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IOR/H/342
- Record Id:
- 040-000004395
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000085
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/342
- Title:
- Respective powers of Court of Directors and Board of Control.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1-684, Disputes between the Court of Directors and the Board of Control as to their respective powers and the orders to be despatched to India, 1784 to 1791, on such subjects as the Restoration of dispossessed Rajas and Poligars, Dismissal of Gen. Stuart (the Board granted that the Company could dismiss its Servants, but claimed that it could not delegate this right in all cases to the Indian Governments), Lord Macartney's promotion of Gen. Ross Lang, the Surrender of the Assignment to the Nawab of Arcot, the Demands of the Nawab's British Creditors, Arrangements for the defence of the Carnatic, Application of Tanjore Arrears to payment of Nawab of Arcot's debts to the Company, Appointment of Cadets to Bengal, Appointment of Successors to the Governments of Madras and Bombay; pp. 287-306, Details with Counsel's opinions of the cases of Gen. Lang, Appointments of successors to the Governments of Madras and Bombay, Col. Nilson, Col. Ross, Surrender of Assignment to Nawab of Arcot, Col. Geils, Sir John Dalling, Appointments made by Sir A. Campbell, Right of Court of Directors to commend or censure their Servants, Powers of Board of Control over the Revenues of India, Gen. Stuart. (In Stuart's case the Company claimed that as he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the King's forces in India because he was Commander-in-Chief of the Company's forces, his dismissal from his post as a Company's Servant cancelled his Commission with the King's forces.) (2) pp. 685-8, Instances when Despatches to India have originated with the Board of Commissioners or have been settled by the Chairs in conjunction with the Board. (3) pp. 691-715, Correspondence between Court of Directors and the Board of Commissioners 1806-1806, Minor Cases such as that of Major Hart. (4) pp. 720-801, Case for the East India Company in reference to claim of the Board of Control to substitute a paragraph in the Court of Directors' Despatch and compel the Court to send the letter so altered. (5) pp. 803-901. Correspondence between the Board and the Court of Directors 1813 to 1819, Letters from or Opinions by William Adam, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, J. Dart (Secretary to the East India Company), C. R. Fenton, J. J. Harcourt, B. S. Jones, William MacCulloch, J. Mehew and W. Wright.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004395 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/342 : Respective powers of Court of Directors and Board of Control. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0143]/040-000004395
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1784
- End Date:
- 1819
- Date Range:
- 1784-1819
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 89036/5/1