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491. Mss Eur F90/31, no.36

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.36
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Cranborne's letter of 17 August]; describes action taken to carry out plan for redress of officers' grievances; no objection to title of Prince of Arcot for Azim Jah, but financial arrangements proposed for him are too generous India cannot afford 'to give large incomes to broken down ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 item

492. Mss Eur F90/31, no.38

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.38
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Comments on validity of Holkar's claims on Jowra chief; believes Hamilton [cf. de Grey's letter of 3 April] may be Holkar's paid agent; comments adversely on Holkar; opposes Holkar's wish to bring mediatized chiefs under his control 'as contrary both to justice and sound policy'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

493. Mss Eur F90/31, no.40

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.40
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Azim Jah and his title; is greatly concerned at Cranborne's orders to stop work on fortified cantonment at Peshawar [cf Cranborne's letter of 27 August]; outlines at length history of trans-Indus troop dispositions, and numbers involved, and explains reasons for holding Peshawar valley with Brit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

494. Mss Eur F90/31, no.43

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
In continuation of his letter of 5 October sends minute by Mansfield on occupation of Peshawar valley; their views largely agree, except on sanitary conditions which Lawrence considers important.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

495. Mss Eur F90/31, no.46

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.46
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Will shortly proceed to Agra to hold a Great Durbar; is most firmly opposed to Green's proposal to occupy Quetta, has asked Mansfield and Durand to give their views; urges Cranborne to assemble Sir Herbert Edwardes (ex-Commissioner of Peshawar), Sir Neville Chamberlain (soldier experienced in fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

496. Mss Eur F90/31, no.49

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.49
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 2 October; opposes road or railway through Burma, and even begrudges cost of survey given unlikelihood of its coming to anything; Phayre may be able to effect compromise at Mandalay between Burmese King and his opponents; asks for Cranborne's views on French expedi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

497. Mss Eur F90/31, no.50

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.50
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 2 October; opposes proposal by Lord Strathnairn (i.e. Sir Hugh Rose, ex-C-in-C, India) to publish Bhutan despatches, and comments at length on that campaign; brief Comments on Orissa famine and officials involved; postscript with further comments on Strathnairn's c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

498. Mss Eur F90/31, no.51

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.51
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Has held successful Durbar at Agra, where 100,000 strangers have gathered in orderly fashion; is to visit Scindia as personal compliment, and to judge of locality and his army; [apparently referring to Cranborne's letter of 16 October]; composition of Commission of Enquiry into Orissa famine; com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

499. Mss Eur F90/31, no.52

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.52
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 3 November (2); misunderstanding over London subscription for famine; in view of British press criticism of annual migration of Govt of India to Simla, is willing to Central Govt's work; describes failure of himself and other authorities to take early action on Ori...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

500. Mss Eur F90/31, no.54

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.54
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Success of Durbar at Gwalior, though there was an outbreak of cholera; strengths and weaknesses of British military dispositions at Gwalior; Scindia's army is impressive – well equipped, well drilled, and well paid; but they may break from his control – Lawrence has told him they should be more d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item