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Mss Eur F88/157
- Record Id:
- 040-000678957
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x0002a5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/157
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1856-1858
- Scope & Content:
- Includes letters from Captain James Edward Katon; Anne Elizabeth Bontine [nee Anne Elizabeth Elphinstone Fleeming]; Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden; William Cunninghame Bontine; Morgan Lloyd; Mrs Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden [nee Clementina Elphinstone Fleeming]; Mrs Catalina Paulina Katon [widow of Charles Fleeming Elphinstone]; and Mr A Begbie. Topics of correspondence include the promotion to Post Captain received by Captain Katon; the ill health of William Cunninghame Bontine; the birth of two daughters by Viscountess Hawarden; the birth and death of Mary Keith Lloyd's child [nee Mary Keithy Elphinstone] and her increasingly worsening ill health; the troubles over the Cumbernauld estate and it being entailed to John Elphinstone; proposed visits to Hookwood and other general news about friends and family. Some of the letters have brief annotations by Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding his response
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000678957 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F88 : Elphinstone Collection (2): Private Papers, Correspondence and Journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service…
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 3 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives at home
Mss Eur F88/157 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1856-1858 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/157/1 : Letter from Captain James Edward Katon at Copsefield Cottage, Spencer Road, Ryde, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/2 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Finlaystone, Port Glasgow, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/3 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Finlaystone, Port Glasgow, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/4 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Copsefield Cottage, Ryde, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/5 : Letter from Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden at 11 St George's Road, Eccleston Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/6 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Stewarts Hotel, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/7 : Letter from William Cunninghame Bontine at Stewarts Hotel, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/8 : Letter from Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden at 11 St George's Road, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/9 : Letter from Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden at 11 St George's Road, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/10 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Hookwood, to Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden
Mss Eur F88/157/11 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Stewarts Hotel, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/12 : Letter from Captain James Edward Katon at Copsefield Cottage, Spencer Road, Ryde, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/13 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at 68 Lowndes Square, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/14 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Hookwood, to Cornwallis Maude
Mss Eur F88/157/15 : Letter from Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden at 11 St Georges Road, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a letter…
Mss Eur F88/157/16 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Hookwood, to Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden
Mss Eur F88/157/17 : Letter from Mrs Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden at 11 St George's Road, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/18 : Letter from Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden at Nenagh, Ireland, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/19 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Hookwood, to Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden, with a copy of Thomas…
Mss Eur F88/157/20 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Finlaystone, Port Glasgow, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/21 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Finlaystone, Port Glasgow, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/22 : Letter from Mrs Anne Elizabeth Bontine at Finlaystone, Port Glasgow, to her uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/23 : Letter from William Cunninghame Bontine at Finlaystone, Port Glasgow, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/24 : Letter from Morgan Lloyd at 96 Upper Ebury Street, Easton Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/157/25 : Letter from Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden at 11 St George's Road, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of Mss Eur F88/157 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0095]/040-000678957
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 178 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 06 Jan 1856-27 Dec 1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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