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Mss Eur F83/4, f20
- Record Id:
- 041-002300908
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002300874
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001940.0x00028f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/4, f20
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Need fill up vacancies in High Court; leave of absence due to climate, and language difficulty, combined with flood of appeals from mofussil, are causing arrears of work to mount; comments on George Campbell (Judicial Commissioner of Oudh) whom he has appointed to officiate in High Court while De Lautour is on sick leave; notes importance of Native Judge holding his own with English colleagues and suggests appointment of Babu Sumbhu Nath Pandit (Government pleader on appellate side of High Court); case of Raja of Mysore; structure of military High Command, and potential for difficulty in present system where only control over C-in-C is exercised by Governor-General in Council in which Military Dept is represented by his subordinate officer; Rose is difficult to deal with; latter's proposal to make Simla permanent Army Headquarters rejected.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002300874
036-002300875
040-002300906
041-002300908 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F83 : Papers of 8th Earl of Elgin as Viceroy of India 1862-63
Mss Eur F83/1-32 : Correspondence
Mss Eur F83/4 : Letters from Governor-General to Secretary of State
Mss Eur F83/4, f20 : Letter from Elgin to Wood - Hierarchy:
- 032-002300874[0001]/036-002300875[0004]/040-002300906[0002]/041-002300908
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F83
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- 23 Sep 1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)