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Mss Eur F126/81, ff 52-100
- Record Id:
- 041-002753651
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002311283
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022866670.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023694721.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F126/81, ff 52-100
- Title:
- Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William
- Scope & Content:
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The enclosures relate to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, formerly Political Resident at Baroda, including the Colonels interviews with the staff at the Residency on duty the day of the poisoning, and the implication that the Gaekwar of Baroda had ordered it. Also discussed are the subsequent enquiry into the affairs of the Gaekwar, both financial and personal, and concerns that such an enquiry and any subsequent trial could lead to civil disturbances in Baroda.
The enclosed correspondence is between the Secretary to Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison and Frederick Henvey - Officiating Under-Secretary); Agent, Governor-General for Rajputana [Rājasthān] and Special Commissioner at Baroda (Lewis Pelly); the Viceroy of India (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook); the Advocate-General at Bombay (Andrew Scoble); and the Commissioner of Police at Bombay (Frank Henry Souter).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002311283
036-002311369
040-002311373
041-002753651 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F126 : Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/78-95 : Sir Lewis Pelly's Baroda Papers
Mss Eur F126/81 : Enclosures to Letters and Despatches to the Secretary of State for India regarding affairs in Baroda
Mss Eur F126/81, ff 52-100 : Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002311283[0009]/036-002311369[0004]/040-002311373[0002]/041-002753651
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F126
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 50 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000384
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1875
- End Date:
- 1875
- Date Range:
- 15 Jan 1875
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)