Letter from William J Maitland, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's name having been added to a list of candidates (possibly for a vacancy on the Council of India) and informing him that Lord Cranbrook (Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook) will refer to Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury) when ma...
Letter from George Pomeroy Colley, London to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Brief letter thanking Pelly for his action in regard to the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)'s telegram and informing him that he had recently been in Bournemouth with Owen Tudor Burne. The letter concludes by informing Pelly that he has heard that the Council of India wish to h...
Letter from Alfred Cotton Way, Muscat to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's return to Bushire and updating him on the situation at Muscat including that Fysul [Faisal bin Turki] had taken losses in Zalala [Şalālah] and had since joined Syud Azan [Azzan bin Qais]; Syud Turkee [Turki bin Said] being at Wadi with a force of 400-500; rumours that Sy...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Je Reviendrai, to Owen Tudor Burne
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Letter regarding candidates for the Order of the Star of India and asking that he not forget Rajpootana [Rajasthan] when considering the candidates, as well as recommending Colonel William Howell Beynon in particular.
Letter from Herbert Mills Repton, Camp Bhinar to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's mission in Baroda which is nearing its conclusion and giving general news from Rajpootana [Rājasthān] including an evening of dinner, dancing and theatricals; and badminton games including an event between Foreign Office employees and Rajpootana Agency officials. The l...
Letter from Alice Kipling, Lahore to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter from Alice Kipling (née Macdonald, mother of Rudyard Kipling) asking for a portrait of Lewis Pelly and expressing her opinions at the rumours that Pelly has declined a position on the Council of India and that he may instead be appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab.