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Mss Eur F126/2

Record Id:

040-002311286

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002311283

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00037a

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023523379.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F126/2

Title:

Letters from Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, and other members of the Frere family

Scope & Content:

Correspondence to Lewis Pelly from Sir Bartle Frere, his wife Lady Catherine Frere, his niece Constance Eliza Frere and his brother William Edward Frere.

The correspondence with Sir Bartle Frere primarily discusses matters in India, the Gulf and Tehran and includes discussions on telegraphs, military forces and explorations of central Asia.

Lady Catherine's correspondence focuses on family matters and provides news of their five children, the family's health, travel arrangements and occasional updates from the British press including the reporting of the murder of the Calcutta Judge John Norman Paxton.

The correspondence from William Edward Frere primarily concerns Frere's work in Mauritius and Sir Bartle Frere and Pelly's anti-slavery mission to Zanzibar and Muscat.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002311283
036-002311284
040-002311286

Is part of:

Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1-11 : Personal and official correspondence and papers to and from Lewis Pelly

Mss Eur F126/2 : Letters from Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, and other members of the Frere family

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002311283[0001]/036-002311284[0002]/040-002311286

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file, 21 items (59 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x00037a

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1859

End Date:

1875

Date Range:

11 Feb 1859-26 Feb 1875

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

This file has a foliation number in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. Some of the folios have been renumbered, and the numbers no longer in use have been crossed through with a pencil line.

Arrangement:

The correspondence has been arranged in chronological order according to date, with undated items being placed at the rear of the file.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Frere, Catherine, née Arthur, wife of Sir Henry Bartle Frere, 1821-1899
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971