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Mss Eur F699/1/1/4/6

Record Id:

040-003311804

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003256818

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100031112351.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/4/6

Title:

Miscellaneous Copy Letters Sent by the Governor General: 1856 to 1859

Scope & Content:

Copies of letters written by Charles Canning, primarily relating to military issues, but also in relation to appointments and patronage for individuals. Includes information pertaining to army reform, and the discontent amongst European Troops as a result of the Proclamation of Nov 1858, the so-called 'White Mutiny'. Although letters are written primarily from Calcutta and occasionally Barrackpore, those written between Feb 1858 and Jan 1859 are written from Allahabad. Letters are numbered 1-84 with list and detailed summaries of letters, continued in Mss Eur F699/1/1/4/7. For letters sent to Charles Canning by many of these correspondents see Mss Eur F699/1/1/3/11.

1. R. Therry, Sydney, New South Wales, 3 Mar 1856.

2. Earl of Shaftesbury, 31 Mar 1856.

3. Thomas B. Horsfall, London, 2 Apr 1856.

4. Lieutenant General Sir Henry Somerset, 29 Apr 1856.

5. Colonel Thomas F. Tait, 9 Jun 1856.

6. A. Buchanan, 9 Jun 1856.

7. Sir John Lawrence, Murree, 12 Jun 1856.

8. Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith, 30 Jun 1856.

9. Earl of Gosford, 5 Jul 1856.

10. Sir Frederick Pollock, 16 Jul 1856.

11. Earl of de Grey, 16 Jul 1856.

12. Major General Bell, Rangoon, 16 Jul 1856.

13. Hon. Barnes Peacock, 30 Jan 1857.

14. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, 30 Mar 1857.

15. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, 31 Mar 1857.

16. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, 2 Jan 1858.

17. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, 2 Jan 1858.

17a. Chief of the Staff [Sir William Mansfield], 16 Jan 1858, from Colonel Richard J.H. Birch.

18. Major Garrett, 1 Feb 1858.

18a. Lieutenant Colonel D. Pott, Mirzapore, 3 Feb 1858.

19. Major General Sir John B. Hearsey, 4 Feb 1858.

20. Major Vincent Eyre, Alum Bagh, Cawnpore, 6 Feb 1858.

21. Brigadier Lawrence, Camp Jubbulpore, 6 Feb 1858.

21a. Brigadier General Thomas Franks, 8 Feb 1858.

22. Brigadier General Neville Chamberlain, 17 Feb 1858

22a. Major General Henry Van Cortlandt, 17 Feb 1858.

23. Major General Sir Archdale Wilson, Cawnpore, 17 Feb 1858.

24. Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General, Calcutta, 21 Feb 1858.

25. Major General Sydney Cotton, 26 Feb 1858.

26. Major Joseph F. Richardson, Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, 10 Mar 1858.

27. Colonel Rowcroft, 11 Mar 1858.

28. Captain E. Sotheby, 11 Mar 1858.

29. Captain Chapman, Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry, 18 Mar 1858.

30. Major General Sir James Outram, Lucknow, 16 Mar 1858.

31. Colonel Lord Mark Kerr, Azimghur, 18 Apr 1858.

32. Major General Sir John Inglis, Calcutta, 20 Apr 1858.

33. Major General Sir John Inglis, Calcutta, 20 Apr 1858.

34. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Durand, Calcutta, 28 Apr 1858.

35. Major General George C. Whitlock, Banda, 28 Apr 1858.

36. Captain J.W. Vaughan, Gyah, 3 May 1858.

37. Major F.D. Atkinson, Deputy Secretary Military Department, Calcutta, 4 May 1858.

37a. HRH Albert, the Prince Consort, 5 May 1858.

38. Brigadier P. Gordon, Benares, 16 May 1858.

39. Brigadier D. Wood, 17 May 1858.

40. Sir George Grey, Cape Town, 6 Jun 1858.

41. Commodore Rundle Burges Watson, 6 Jun 1858.

42. Captain John Murray, Commanding Jat Horse, Bheekunpore, 12 Jun 1858.

43. Major General Sir Edward Lugard, 14 Jul 1858.

44. Brigadier D. Wood, Allahabad, 22 Jul 1858.

45. HRH Albert, the Prince Consort, 27 Jul 1858.

46. Lord Stanley, 28 Aug 1858.

47. Lord Stanley, 13 Sep 1858.

48. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Durand, 1 Oct 1858.

49. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General, 9 Oct 1858.

50. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General, 10 Oct 1858.

51. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General, 10 Oct 1858.

52. Lieutenant Colonel James Ramsay, Commissary General, 19 Oct 1858.

53. Major Stuart Wortley, 7 Nov 1858.

54. Lord Stanley, East India Board, London, 17 Nov 1858. Enclosed: Copies of letters from Brigadier Chute, Major General Sir William Mansfield, Major General Sir James Hope Grant, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Galway, 1^st Madras Fusiliers, Major General Richard J.H. Birch, Lieutenant Colonel Keith Young, Judge Advocate General’s Office, & William Ritchie, Advocate General, which accompanied the Governor General’s letters of 18 Nov to Lord Stanley re: discontent amongst European soldiers as a result of the Proclamation.

55. Lord Stanley, 17 Nov 1858.

56. Lord Stanley, East India House, London, 3 Dec 1858. Enclosed: Copy of draft service message from the Commander in Chief [Lord Clyde], Lucknow, to the Governor General, 30 Nov 1858, [not approved by Charles Canning].

57. Lord Stanley, East India House, 17 Dec 1858.

58. Brevet Major Hugh M. Jones, 24 Dec 1858.

59. Major General Sir William Mansfield, 30 Dec 1858.

60. Lord Stanley, 27 Dec 1858.

61. Major General George C. Whitlock, Banda, 31 Dec 1858.

62. Lord Stanley, 3 Jan 1859.

63. Lord Elphinstone, 7 Feb 1859.

64. Major General Sir James Hope Grant, Lucknow, 20 Feb 1859.

65. Lord Elphinstone, Bombay, 2 Mar 1859.

66. Lord Stanley, 18 Mar 1859.

67. Earl of St Germans, 18 Mar 1859.

68. Mr George F. Edmondstone, Allahabad, 10 May 1859.

69. Mr Thomas Tobin, Rodney Street, Liverpool, 10 May 1859.

70. Lord Stanley, East India House, London, 14 May 1859.

71. Lord Stanley, East India House, London, 26 May 1859.

72. Lieutenant General Sir James Outram, 19 Jun 1859.

73. Colonel Charles Stuart, 9 Jul 1859.

74. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India, 18 Jul 1859.

75. Lord Panmure, 30 Jul 1859.

76. Lord Belhaven, 30 Jul 1859.

77. Colonel J. Oliphant, 30 Jul 1859.

78. Sir James Outram, 3 Aug 1859.

79. Brigadier General Sir Robert Napier, 20 Aug 1859.

80. Major Harry B. Lumsden, Abbotabad, 1 Sep 1859.

81. Major General Sir James Hope Grant, Lucknow, 5 Sep 1859.

82. Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain, 17 Sep 1859.

83. Major General Sir James Hope Grant, Lucknow, 5 Sep 1859.

84. Sir Robert Napier, 22 Nov 1859.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003256818
033-003309783
036-003309785
037-003309887
040-003311804

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 F699/1/1/4 : Military Correspondence: Copy Letters Sent

Mss Eur F699/1/1/4/6 : Miscellaneous Copy Letters Sent by the Governor General: 1856 to 1859

Hierarchy:

032-003256818[0001]/033-003309783[0001]/036-003309785[0004]/037-003309887[0006]/040-003311804

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (89 items)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1856

End Date:

1859

Date Range:

3 Mar 1856-22 Nov 1859

Era:

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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).

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