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Coll 29/37 'Bandar Abbas: appointment of Vice Consul; status and jurisdiction; grant of special pension to Mr G A Richardson Indian Medical Department after 30 years' service in the Foreign and Political Department' [114r] (230/272)
The record is made up of 1 file (134 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1930-19 May 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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Gopy of a letter £o« dated tde 14tn June 1930
frott Mr# Qm A# ucfc&ruson, 0#ii#d# 9 M#^«M f e Goneui li
Aeeietent to tue aeeident* Bandar AMdaa to tde Hon* die
the
political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in U 20 Persian iiuJX •
Wim reference to paresrapd 2 or foreign and
Political Departaent letter Ho# I># 4304*4/^9 dated the
26th March ii*5G # a copy of ehich me furnished to ne In
ciceidency endorsement Bo# 900 of the 14th April I930 t l
have the honour to euhnit the followim; facts for your
kind consideration in respect of sqr pensionary prospects#
&* Between September xm& and June 1901, l served
as an Aesletant surgeon In toe Indian Medical Department,
being the oedalllst of the year and heading the list of
Assistant Burgeons mo passed out ef Uie Grant Medical
Oollege lit IB90 for service In the Bombay and Bengal
Presidencies# Buring the mix years actually passed la
the Medical Department, X ms for a time a second class
Assistant Burgeon and later on reorganisation ef the
s*mce, classified as third class# For the past twenty-
five or thirty years during which 1 have lost touch with
the Medical amrti ce» 1 have been shown in the Amy list
as a fourth Class As si stent Surgeon#
3# Owing to a mall service rendered in connection
with negotiations with the Sheikh of Kuwait in 1900,
Go lone 1 Kemball, then Political deal den t in the lerslait
Gulf reeoseionded me for service in the political Department.
In June 1901, 1 was offered and accepted the
pest ef His Majesty * 0 Vice-Oonsul at Bedeldah under the
London Foreign Office, and was granted ills Majesty 1 #
Commission as such. I served in the above capacity till
October 1914 and had on two occasions in the meantime acted
ae His itajesty’s Consul at Jeddan#
OB
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- Content
The file mostly concerns appointments at the Bandar Abbas Consulate.
The file contains:
- appointment of George Alexander Richardson as Vice-Consul with local rank of Consul at Bandar Abbas, in 1930
- proposed grant of a special retiring pension to George Alexander Richardson
- Government of India's proposal to revive post of Vice-Consul at Bandar Abbas and to abolish post of Vice-Consul at Kerman, from 1943
- raising of Bandar Abbas Vice-Consulate to status of a Consulate, in 1943
- appointment of T E Rogers as Consul of Bandar Abbas, in 1944.
The file is composed of correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, the 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. , and the Government of India.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (134 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 135; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3598
- Title
- Coll 29/37 'Bandar Abbas: appointment of Vice Consul; status and jurisdiction; grant of special pension to Mr G A Richardson Indian Medical Department after 30 years' service in the Foreign and Political Department'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:135r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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