Mss Eur F699/1/2/12/3

Folder of papers originally included in a bundle with a cover sheet labelled ‘Applications made to Lord Canning in England regarding appointments in India - The names are entered in a small red book’ [see Mss Eur F699/1/2/12/1]. The papers mostly consist of speculative letters of application for employment in India addressed to Lord or Lady Canning from various individuals, either on their own behalf, or on that of relatives or other acquaintances. The original bundle was originally contained [along with the bundle which now forms Mss Eur F699/1/2/12/3] between two wooden boards labelled ‘Applications received in England and India before assuming the office of Governor General’, and most of the applications in this bundle were received before Lord Canning took up office as Governor General of India on 29 February 1856.

The letters are from the following individuals:

101. Captain W. Aubert, 34^th Bengal Native Infantry.

111. Lady Georgina Bathurst, recommending Revered F. Farrer, then Chaplain at Lahore, 9 October 1855.

113 to 114. Lady Bell, recommending Francis J. Bell Esq., solicitor, Calcutta, and John D. Bell Esq., barrister, Calcutta.

118. Reverend Henry Birch, recommending Mr Ernest Birch, Civil Service, 7 November 1855.

122. Sir George Couper Bart., recommending his son Mr Couper, Civil Service, Under Secretary to Foreign Department, 23 October 1855.

123. Miss Calvert, recommending Mr Dalzell [?], Civil Service, in England on leave 1855.

125. Lady Emily Dungarvan and Lady Barrington, recommending Pierce Taylor Esq., Judge at Baucoorah.

132. Earl Granville, recommending Mr. Oliphant, 28 October 1855.

138. William Knighton Esq., 20 August 1855.

139. Mrs H. Lindsay, recommending Mr John Dalrymple, then Private Secretary to the President of the Supreme Council.

141. Lord Lyttleton, recommending Captain Bristow, then in charge of the Khanpurh District near Mooltan, 5 November 1855.

142. George Meard, July 1855, received from Marchioness of Waterford.

144 to 145. Miss Maurice, recommending Mr Joseph Goodeve, Chancery Bar (144), and Tagore and his wife, converted Brahmins, 28 August 1855.

147. Countess of Mexbourgh, recommending Mr John Bennett, Postmaster General of Calcutta.

155. Lord James Stuart, recommending Mr Robert Christie.

156. Lord James Stuart, recommending Captain James Stuart Tighe, 8^th Madras Cavalry and Assistant Commissionr at Lahore, October 1855.

159. Sir Charles Trevelyan, recommending his brother Lieutenant Colonel Trevelyan, Bombay Artillery.

163. Honourable Reverend Grantham Yorke, recommending Reverend Matthias Barker, chaplain in Bengal, 18 August 1855.

164. to 165. Thomas Waterfield Esq., India Board, recommending Mr William Waterfield, Civil Service, at Calcutta, and Mr Edward Waterfield, Civil Service, at Balasore, 6 November 1855.

165. George Percival Leycester Esq., Civil Service, formerly Judge at Dacca and Chittagong.

168. Duke of Argyll, recommending Mr Arnold, 7 November 1855.

169. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, recommending Mr Couper, Under Secretary, Foreign Department (see number 122) and Mr Couper, Stud Department, 10 November 1855.

170. Mr John K. Fowler, recommending his brother, Mr Francis Fowler, 10 November 1855.

171. Alfred Curzon Esq., 13 November 1855.

172. Earl of Clarendon, recommending Lieutenant George F. Salmon Browne, 24^th Madras Native Infantry, holding a civil appointment in the Sauger Commission.

183. Dowager Countess of Somers, recommending Arthur Cocks Esq., Civil Service.

188a. Lord Palmerston, recommending Captain Elliot, 5^th Bengal Cavalry.

197. and 198. William Fraser McDonell, and John Bird Esq., recommended in a private letter to Lady Canning by Mrs H. Hamilton Lindsay, 15 November 1855.

200. Captain J.F. Stevenson, 26^th Madras Native Infantry, Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Tenassarim Provinces, recommended by Mrs Philip Lindsay in a private letter to Lady Canning, November 1855.

201. Papers including a general letter of recommendation for Mr Dudley Smith.

202. G.L. Ormonde, recommending Dr Macpherson, 2 October 1855.

203. Extract of letter from Mrs Portman, recommending Mr Evelyn Venables, Mercantile House of Messrs. Gladstone & Co., June 1856.

204. Viscount Fielding, recommending Captain Everard A. Phillipps, Ensign in the 11^th Regiment of Native Infantry, 25 December 1855.

205. R.J. Edgell, Captain 53^rd Regiment Native Infantry, 13 March 1856, recommended by Mrs Frances C. Bradshaw and General Sir Edward Bowater.

206. Marquess of Bute, recommending Dr Hood, Assistant Surgeon, 25 October 1855.