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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [‎77r] (164/412)

The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 1903?. 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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No. 445.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 27th October 1902, 9-50 p. m. (Peed. 28th, 9 a. m.)
The following telegram has been sent to Resident at Aden today:—•
<£ Somaliland. On the arrival of the Hardinge, please divert at once to
Berbera so much of the force as General Manning may consider to be necessary.
Repeated to Viceroy.”
E.
No. 446.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 28th October 1902, 1-10 p. m. (Reed. 29th, 7 a.m.)
Private. Coronation Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). Honours List. With the omission of one
K. C. I.E., suggested in your telegram of October 24th, I am submitting to
the King en bloc the recommendations for the Indian Orders received with
your private letter of September 24th. I am adding to it the following names :
for K. C. S. I., Surgeon-General Hooper, c. s. I., who is retiring from the
position of President of the Medical Board here; and for C. S. I., Colonel Henry
Doveton Hutchinson, for his services 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. in connection with the
War in China. I have also asked the Prime Minister to submit your
recommendations for Knighthood, adding to them the name of the Auditor,
India Office—Mr. William Godsell.
No. 447.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 29th October 1902, 1 p.m. (Reed. 30th, 7 a.m.)
Increase of Artillei T- Your Military Despatch of 21st March
1901 War Office can now spare for service in India six batteries, fifteen-
pounder, Field Artillery, fully equipped, at present in South Africa. Please
consider, and let me know by telegraph as soon as possible, for the information
ot the Secretary of State for War, whether, if the offer be made official^, you
will accept it. J ^
No. 448.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 29th October 1902, 5-40 p. m. (Reed. 30th, 7 a. m.)
Private. Coronation Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). Honours. Your private letter of October
8th. I will amend the list as suggested. As regards a G. C. B. for the
Nizam, I fear that its bestowal will depreciate generally the S. I., and create
a precedent that will never be forgotten. Would not a G. C. V. O. be more
appiopiiate, as he would be the only Chief not at the Coronation who would
be so decorated ?

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Content

This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1902, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India.

The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places and subjects (ff 4-15). This is followed by telegrams from the Secretary of State for India to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-588 (ff 18-97) and telegrams from Lord Curzon to the Secretary of State for India, numbered 1-584 (ff 99-198).

A wide variety of subjects are covered, including matters relating to:

  • The Aden Protectorate, notably the delimitation of the Aden boundary and relations with Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
  • Afghanistan, including the Amir [Amīr Ḥabībullāh Khān] and Russian relations with Afghanistan
  • The Army in India
  • Berar [also known as the Hyderabad Assigned Districts], particularly relations with the Nizam of Hyderabad [Asaf Jah VI]
  • Military operations of the Boer War 1899-1902
  • Boer prisoners of war in India
  • China, including the evacuation of British troops from Shanghai
  • A ceremony to mark the Coronation of King Edward VII (as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India) including the Delhi Coronation Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
  • The famine in India
  • Financial and administrative matters
  • Recommendations and awards of Honours of the United Kingdom to the British Indian Army and Government and to indigenous Indian rulers and dignitaries, including Coronation Honours
  • The Koweit [Kuwait] Protectorate, including relations with Turkey
  • British policy in Persia [Iran]
  • The establishment of a Police Commission in India
  • Construction and extension of railways in British India
  • British relations with Russia notably in connection with India, Persia, Afghanistan, China and Tibet
  • Military operations in the Somaliland Protectorate [the Republic of Somaliland]
  • British policy in Tibet.
Extent and format
1 volume (202 folios)
Arrangement

The telegrams are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of each of the two sections of the volume, which are divided by a folio of blue card. Each telegram is numbered, and the index on folios 4-15 gives the numbers of the telegrams which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 198; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Pagination: the volume also contains two original printed pagination sequences.

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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [‎77r] (164/412), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/172, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100152865249.0x0000a5> [accessed 2 August 2026]

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