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601. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.74

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.74
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Chronic discontent of Army officers in India; root cause is difficulty experienced by older officers 'without influence and connection at Home' in supervising education of their sons in England and finding them employment; in India these sons face competition for employment in uncovenanted servic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

602. Mss Eur F90/28, no.35

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Mss Eur F90/28, no.35
Title:
Letter from Sir James Fergusson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India) to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Is to become Under-Secretary at Home Office; Commons debate on Orissa Famine; regrets some things said by Cranborne; hard words in Commons a fair reflection of public opinion; debate attracted more attention than usual for Indian subjects; debate on Jervis Court Martial case.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1867
Extent:
1 item

603. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.1

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.1
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 26 November; accepts Cranborne's views on Frere; advocates Muir rather than Yule for membership of his Council and would 'feel it a great blow and discouragement if my recommendation in his [Muir's] case was not accepted'; regrets that King of Bukhara has sent amba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1867
Extent:
1 item

604. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.2

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.2
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 3 December (2); would gradually reduce army numbers 'where this can be done with safety on financial grounds'; only minor reductions of native troops possible and these would cause an outcry; reduction of native troops would increase duties of British troops who no...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1867
Extent:
1 item

605. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.20
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 3 December (2) and his own of 4 January on need to reduce British Army in India, and encloses report by Sir W Mansfield (C-in-C, India); preferable to loan regiments from India than raise one in India specifically for service in Hong Kong; Orissa situation slightly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

606. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.22
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Glad to find he was mistaken in thinking that Cranborne had given up Mysore; Cranborne's method of handling question a very good one; would be retrograde step to return Mysore to native rule after it had been administered under British system for thirty years.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

607. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.23

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.23
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 11 March; will write fully and freely to him as he knows how much this will 'facilitate business'; Govt has been laying in stores of grain in Orissa; situation in Orissa; with reference to speech by Maj Anson in Commons, denies troop levels in India are too high; d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

608. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.26

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.26
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Sends report on Orissa famine; all quiet in India; hill tribe in Peshawar valley has yielded; has some anxiety regarding Burma; have prevented Burmese mission to France from proceeding until instructions received from Northcote by telegram.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

609. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.28

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.28
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 3 April; take-over of Bank of Bombay by Bank of Bengal; explains at length why he opposes recognition of Maharaja of Mysore's adoption of heir and favours annexation, but will carry out Northcote's instructions whatever they may be.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1867
Extent:
1 item

610. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.29
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 29 March – Govt of India has already recommended Jung Bahadur's salute should remain at 19 guns.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1867
Extent:
1 item