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21. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/34

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/34
Title:
No. 34: Letter from Mr Sidney Herbert
Scope & Content:
Sends packet of copies of despatches and papers relating to the China Expedition [marked in margin, 'kept in Miscellaneous number 469']. Has sent a note from the Duke of Cambridge about the formation of the force to Lord Clyde. Congratulates Canning on his progress. Private. Endorsed: Seen by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1860
Extent:
1 item

22. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/35

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/35
Title:
No. 35: Letter from Mr Sidney Herbert
Scope & Content:
Writes that Canning's announcement of troops being sent home took him by surprise, though they can be fitted into the estimates. The behaviour of the French is puzzling; Louis Napoleon's proceedings with regard to Savoy acquiring the two semi-Swiss provinces has created alarm throughout Europe. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1860
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/36

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/36
Title:
No. 36: Letter from Mr Sidney Herbert
Scope & Content:
Reports a conversation with the Duke of Cambridge about troops from India for England. Infantry of the Line are most needed. The Government is not very secure; the Reform Bill is becalmed and Europe agitated. Endorsed: Seen by Sir Hugh Rose, 26 Jun 60.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1860
Extent:
1 item

24. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/37

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/37
Title:
No. 37: Letter from Mr Sidney Herbert
Scope & Content:
He has heard more cheerfu1 news from China. Canning's letter was read to the Cabinet. Colonel Haythorne has omitted the Battalion from the Cape. His calculations also expect that whatever in China needs to be garrisoned, will be garrisoned by British troops. Herbert doubts if the French will all...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1860
Extent:
1 item

25. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/39

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/39
Title:
No. 39: Letter from Mr Sidney Herbert
Scope & Content:
He is afraid that Canning is annoyed at Herbert's letter about the amount of the China Force, and explains. Herbert does not see the value of a Treaty which is sure to be broken. An enormous amount of money will be spent. The war is unpopular in England. Lord Clyde has arrived. Regrets Lord Elph...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1860
Extent:
1 item

26. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/40

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/40
Title:
No. 40: Letter from Lord Palmerston
Scope & Content:
Writes about Mr Francis Scully, formerly an MP and well known to Palmerston. He told Palmerston that he was going to India with his family, and asked for a letter of introduction to Canning. Later Palmerston had heard that Mr Scully was a dangerous lunatic. He is not however locked up in an asyl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1860
Extent:
1 item

27. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/41

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/41
Title:
No. 41: Letter from Mr William E. Gladstone
Scope & Content:
Introduces Mr Bonham to Canning. Mr Laing, Financial Secretary at the Treasury is an excellent man and is going to India. The great European event of the year has been the emancipation of Italy. Lord Dalhousie is bearing up gallantly. Sends enclosed letter from F Bonham, dated 16 Oct, introducin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1860
Extent:
2 items

28. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/49

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/49
Title:
No. 49: Letter from Lord Palmerston
Scope & Content:
Informs Lord Canning that the Order of the Garter is to be conferred upon him on his return to England as a mark of Her Majesty's high approval of his great services as Governor General. Endorsed: Copy made by order 9 Dec 1861.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1861
Extent:
1 item

29. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/1

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/1
Title:
No. 1: Letter from Sir Charles Wood
Scope & Content:
Writes of the prospects of peace with Russia. He expects the fighting to be over by Easter. Wishes that a tract of neutral country from the Black Sea to the Caspian could have been acquired, to protect the Shah. Urges Canning to make a treaty with the Kandahar Sirdars similar to that made with t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1856
Extent:
1 item

30. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/3

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/2/3
Title:
No. 3: Letter from the Duke of Argyll
Scope & Content:
Hopes that Canning has recovered. He thinks the trouble with the Yankees will be settled before Parliament meets. He does not like the Neapolitan affair, nor the Persian Gulf business. Does not believe there is any danger from Persia. Wishes all engagements with 'semi barbarous nations' to be gi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 item