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IOR/H/697
- Record Id:
- 040-000004794
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x0001ff
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/697
- Title:
- Mutiny European officers of the Madras Army.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. 1-631, Enclosures in Madras Secret Letter 10th Sept. 1809, relating to disturbances amongst the European Officers of the Madras Army (A large number of these letters are demi-official or secret and private), including:-- (2) Lieut.-Col. Thomas G. Montresor (Commanding at Secunderabad). pp. 5-9, 41-7, 53-4, 377-80, 429-30, 450-1, to Major-Gen. Gowdie (Commander-in-Chief) 15th May to 11th July 1809; pp. 15-20, 397-8, 565-74, to Lieut.-Col. R. Barclay 18th May to 24th July 1809; pp. 374-6, to Capt. Sydenham 18th July 1809; pp. 385-90, to Major George Neale (Commanding 1st Regt. N.C.) n.d.; pp. 445-50, to Lieut.-Col. S. Doveton 10th July 1809. (3) pp. 9-14, Major-Gen. F. Gowdie (Commander-in-Chief) to Lieut.-Col. Montresor 23rd May 1809. (4) Lieut.-Col. R. Barclay (Military Secretary). pp. 20-2, 463-4, to Lieut.-Col. Montresor 27th May and 15th July 1809; pp. 155-61, 171-2, to Lieut.-Col. John Malcolm 12th and 22nd July 1809; pp. 419-24, 462-3, to Capt. Thomas Sydenham 15th and 28th July 1809; pp. 460-1, 489-90, 509-11, 628-31, to Col. Barry Close 15th July to 4th Aug. 1809; pp. 466-8, to Officers Commanding Divisions 21st July 1809; pp. 468-70, to Arthur Henry Cole (Residency Secretary, Mysore) 21st July 1809; pp. 474-7, to Col. Henry Davis [21st July 1809]; pp. 482-8, 514-5, to Lieut.-Col. Ross Lang 15th and 26th July 1809; pp. 512-4, to Major-Gen. John Pater (Commanding Ceded Districts) 26th July 1809; pp. 521-5, to Lieut.-Col. S. Irton 27th July 1809. (5) Officers of the Hyderabad Force. pp. 25-7, to the Officers of the Army 20th May 1809; pp. 27-9, to Lieut.-Col. John Chalmers [20th May 1809]; pp. 29-31, to Lieut.-Col. John Bell (Commanding the Artillery) [20th May 1809]; pp. 31-4, to Lieut.-Col. A. St. Leger [20th May 1809]; pp. 34-7, to Capt. Josiah Marshall (Secretary, Military Board) [20th May 1809]; pp. 49-53, to Governor Barlow 15th June 1809; p. 373, to Major J. M. Vernon (Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief) 11th July 1809; pp. 381-4; 399-402, to Lieut.-Col. Montresor 18th and 21st July 1809. (6) pp. 57-60, Major S. Storey (in charge, Masulipatam) to Adjutant-General (T. H. S. Conway) 26th June 1809. (7) Lieut.-Col. James Innis (Commanding Madras European Regiment at Masulipatam). pp. 71-86, 96-104, 265-6, 268-9, 280-93, to the Adjutant-General 26th and 29th June 1809; pp. 87-8, 93-6, to Commander of H.M.'s ships at Masulipatam 24th June 1809; pp. 274-5, 277, 322-34, 343-4, 356-7, to Lieut. Nixon (Adjutant of the Madras European Regiment) 27th May 1809; pp. 257-64, 294-318, to Lieut.-Col. J. Malcolm 19th and 20th July 1809; pp. 346-7, to Lieut. D. Forbes 5th June 1809; pp. 348, to Lieut. J. S. Spankie [5th June 1809]; p. 351, to Lieut. G. G. Maitland [5th June 1809]. (8) A. Falconer (Chief Secretary). pp. 88-9, to Lieut.-Col. Innis 22nd June 1809; pp. 425-6, to Capt. Thomas Sydenham 29th July 1809; pp. 497-509, 526-7, 534-5, to Col. W. Wilkinson 26th to 28th July 1809; pp. 531-3, to Lieut.-Col. P. Stewart, n.d.; pp. 535-6, to Lieut.-Col. B. Forbes 28th July 1809; pp. 536-7, to Col. H. Davis 28th July 1809. (9) pp. 89-92, Capt. Charles Foote (H.M. Piedmoutaise) to Lieut.-Col. J. Innis 24th June 1809. (10) pp. 107-10, Extract from Madras Gazette 24th Jan. 1809, Lieut.-Gen. Hay Macdowall's speech when reviewing the Madras European Regiment (under Col. Aldwell Taylor) at Masulipatam. (11) Lieut.-Col. John Malcolm (Resident at Mysore). pp. 111-44, 163-6, 184-221, 230-2, to Governor Barlow 4th July to 1st Aug. 1809; pp. 145-52, 166-9, 175-83, to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 7th to 21st July 1809; pp. 222-9, 361-9, Extracts from Journal of 18th July 1809; pp. 233-56, to Major-Gen. Gowdie 1st Aug. 1809. (12) Capt. T. H. S. Conway (Adjutant-General). pp. 267, 279-80, to Officer Commanding the Northern Division 27th May and 8th June 1809; pp. 318-22, 341-3, to Officer Commanding the Madras European Regiment 17th and 18th May 1809. (13) pp. 267-8, Lieut. F. N. Balmain (Acting Adjutant-General) to Officer Commanding the Northern Division 31st May 1809. (14) Officers of the Madras European Regiment. pp. 269, 275, to Lieut. G. L. Nixon (Adjutant) 27th May 1809; pp. 270-3, 334-7, 353-5, to the Adjutant-General 24th to 27th May 1809; pp. 275-7, 337-40, 358-60, to Lieut.-Col. J. Innis 25th and 27th May 1809. (15) Lieut. D. Forbes. pp. 344-5, to Lieut.-Col. Innis 22nd May 1809; p. 345, to the Adjutant-General 22nd May 1809. (16) Lieut. J. S. Spankie. pp. 347-8, to Lieut.-Col. Innis, n.d.; pp. 349-50, to Governor Barlow 24th May 1809. (17) pp. 350, 352, Lieut. G. G. Maitland to Lieut.-Col. Innis, 24th May 1809. (18) Capt. Thomas Sydenham (Resident at Hyderabad). pp. 374, 393-6, 402-11, 578-83, to Governor Barlow 18th to 28th July; pp. 593-7, to Lieut.-Col. S. Doveton 28th July 1809. (19) Lieut.-Col. S. Doveton (Commanding Detachment in Berar). pp. 431-2, to Officer commanding Hyderabad Subsidiary Force 6th July 1809; pp. 432-4, to Major-Gen. Gowdie 6th July 1809; pp. 451-3, to Lieut.-Col. Montresor 7th July 1809. (20) pp. 435-44, Officers of the Corps at Jaulnah to Major-Gen. Gowdie 6th July 1809, with an Address to Lord Minto. (21) Sir George Hilaro Barlow (Governor of Madras). pp. 457-9, to Col. Barry Close 14th July 1809; pp. 464-6, 537, to Sir Thomas Maitland (Governor of Ceylon) 15th and 28th July 1809. (22) pp. 472-4, 491-5, 625-7, Col. W. Wilkinson (Commanding Southern Division of the Army) to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 18th to 30th July 1809. (23) pp. 474-7, Col. H. Davis (Commanding in Mysore) to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 20th July 1809. (24) pp. 477-81, 538-9, Major-Gen. Robert Croker (Commanding at Bellary) to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 20th and 25th July 1809. (25) pp. 486-8, 557-63, 575-6, Lieut.-Col. Ross Lang (Commanding at Vellore) to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 22nd to 29th July 1809. (26) pp. 516-7, Major Valentine Blacker (Deputy Quartermaster-General) to [? Col. Wilkinson] 26th July 1809. (27) Lieut.-Col. P. Stuart or Stewart (Commanding in Travancore). pp. 529-31, to A. Falconer 16th July 1809; pp. 540-2, 549-51, 554-6, to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 21st to 23rd July 1809; pp. 601-8, to Col. Colin Macaulay 23rd July 1809. (28) pp. 542-6, A. H. Cole (in charge, Mysore Residency) to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 26th July 1809. (29) Col. Colin Macaulay (Resident in Travancore). pp. 548, 563-4, 601, to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 20th to 24th July 1809; pp. 551-3, to Lieut.-Col. Stuart 20th July 1809. (30) pp. 564-5, K. Macaulay [? Assistant Surgeon] to Col. Colin Macaulay, n.d. (31) pp. 576-8, 599-600, Lieut.-Col. Benjamin Forbes (Commanding in Malabar and Canara) to Lieut.-Col. Barclay 21st to 25th July 1809. (32) pp. 608-19, Col. Barry Close (Resident at Poona) to Lieut.-Col Barclay 24th July 1809. (33) pp. 619-22, Major W. Blackburn (Resident at Tanjore) to Governor Barlow 1st Aug. 1809.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
036-000004791
040-000004794 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/695-700 : Mutiny of the European officers of the Madras Army 1809
IOR/H/697 : Mutiny European officers of the Madras Army. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000004036[0390]/036-000004791[0003]/040-000004794
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/H
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1809
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 1809
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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