IOR/L/PS/9/68/167

Copies of correspondence and minutes concerning applications for the remuneration for services rendered of HM Minister to Persia [Iran], James Justinian Morier, and Elizabeth Clara Morier on behalf of her late husband, Isaac Morier, agent of the East India Company at Constantinople [Istanbul].

The correspondence and minutes relating to James Morier's unsuccessful application are:

• A letter from James Morier to the Chairs of the Secret Committee of the East India Company, dated 16 October 1816
• Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Correspondence of the East India Company, dated 8 November 1816
• Minutes of a meeting of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 13 November 1816.

Also included is a summary of Elizabeth Morier’s successful application for remuneration to the Court of Directors. Annexed with this application are:

• A copy of a letter from Isaac Morier to the Chairman of the Court of Directors, dated 11 March 1814
• An extract of a letter from former HM Minister to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Isaac Morier, dated 27 March 1810
• A copy of a letter from Jones to Isaac Morier, dated 30 November 1810
• A copy of a letter from Jones to the Secret Committee, dated 13 November 1810, an additional extract of which is also included in Elizabeth Morier’s application to the Court of Directors.

Also relating to Elizabeth Morier’s application are minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Correspondence, dated 5 December 1817.