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1. Mss Eur F126/78-95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/78-95
Title:
Sir Lewis Pelly's Baroda Papers
Scope & Content:
Papers, reports, correspondence, memorandums, notes and proclamations relating to events in Baroda 1873 to 1875 and Sir Lewis Pelly's appointment there as Special Commissioner. The events in question revolved around allegations of the maladministration of the Baroda State by Malhar Rao, Gaekwar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1880
Extent:

18 files (851 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/78
Title:
Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874
Scope & Content:
Report of the Baroda Enquiry Commission on the administration of the government of Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda. The Commission comprised Richard John Meade (President), Edward William Ravenscroft, Mumtazul Dowlah Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Colonel Alfred Thomas Etheridge and Thomas Duncan Mackenzie (...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1873-14 Feb 1874
Extent:

1 volume (249 folios)

3. Mss Eur F126/84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/84
Title:
Miscellaneous notes: Mr Aitchison and Capt. Baring
Scope & Content:
The correspondence focuses primarily on the Government of Bombay's handling of affairs in Baroda and their failure to reprimand Colonel Robert Phayre for his behaviour; the Government of India having taken over the managing of Baroda affairs and the Governor of Bombay, Sir Philip Wodehouse's dis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:

1 file, 4 items (52 folios)

4. Mss Eur F126/79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/79
Title:
Statement of Witnesses taken by Colonel Phayre
Scope & Content:
Statement of witnesses taken by Col Phayre, Resident at Baroda, of all those individuals who had access to his private office room between 6am and 7am on 9 November 1874 and could have been involved in the attempt to poison him. The statements were prepared by Messrs Hearn, Cleveland, and Lee ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1874-23 Nov 1874
Extent:

1 file (20 folios)

5. Mss Eur F126/85

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/85
Title:
Copies of official correspondence, proclamations and telegrams relating to Baroda
Scope & Content:
Copies of official telegrams and correspondence relating to the proclamation by Government of the arrest of the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao) on suspicion of the attempted murder of Colonel Robert Phayre; the Commission's relocation to Bombay in March 1875; its conclusions which differed between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1875-31 Mar 1875
Extent:

1 file, 22 items (47 folios)

6. Mss Eur F126/88

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/88
Title:
Private Letters to Lewis Pelly from Various Persons Concerning Affairs in Baroda.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the conclusion of the Baroda Commission and the production of the report on its findings, including a minute produced by Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) on the events of the previous two years and the findings of the Co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1875-30 Sep 1875
Extent:

1 file, 16 items (37 folios)

7. Mss Eur F126/94

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/94
Title:
Notes and Memoranda by Lewis Pelly on the Situation in Baroda
Scope & Content:
Drafts and copies of Pelly's reports, memorandums and notes on the situation in Baroda following his appointment there as Special Commissioner. The notes recount the period 1873-1874 and give background information on how the situation in Baroda arose; and the draft reports and memorandum consi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1875-Mar 1875
Extent:

1file, 5 items (40 folios)

8. Mss Eur F126/83

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/83
Title:
Printed Letters from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Viceroy of India, Lord Northbrook
Scope & Content:
The letters contain résumés for the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) on the state of affairs in Baroda state, focusing primarily on financial matters and the reforms needed to improve them. The résumés also assess disturbances by agriculturalists within Baroda state; the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1874-28 Dec 1874
Extent:

1 file, 2 items (12 folios)

9. Mss Eur F126/80

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/80
Title:
Letter appointing Lewis Pelly as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda, as a Temporary Measure
Scope & Content:
Letter No. 2564 P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, 25 November 1874, to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly informing him of his appointment as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda as a temporary measure whilst the Baroda Enquiry Commission...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1874
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

10. Mss Eur F126/92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/92
Title:
Memorandum from Lewis Pelly to Sir Richard Meade, his successor at Baroda, regarding the administration and organisation of the Residency
Scope & Content:
The following matters are detailed in the memorandum: The organisation of Lewis Pelly's private office, giving the location of various confidential and important papers kept there, along with the cypher code for confidential correspondence. The submission of progress reports regarding revenue ad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1875
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)