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IOR/L/PS/12/108
- Record Id:
- 040-000555106
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00017f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042014353.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/108
- Title:
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PZ 2775/34 ‘Mrs Margaret Howson – Application for financial assistance towards maintenance and outfit of her son, WR Howson, King’s India cadet at Sandhurst’
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains mainly correspondence and notes by India Office officials, relating to the applications of Mrs Margaret Howson, widow of a former British Consul at Bandar Abbas who died in 1918, for the grant of additional financial assistance from the Government of India in the 1930s, on grounds of personal hardship. The file begins with her first and successful application in 1934, for help towards the upkeep of her younger son in his final year of officer training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The file ends with her unsuccessful applications in 1935 and 1938 for the grant of a Government of India pension in her old age. The correspondence contains numerous letters written by Mrs Howson after her return to England in 1933, which are addressed mainly to the India Office in London. The file also contains two private letters of support for her hardship case, from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick O’Connor respectively, both retired, to the Government of India in 1935.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555106 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/108 : PZ 2775/34 ‘Mrs Margaret Howson – Application for financial assistance towards maintenance and outfit of her son, WR… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0109]/040-000555106
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (65 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00017f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 21 Apr 1934-27 May 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 65; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- PZ 2775/1934
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)