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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/1

Record Id:

040-003309889

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100029106782.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/1

Title:

Letters from and to Queen Victoria

Scope & Content:

Six letters from Queen Victoria to Charles Canning, Aug 1856 - Sep 1861, with copies of twelve replies from Charles Canning to Queen Victoria, Jul 1856 - Dec 1861. Also three letters to Lord de Tabley, written on behalf of Queen Victoria, Aug 1862 - Mar 1863 regarding possible return of her letters and permission to publish extracts from them.

The letters span the period of Charles Canning's service in India. They include reference to his early impression of the precarious nature of peace in India; information regarding the Indian Mutiny, including the relief of Lucknow and the engagement at Cawnpore; includes the views of the Queen and Lord Canning on 'the spirit of bitter revenge' shown by many English people towards Indians, and the Queen's support of Canning; includes details of the Queen's Proclamation of 1858; details Canning's progress through India in order to grant honours including the Order of British India, the Order of Merit and the new order of chivalry, the Star of India and describes receptions with various Princes and Chiefs of India; also includes a description by Lord Canning of Charlotte Canning's illness and death.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003256818
033-003309783
036-003309785
037-003309882
040-003309889

Is part of:

Mss Eur F699 : Papers of Charles Canning and Charlotte Canning, Earl and Countess Canning
Mss Eur F699/1 : Papers of Charles Canning, Viscount (later Earl) Canning
Mss Eur F699/1/1 : Governor General's Papers
Mss Eur F699/1/1/1 : Civil Correspondence: Letters Received

Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/1 : Letters from and to Queen Victoria

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Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0001]/036-003309785[0001]/037-003309882[0001]/040-003309889

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (21 items)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1856

End Date:

1863

Date Range:

21 Aug 1856-24 Mar 1863

Era:

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Former External References:

WYL250/9/1

Arrangement:

The letters are arranged into three sequences, the first two are bound into the volume while the letters to Lord de Tabley are loose in an envelope: Letters from Queen Victoria to Charles Canning (nos. 1-6); Copies of letters from Charles Canning to Queen Victoria (nos. 1-12); Letters to Lord de Tabley (nos. 1-3)

Information About Copies:

Microfilmed as part of The Indian Papers of the Rt. Hon. Charles John, Earl Canning: Governor General (1856-1858) and Viceroy (1858-1862), ISBN (microfilms): 978 1-85117-080-7 (Wakefield: Microform Academic Publishers, 2007).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

Item descriptions in this volume were produced by West Yorkshire Archive Service (WYAS) as part of a grant from the National Cataloguing Grant Fund.

Names:

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121443562
Warren, George Fleming, 2nd Baron de Tabley