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IOR/H/502

Record Id:: 040-000004575
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-000004036
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000133
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/H/502
Title:: Military establishments.
Scope & Content:: (1) pp. i-vi, List of Contents as far as p. 411; pp. 417-19, List (unpaged) of Contents of pp. 421-569. (2) pp. 1-219, Correspondence with the Commander-in-Chief and the Secretary at War respecting the deficiencies in the Company's European Forces and the state of the King's Troops in India 7th Jan. 1803 to 6th Nov. 1805, including letters to and from H.R.H. Frederick Duke of York (Commander-in-Chief), Lord Castlereagh, John Roberts (Chairman), Jacob Bosanquet (Deputy Chairman), Lieut.-Gen. Harris (Commander-in-Chief, Madras), Lieut.-Gen. Gerard Lake (Commander-in-Chief in India), William Sydenham, Charles Yorke, William Brodrick, James Coggan, John Meheux, Benjamin Hobhouse, William Ramsay, Charles Bragge, W. F. Elphinstone (Chairman) and Charles Grant (Deputy Chairman). (3) pp. 63-70, Return of Men transferred to the Company's Service from 19th Aug. 1802 to 24th April 1803 at the Army Depôt, Isle of Wight, 23rd April 1803. (4) pp. 223-9, Draft of Board's Secret Letter to Bengal 18th Feb. 1805, Despatch of the 56th and 69th Regiments to India as reinforcements; pp. 231-3, Do., do. 10th Sept. 1805, The Army on the Western Frontier to be replaced on a war footing owing to the resistance of Bhurtpore and the hostile attitude of Sindhia and the Berar Raja. (5) pp. 235-99, Correspondence with the Commander-in-Chief respecting the relative rank of the King's and the Company's Officers 20th Feb. 1804 to 26th Nov. 1805, including Letters to and from H.R.H. Frederick Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief, Lord Castlereagh, Benjamin Hobhouse, William Ramsay, George Holford, Charles Grant (Chairman) and George Smith (Deputy Chairman). (6) pp. 303-411, Lord Castlereagh's correspondence (mostly private) with Marquis Wellesley (Governor-General), Earl Camden (Secretary of State) and Col. Gordon 17th Dec. 1802 to 22nd March 1805 relative to the state of the European Forces (both King's and Company's) in India. (7) pp. 421-569, Extracts from the Letters to Bengal and Madras 14th Jan. 1803 to 1st July 1805 on the Military Establishments.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000004036
040-000004575
Is part of:: IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous

IOR/H/502 : Military establishments.
Hierarchy:: 032-000004036[0277]/040-000004575
Container:: View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1802
End Date:: 1805
Date Range:: 1802-1805
Era:: CE
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