Demi Official Correspondence from the Viceroy, Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook and the Foreign Secretary, Charles Umpherston Aitchison, regarding Baroda

Content

The correspondence is all from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India to Sir Lewis Pelly regarding his appointment as Special Commissioner at Baroda.

The correspondence discusses Pelly's work as Special Commissioner, which included facilitating the Commission which is tasked with enquiring into the allegations that Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda ordered the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre; and maintaining the administration of the state during the period of the enquiry.

Many of the letters are marked 'private' or confidential' as the Viceroy wished Pelly to be able to be as frank as necessary in his correspondence with himself and Aitchison in order to discuss any and all matters relating to Baroda and to give his opinions on everything that was happening there.

Extent and format

1 file, 17 items (55 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter No.1 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 2-3

Letter No.2 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 4-5

Letter No.3, from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 6-9

Letter from Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 10-11

Letter from Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India, Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 12-17

Letter from Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India, Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 18-21

Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 22-23

Letter No.4 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 24-25

Letter No.5 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 26-27

Letter No.6 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 28-29

Letter No.7 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 30-31

Letter No.8 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 32-33

Letter Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Barrackpore to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 34-41

Letter from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 42-45

Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 46-47

Letter from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Delhi to Sir Lewis Pelly

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 48-53

Notes by Lewis Pelly regarding a telegram sent by the Viceroy

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/82, f 54

Arrangement

The letters have been arranged according to the index (folio 1) which covers the first seventeen letters in the file. The remaining two letters not covered by the index have been placed chronologically after those of the index.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located 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.

Binding: The correspondence was originally tied together with a piece of pink ribbon. The ribbon has been removed in order to enable the letters to be read, and has been placed in a plastic sleeve for protection. The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness of the digital image of the binding.

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 F126/82

History of this record

Date(s)

8 Dec 1874-28 Mar 1875 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Government of India, Foreign SecretaryHigh Court of Judicature, Advocate-General, Bombay

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Demi Official Correspondence from the Viceroy, Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook and the Foreign Secretary, Charles Umpherston Aitchison, regarding Baroda, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/82, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001524.0x000385> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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