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Coll 20/8 'Muscat: Appointment of Financial Adviser: Mr S. E. Hedgcock' [183r] (366/696)
The record is made up of 1 file (345 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1930-1 Jun 1932. 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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Levy Commandant,(in command of 150 men)-Rs 1,400 plus pension
plus free orderly,
I drew the attention of the President of the Muscat Council
of State, and of the Foreign Secretary, to th© undesirability
of having in charge fif Muscat 1 s finances an official who
could not make ends meet on his pay. Both were sympathetic,
the latter admitting that it was not mauh, and suggesting that
I should take up the question with the Government of India
when Musc4t had achieved solvency#
This one question of dissatisfaction was thus under
process of amicable agreement, and can hardly be advanced as
an argument for terminating my services*
Lastly, and most important, what weight can the athorities
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at 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.
fairly attach to Colonel Biscoe’s adverse
commentsT It must be remembered that most of his criticisms
were made while he was on leave, and were based on his recoil-
lections of the shock caused by my proposed reforms. By the
time he returned to the Gulf, every single one of the drastic,
hasty, unreasonable and politically insound proposals of the
femperamentally unsuitable Financial Adviser had been quietly
accepted by the local representative* of the Government of
India. As a matter of fact, the wheel has come full circle
at Muscat, though too late to be of benefit to myself.
Further, was Colonel Biscoe quite unbiassed in his judge
ments! Nothing is more annoying to a senior official than for
a junior 1 s contrary opinions to turn out to be correct} and th»*
was constantly happening at Muscat, I realized that to press
my financial arguments to the point of resignation would
hardly endear me to Colonel Biscoe, but that course became
necessary in the interests of the government I served* I am
"prepared to take the punishments or rewards" of my action; at
the same time, I look to 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.
for an impartial
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The file contains correspondence, minutes, and notes connected to the appointment and resignation of Stuart Edwin Hedgcock as Financial Adviser to the Muscat Government. The principal correspondents are Hedgcock himself, the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, 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. , Major Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Muscat, various officials at 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 Council of Ministers to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Other correspondence is from the Colonial Office, Ministry of Labour, and High Commissioner in Iraq.
The papers cover the disagreement over the reasons for Hedgcock's resignation in April 1931, the circumstances under which it was withdrawn and then accepted, and Hedgcock's numerous representations to 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. for help clearing his name. The correspondence also deals with his initial appointment, terms of employment, and arrangements for travel to Muscat.
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- 1 file (345 folios)
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The file is in rough chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 347; 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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- Title
- Coll 20/8 'Muscat: Appointment of Financial Adviser: Mr S. E. Hedgcock'
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 11r:18v, 22r:22v, 25r:43v, 45r:48v, 50r:58v, 61r:65v, 68r:88v, 92r:94v, 97r:97v, 100r:119r, 120r:290v, 292r:299v, 301r:318v, 326r:334v, 341r:347v, back
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