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Mss Eur F126/13, ff 107-130

Record Id:

041-002431261

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002311283

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000007277.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023550598.0x000027

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F126/13, ff 107-130

Title:

'Testimonials to work of Lewis Pelly'

Scope & Content:

Volume of printed and handwritten testimonials covering the period 1857 to 1873. The cover of the volume has a number of annotations in Pelly's handwriting including recording that this is his own copy of his testimonials dated 13 August 1873 and querying where certain recognitions are.

Some of the printed testimonials are copies of the volume of handwritten testimonials also included in the file.

The volume has been arranged according to positions held:

Assistant Commissionership in Sind (ff. 107-109):

Letter No. 40 of 1857 from Brigadier-General John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee to The Right Honorable Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council, Bombay, 11 February 1857.
Resolution No. 849 of 1857 from H Young, Officiating Chief Secretary to Government, Territorial Department, Revenue, Bombay Castle to The Acting Commissioner in Sind, 21 February 1857.
Extract of paragraph 20 of letter No. 5091 from the Government of Bombay to the Commissioner in Sind, 27 November 1857.

Jagheer Commission (f. 110) - there are no testimonials under this heading.

Teheran [Tehran] Mission (ff. 111-113):

Extracts from letter No. 94 from Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob, Acting Commissioner in Sind, to the Right Honorable Lord Elphinstone, Governor and President in Council, Bombay, 8 August 1856.
Extract from a Despatch from Sir Henry Rawlinson, India Office to Sir George Clerk, 9 July 1859.
Letter from H R Grenfell, India Office to Captain Lewis Pelly, 26 October 1859.
Letter from J Russell, Foreign Office to Captain Pelly, 19 September 1860.
Letter from C Alison, Teheran to Major Pelly, 10 September 1860.

Persian Gulf (ff. 116-125):

Resolution No. 1572 from the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 21 May 1863.
Extract from despatch No. 7 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, 9 February 1864.
Extract from letter No. 2228 from the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 16 July 1863.
Extract, Paragraph 5, of Despatch No.5 of 1864 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, 9 February 1864.
Extract from letter No. 41 from the Officiating Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 7 January 1864.
Extract, Paragraph 2, of Despatch No.14 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, 8 June 1865.
Extract from letter No. 859 from the Officiating Secretary to Government of Bombay, 28 March 1864.
Extract from letter No. 3986 from the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 31 December 1864.
Extract from letter No. 72 from the Secretary to the Government of India, 24 January 1865.
Extract from Despatch No. 31 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, 16 October 1865.
Telegram from Sir Bartle Frere, Bombay, to Colonel Pelly, Bushire, 27 March 1865.
Telegram from Sir Bartle Frere, to Colonel Pelly, Bushire, 28 March 1865.
Extract from letter No. 905 from the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 11 April 1865.
Extract from letter No. 347 from the Secretary to the Government of India, 29 April 1865.
Extract from Despatch No.31 from Her Majestys' Secretary of State for India, 16 October 1865.
Extract from letter No. 1364 from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 3 June 1865.
Extract, Paragraphs 6 and 7, Despatch No. 31, from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, 16 October 1865.
Extract from letter No.1821 from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 24 March 1866.
Letter No.16, Political, from Lord Cranborne, India Office to His Excellency the Honorable the Governor in Council, Bombay, 28 February 1867 enclosing letter No.37, dated 28 February 1867.
Telegram from the Foreign Secretary to Colonel Pelly, 13 September 1867.
Extract, Paragraph 3, Despatch No. 94 from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, 23 November 1867.
Service Message from the Foreign Secretary, Simla to Colonel Pelly, Shiraz, 29 July 1868.
Telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Simla to Colonel Pelly, 5 August 1868.
Letter No.1228 from Walter Scott Seton-Karr, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department-Political, Simla to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 22 October 1868.
Letter No. 2901 from Charles Gonne, Acting Chief Secretary to Government , Bombay Castle, to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 28 October 1868.
Extract from letter No. 1062 from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, 31 July 1869.
Extract from letter No. 1066 A from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, 31 July 1869 [mistyped as 1862].
Telegram from The Viceroy, Calcutta, to Colonel Pelly, Angaum [Henjam], Persian Gulf, 9 December 1869.
Telegram from the Viceroy, Calcutta, to Colonel Pelly, Angaum, 10 December 1869.
Letter No. 151P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 20 January 1870.
Letter No. 3243 from William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay, to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 17 October 1870.
Letter No. 1296A from William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 29 March 1871.
Letter No. 151P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [Calcutta], to William Wedderburn, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 17 January 1872.
Letter No. 3411 from Charles Gonne, Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay Castle to The Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 10 June 1872.
Letter No. 1449P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla, to Charles Gonne, Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay, 1 July 1872.

Handwritten testimonies - Sir Bartle Frere's Special Mission to Zanzibar and Muscat 1872 to 1873 (ff. 126-130):

Letter No. 1271P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 13 June 1873.
Letter from Granville (2nd Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary), Foreign Office, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 9 July 1873.
Extract from a letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Earl Granville, 30 June 1873.
Letter No. 5289 of 1873 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo, 26 August 1873.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002311283
036-002311296
040-002311298
041-002431261

Is part of:

Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/12-28 : General papers relating to Sir Lewis Pelly's Career and personal interests
Mss Eur F126/13 : Extracts from Letters acknowledging Pelly's Services to Government which he used as Letters of Testimonial

Mss Eur F126/13, ff 107-130 : Testimonials to work of Lewis Pelly

Hierarchy:

032-002311283[0002]/036-002311296[0002]/040-002311298[0039]/041-002431261

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Record Type (Level):

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Extent:

24 folios

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https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000398

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1857

End Date:

1873

Date Range:

11 Feb 1857-26 Aug 1873

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Binding: The volume was originally tied together with red and yellow thread, which has been removed for conservation purposes and placed at the back of the volume in a plastic sleeve. The plastic sleeve may cause a loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

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