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Mss Eur F126/7, ff 251-252
- Record Id:
- 041-002747235
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022600149.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024102602.0x000066
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/7, ff 251-252
- Title:
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Draft letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, India Office to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton)
- Scope & Content:
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Draft copy of a letter regarding his recent engagement to Sir Rutherford Alcock's stepdaughter (Amy Henrietta Lowder); informing him that the wedding is to take place at Westminster Abbey on 1 August 1878; and observing that he was sure Lord Lytton's private secretary Owen Tudor Burne would have informed him already of his bride to be's family as Burne was well acquainted with them.
The letter briefly discusses the Anglo-Turkish convention and attempts to formulate a policy regarding relations as well as his hopes that it may some day expand to include Persia and Turkistan.
The letter goes on to discuss the news he receives from friends at the India Office; his disappointment at not getting a place on the Indian Council and that in consequence he proposes to return to India to either rejoin his appointment or to take up any other post that Lord Lytton may think suitable for him.
The letter also informs Lord Lytton that he has come into his off-reckoning but that he has not desire to retire at this time.
The letter, although undated was written sometime between May 1878, when Pelly's engagement to Amy Henrietta Lowder was announced, and 1 August 1878 when the marriage took place.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311284
040-002311291
041-002747235 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/1-11 : Personal and official correspondence and papers to and from Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/7 : Letters to Lewis Pelly from Individuals in Britain and India
Mss Eur F126/7, ff 251-252 : Draft letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, India Office to Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0001]/036-002311284[0007]/040-002311291[0102]/041-002747235
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000392
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1878
- End Date:
- 1878
- Date Range:
- 1878
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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