Letters from Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, and other members of the Frere family

Content

Correspondence to Lewis Pelly from Sir Bartle Frere, his wife Lady Catherine Frere, his niece Constance Eliza Frere and his brother William Edward Frere.

The correspondence with Sir Bartle Frere primarily discusses matters in India, the Gulf and Tehran and includes discussions on telegraphs, military forces and explorations of central Asia.

Lady Catherine's correspondence focuses on family matters and provides news of their five children, the family's health, travel arrangements and occasional updates from the British press including the reporting of the murder of the Calcutta Judge John Norman Paxton.

The correspondence from William Edward Frere primarily concerns Frere's work in Mauritius and Sir Bartle Frere and Pelly's anti-slavery mission to Zanzibar and Muscat.

Extent and format

1 file, 21 items (59 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 1-2

Letter from Lady Catherine Frere to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 3-4

Letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 5-6

Letter from Lady Catherine Frere to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 7-8

Letter from Constance E Frere, Attamout to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 9-10

Letter from Sir Bartle Frere, Mahabuleshwar to Lewis Pelly

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 11-14

Sir Bartle Frere, Matheran to Lewis Pelly

12 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 15-20

Lady Catherine Frere, Parell [Parel, Bombay] to Lewis Pelly

6 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 21-23

William Edward Frere, Bitton, near Bristol to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 24-25

Sir Bartle Frere, Marseilles to Lewis Pelly

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, f 26

Sir Bartle Frere, India Office to Lewis Pelly

10 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 27-31

Catherine? Frere, Wessil Lodge, Wimbledon to Lewis Pelly

7 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 32-35

Lady Catherine Frere, Wessil Lodge, Wimbledon to Lewis Pelly

6 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 36-38

William Edward Frere, Mauritius to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 39-40

William Edward Frere, Mauritius to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 41-42

Sir Bartle Frere, on board the Peninsular and Oriental Steamer Indus to Lewis Pelly

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 43-46

Lady Catherine Frere and Sir Bartle Frere, 22 Princes Gardens, South Kensington to Lewis Pelly

6 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 47-49

Sir Bartle Frere, India Office to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 50-51

Lady Catherine Frere to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 52-53

Catherine Frere, Wessil Lodge, Wimbledon to Lewis Pelly

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 54-57

Catherine Frere to Lewis Pelly

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/2, ff 58-59

Arrangement

The correspondence has been arranged in chronological order according to date, with undated items being placed at the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

This file has a foliation number in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle. Some of the folios have been renumbered, and the numbers no longer in use have been crossed through with a pencil line.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/2

History of this record

Date(s)

11 Feb 1859-26 Feb 1875 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Catherine Frere

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