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281. Mss Eur F213/27, p316

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Mss Eur F213/27, p316
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letters of 22 June and 11 July; now matters little what papers Napier may send home as his resignation has been accepted and Gomm's appointment is in train; would like to appoint Gilbert as C-in-C, Bombay, but fears those about Wellington will prevent it; Napier's indecor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1850
Extent:
1 item

282. Mss Eur F213/27, p323

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Mss Eur F213/27, p323
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Wellington is opposed to appointment of Gilbert as C-in-C, Bombay – very hard that Indian Army officers competent to command two or three divisions in the field not thought suitable for formal business of Presidency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1850
Extent:
1 item

283. Mss Eur F213/27, p325

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Mss Eur F213/27, p325
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letter of 25 July; Dalhousie need not have referred question of Sind prize money to home authorities who agreed entirely with him; Bombay controversy; acknowledges Dalhousie's letter of 16 August; Wellington and Napier, and former's papers on controversy over latter; Russ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1850
Extent:
1 item

284. Mss Eur F213/27, p343

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Mss Eur F213/27, p343
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letter of 7 October which 'is so satisfactory that it does not supply any topics for remark'; encloses letter to Dalhousie from Lord John Russell introducing Mr Mackay visiting India on behalf of Manchester Chamber of Commerce regarding measures to increase cultivation o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1850
Extent:
1 item

285. Mss Eur F213/28, p7

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Mss Eur F213/28, p7
Title:
Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Russell's ministry resigned on 20 February; Dalhousie should let Hobhouse know if in future he wants Hobhouse to say anything in Parliament regarding Indian transactions while Hobhouse was in office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 item

286. Mss Eur F213/28, p32

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Mss Eur F213/28, p32
Title:
Letter from Broughton to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letter of 5 April; comments on British domestic politics; Ellenborough has given notice of motion on Punjab booty; Govt has decided against using troops from India in Kaffir war in South Africa; Indian Marriage Bill; Lahore jewels prodigiously admired in Great Exhibition.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1851
Extent:
1 item

287. Mss Eur F213/28, p40

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Mss Eur F213/28, p40
Title:
Letter from Broughton to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Ellenborough's motion on Jotee Persaud case; thinks he has enough material to satisfy fair men 'of which, of course, their Lordships' House is mainly composed'; Napier; Gough has been addressed by Generals Gilbert and Thackwell regarding Punjab booty – Broughton advised him to put document in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1851
Extent:
1 item

288. Mss Eur F213/28, p57

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Mss Eur F213/28, p57
Title:
Letter from Broughton to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letter of 14 June; strongly agrees that soldiers should not be encouraged to think that plunder is the object of fighting – 'indecorous … efforts of certain officers to fill their pockets as well as their button holes' by getting MPs to ask questions about prize money and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 item

289. Mss Eur F213/28, p62

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Mss Eur F213/28, p62
Title:
Letter from Broughton to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letter of 25 June; difficult to make military reductions until there are railways able to make few troops do the work of many, but any effort to reduce the 'great red coat item' will be welcome since it looms so large; army rules of service mean it that men are too old by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 item

290. Mss Eur F213/28, p65

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Mss Eur F213/28, p65
Title:
Letter from Broughton to Dalhousie
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Dalhousie's letter of 14 July; knows nothing of Madras – its Governor, Sir H Pottinger, never writes; extenuates Court of Directors' objectionable expressions to Dalhousie on ground that they are ignorant of force of language; comments patronisingly on Directors who 'have no real pow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1851
Extent:
1 item