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.
Letter from Philip Sandys Melvill, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, India
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Letter regarding an application with annexes from Gujariand Vithal who is requesting a Jaghir to be granted by the Baroda State and a larger grant of land than has been given to him following his service to the British Government. The letter also reports on the rewards that have already been gr...
Letter from Edith, Countess of Lytton, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter thanking Pelly for the photographs of himself and his wife, Lady Amy Henrietta (née Lowder) and congratulating them on their recent wedding. The letter also informs Pelly of her own recent illness.
Letter from Joseph West Ridgeway, India to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Aboo [Abu] school; Lord Northbrook's appointment; the Cabul [Kabul] survey; the Chief Commissionership of Assam; and a recent event at Agra.
Letter from N [Lord Northbrook?] to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a forthcoming event which Ellward is now unable to attend but Horace G Walpole is able to come to and asking Pelly to be there at 7.30. A postscript marked private and confidential tells Pelly to read an article in the following day's copy of Times which has been signed 'N'.