's thoughts on a united and strong Afghanistan under ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1877
Extent:
4 folios

92. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 82-83

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 82-83
Title:
Letter from Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Foreign Office, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter thanking Pelly for his kindness in recommending him for the position at the Foreign Office working alongside Charles Umpherston Aitchison. The letter goes on to give news from Rajpootana [Rājasthān] including Frederick Augustus Hugh Elliott who had commenced his leave by breaking his leg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1875
Extent:
2 folios

93. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 88-89

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 88-89
Title:
Letter from Edwin Arnold, Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street, London to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter recommending that Pelly keep himself well informed of goings on in order to command his own future and returning some extracts which Pelly had sent him.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1875
Extent:
2 folios

94. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 160-161

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 160-161
Title:
Incomplete letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Ware Priory to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding reports in the newspapers that Punjab and Sind are to be united and that Pelly is to be the Governor. The letter goes on to state that he hopes Pelly is happy back in India and that he will let him know how his health is; and expresses the hope that this new position would mean ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1876
Extent:
4 folios

95. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 172-179

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 172-179
Title:
Letter from Sir Philip Rose, Rayners, Penn, Buckinghamshire to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Sir Philip having learned from the Prime Minister (Benjamin Disraeli) that Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) had secured Pelly's services and discussing recent accounts of Lord Lytton 's health. The letter gives news of Sir Philip's daughter Louisa Frances an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Aug 1876
Extent:
8 folios

96. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 180-184

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 180-184
Title:
Letter from George Edwin Seward, Dorcton House, Madras to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's recent illness; rumours that he may be considering a position on the Council of India; his possible return to India with Lord Lytton and general political musings. The letter also encloses a press cutting (folio 84) from an Indian newspaper (possibly the Bombay Times) w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1876
Extent:
5 folios

97. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 207-209

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 207-209
Title:
Letter from William Howell Beynon, Frenches, Redhill, Surrey to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Beynon's intention of travelling to India via ship to aid his recovering health and giving news from Jeypoor [Jaipur] including of Alfred Comyn Lyall's move to Simla to take up an appointment there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1877
Extent:
3 folios

98. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 226-227

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 226-227
Title:
Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter congratulating Pelly on his recent engagement and regarding recent enquiries into the possibility of Pelly receiving an appointment to the Council of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1878
Extent:

2 folios

99. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 241-242

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 241-242
Title:
Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, 7 Apsley Terrace, Acton to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding Pelly's desire to have a work published and suggesting that perhaps a reprint of the work on John Jacob or the Indian Frontier Policy might suit him as it could be done quickly. The letter goes on to advise Pelly on what would be needed to make such a work successful and who he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1878
Extent:

2 folios

100. Mss Eur F126/7, ff 267-268

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 267-268
Title:
Letter from William Stebbing, Heathland Lodge, The Vale, Hampstead, London to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter expressing his 'cordial pleasure' at a letter Pelly had sent him on the 'demeanour of Great Britain and the powers to the Porte'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1880
Extent:

2 folios