Merewether, William Lockyer, Sir, 1825-1880, Knight, army officer and administrator in India

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1841 entered Bombay Army as a second-lieutenant; 1843 served with the 21st Bombay native infantry in the conquest of Sindh; ? 1843 appointed to the Sind irregular horse; 1848-1849 served with the army of the Punjab in the Second Anglo-Sikh War; 1856 brevet captain; 1859 commandant of Sind irregular horse; 1860 CB; 1861 military secretary to the government of Bombay; 1863 political agent at Aden; 1867 commander of pioneer force in Abyssinia, lieutenant-colonel; 1868 KCSI, brevet colonel; 1867-1876 chief commissioner of Sind; 1876 member of the Council of India.

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referencedIn Vol. CLXXXIII (ff. 355). Jan., Feb. 1865.includes:ff. 1, 3, 33, 47, 96, 115, 220, 250, 341 William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, Baron Dalling and Bulwer: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1860-1870. ff. 5, 34, 163 William Schaw Lindsay, MP for Sunderland: ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXIV (ff. 434). Apr -Dec. 1867.General Hon Charles Grey, private Secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1869.London, England: Correspondence rel. to erection of the Albert Memorial: 1866-1869... British Library
referencedIn Genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 184... British Library
referencedIn Papers of 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28, 1789-1835 British Library
referencedIn Vol. X (ff. 287). 1865-1866, and 1819-1866, see above).includes:ff. 1, 4, 11 Lieutenant-Colonel John Robertson Pughe, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Bengal; Colonel 1871: Letters to Lt.-Col. H. Bruce: 1865. ff. 3b, 19, 25, 26 Sir Cecil Beadon, ..., 1819-1866 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXVIII (ff. 480). Jan., Feb. 1866.includes:ff. 1, 84, 313 Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1861-1880. ff. 5, 25, 37, 46, 71, 138, 303. 379, 413, 455 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st E... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Lewis Pelly, Indian Political Department 1851-75, 1842-1883 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Maj-Gen Sir Frederic Goldsmid, Madras Army 1839-75, including material relating to his work on the Perso-Baluch and Perso-Afghanistan boundaries, 1836-1899 British Library
creatorOf Papers of Sir William Merewether, Bombay Army 1841, Council of India 1877-80, 1861-1880 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXVI (ff. 500). July, Aug. 1865.includes:f. 1 Charles Fiott Barker, RN, ViceConsul at Prevesa, etc: Letters to Sir, A. H. Layard: 1861-1872. f. 3 Sir Henry George Elliot, GCB; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A H Layard. ff. 5, 45 Robert Gilmour... British Library
referencedIn Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere papers., 1858 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXI (ff. 432). Jan.-Aug. 1865.Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1881.Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord J. Russell: 1853-1871.John Russ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXVII (ff. 377). Sept.-Dec. 1865.includes:ff. 1-187 passim, 236 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord J. Russell: 1853-1871. ff. 1-187 passim, 236 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister... British Library
referencedIn Vol. CXC (ff. 485). May, June, 1866.includes:ff. 1-449 passim Sir John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, GCB; diplomatist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1862-1866. ff. 4, 541, 227, 334 Sir John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield, GCB; diplomatist: Letters to, from S... British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXV (ff. 432). 1868.London, England: Correspondence rel. to erection of the Albert Memorial: 1866-1869.includes:ff. 1, 5, 81, 168, 174 Sir George Gilbert Scott, RA; architect: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard, etc.: 1866-1869. ff. 6, 111, 2..., 1868 British Library
creatorOf IDDESLEIGH PAPERS. Vol. XVIII (ff. 208). Letters of: 1. ff. 1-46b. Sir Henry Bartle Frere, 1st Bart.; 1867-1883. 2. ff. 48-125. Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Townshend Pears, K.C.B.; 1867-1868. 3. ff. 126-149. Gen. Sir William Erskine Baker, K.C.B.; 1867-1869..., 1867-1883 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXIX (ff. 587). Mar., Apr. 1866.includes:ff. 1, 119, 131, 168, 190, 243, 256 Louis Mallet, of the Board of Trade, Knight 1868: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1865, 1866. ff. 6, 392, 393 Francis William Prideaux, of the India Office: L... British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-85), as President of the Board of Control 1853-55, and Secretary of State for India 1859-66, 1853-1870 British Library
referencedIn Vol. CLXXXV (ff. 502). May, June, 1865.includes:ff. 1, 107 Philip Griffith, Consul General at New Granada: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard:: 1861-1866. ff. 3, 98, 290, 409 George Thorne Ricketts, of the Consular service: Correspondence with Sir A. H. La... British Library
creatorOf IDDESLEIGH PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. 263). Letters, etc., of Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala; 1867-1885. Partly copies.Field-Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala: Letters to Lord Iddesleigh: 1867-..., 1867-1885 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXIII (ff. 413). Apr. 1866-Mar. 1867.General Hon Charles Grey, private Secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1864-1869.George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon: Correspondence wit... British Library
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