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Mss Eur F213/27, p121
- Record Id:
- 041-002301965
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002301764
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x00003b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F213/27, p121
- Title:
- Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie
- Scope & Content:
- News of disaster of Chilianwala (which made a greater impression on public mind even than the Kabul massacre) has led with 48 hours to appointment today of Sir Charles Napier to succeed Gough; he, Lord Russell, and the Cabinet have given Dalhousie complete support, and is therefore pained and surprised at Dalhousie's complaint in his last letter [of 22 January] that Govt and Directors have retained Gough in command as though that were against Dalhousie's expressed wishes; argues at length and with some asperity that neither Dalhousie's private letters to himself (of which he encloses extracts), nor his Despatches to Secret Committee, nor his private letters to the Chairman, have given any hint that Dalhousie wanted Gough replaced; Hobhouse has made so much of the matter because of rumour that Dalhousie has made his complaint known to others; refers to Dalhousie's political connections; Dalhousie has right not to submit in silence to destruction of his reputation, but his first care should not be for himself but for the public good; has written candidly; cannot consent to be on terms of friendship if there is an expectation that one day they will be enemies, and will continue to write as before unless Dalhousie wishes for change in which case Hobhouse will write only through Secret Committee; Russell has written to Dalhousie about Gough; two more regiments being despatched even though Dalhousie has told Chairman he does not want them; Capt Ramsay.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002301764
036-002301791
040-002301942
041-002301965 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F213 : Papers of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, as President of the Board of Control 1835-41 and 1846-52
Mss Eur F213/21-28 : John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton, President of the Board of Control 1846-52: correspondence with persons in India and…
Mss Eur F213/27 : Letters to the Governor-General, Governors and others in India and elsewhere. Personal name index. [Formerly H.859]
Mss Eur F213/27, p121 : Letter from Hobhouse to Dalhousie - Hierarchy:
- 032-002301764[0008]/036-002301791[0007]/040-002301942[0023]/041-002301965
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F213
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1849
- End Date:
- 1849
- Date Range:
- 7 Mar 1849
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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