Papers of 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28 1789-1835

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Papers of 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28 1789-1835

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Ochterlony, David, Sir, 1st Baronet, Major-General

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Epithet: Major-General Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0000cb Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel Title: 1st Baronet 1816 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000269.0x00024b ...

Abbot, Charles, Baron Colchester, 1757-1829

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Epithet: Speaker of the House of Commons Title: 1st Baron Colchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00035a ...

Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1779-1859

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1801-1804 assistant to governor-general's political agent at Poona; 1804-1808 resident at Nagpur; 1808 envoy to Kabul; 1811-1817 resident at Poona; 1819-1827 governor of Bombay; 1841 author of History of India Epithet: Governor of Bombay, historian of India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00026a ...

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

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British army officer. From the description of Papers of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, 1759-1762. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062467 English field-marshal. From the description of Document signed : Office of Ordnance [London], 1773 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132562 Army officer and governor general of British North America. From the description of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, papers, 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Ricketts, Mordaunt, active 1789-1835, Subject of Mss Eur F140

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F140 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000319 ...

Adam, John, 1779-1825

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1819 seat on the govenor-general's council; 1823 acting govenor. Epithet: administrator, India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x00003c ...

Shepherd, Henry, active 1789-1835, Reverend

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0000c3 ...

Stevenson, Robert, active 1789-1835, of Manilla

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Epithet: of Manilla British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0001e0 ...

Mackenzie, Holt

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Botanic Gardens, Saharanpur (United Provinces : active 1789-1835)

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Ricketts, John William

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Elliott, Charles B.

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Heber, Reginald, 1783-1826

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Epithet: of Holling Hall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x0000d1 British clergyman and hymn writer. From the description of Twas where the seas were roaring : hymn, 1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450617 Bishop of Calcutta. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hodnet, to "My dear Lord", ca. 1811-15? Oct. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270468533 ...

Jenkinson, Robert Banks, active 1789-1835, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

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Title: 2nd Earl of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000386 ...

Malcolm, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 21646 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000197 Epithet: Major-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x00028d Epithet: GCB, Governor of Bombay (1827-1830) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x00028c ...

Rawdon-Hastings, Francis, formerly Rawdon 2nd Earl of Moira, 1st Marquess of Hastings

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Epithet: formerly Rawdon 2nd Earl of Moira, 1st Marquess of Hastings British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00029f ...

Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826

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This letter, written by Raffles from Bencoolen, is to The Marquess of Lansdowne. Lansdowne was a key supporter for the abolition of slavery and for free trade within the House of Lords. These inclinations contributed to Lansdowne's support for Raffles' efforts to increase British influence in South East Asia. From the description of [Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to Lord Lansdowne], 1820 April 15. 1820. (Broken Bow Public Library). WorldCat record id: 499218763 Fro...

Campbell, Archibald, 1769-1843

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1787 ensign in 77th regiment; 1788-1799 army of the Bombay presidency, served in Third Anglo-Mysore War and Ceylon; 1799 brigade major to European brigade of the Bombay division, served in Fourth Anglo-Mysore War; 1804 major, 6th batallion of reserve, Guernsey; 1805 transferred to 71st (Highland light infantry); 1805-1808 commander of 2nd battalion in Scotland and Ireland; 1808-1809 1st battalion, served in Spain; 1809 lieutenant-colonel; 1809-1820 served in Portugal; 1814 knighthoo...

Prinsep, Henry Thoby, 1793-1878

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Epithet: of the Council of India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000706.0x0000d5 Henry Thoby Prinsep was an Indian civil servant, and author of works on Indian affairs, Afghanistan, and Tibet, and a privately printed volume titled, Specimens of ballad poetry applied to the tales and traditions of the east. From the description of H.P. Prinsep letter to Mrs. Meredith, 1851 November 17. (Pennsylvania ...

Canning, John, 1775-1824, army official in India

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1801-1824 Bengal Army; captain; major Epithet: army official in India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000376 ...

Fullerton, Robert, active 1780-1835

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Kinneir, John Macdonald

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0000de ...

Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857

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William Pitt Amherst, Earl Amherst of Arracan (1773-1857), succeeded as second Baron Amherst of Arracan in 1797. A Lord of the Bedchamber in 1804-1815 and 1816-1823, he served as envoy to Naples 1809-1811 and as special ambassador to China in 1816. He was made Governor-General of India in 1823, successfully led the colony through the First Burmese War, and retired to England in 1828. He died in 1857. From the description of Earl Amherst of Arracan letters to Sarah, Countess of Arraca...

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 colo...

Hodgson, John Anthony, Major-General

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Epithet: Major-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x00026d ...

Amherst (Family : active 1789-1835 : Subject of Mss Eur F140)

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Madras Army (active 1709-1947)

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Caroline Amelia Elizabeth 1768-1821

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1795 married George, prince of Wales [later George IV], 1796 separated Epithet: Queen consort of George IV British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x00039d ...

Amherst, Jeffery Charles, 1844-1877, Captain

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000089 ...

Morrison, Robert,

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000006 Came to Kaskaskia in 1798 prior to Illinois statehood. He served in the Indiana territorial legislature and was one of the first Randolph County Commissioners and Adjutant General in the Illinois Territory, 1809. His brothers' William and James also lived in Kaskaskia. His brother Joseph and his wife, Anne, remained in Philadelphia. F...

Lushington, Charles, active 1789-1835, Subject of Mss Eur F140

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F140 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000344 ...

Macnaghten, William Hay, Sir, Baronet

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Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000020 ...

Assey, Charles Chaston, active 1801-1821, colonial administrator and surgeon

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1801 appointed to the medical staff of the Bengal army; 1801-1804 assistant surgeon, 2nd battalion, 12th regiment of North India; 1804-1805 garrison surgeon, Rampoorah; 1805 rejoined the 2nd battalion, 12th regiment of North India; 1810 left the 12th regiment; 1811 in charge of a native field hospital during the invasion of Java; c 1816 assistant secretary, later chief secretary to the government of Java; 1820-1821 secretary and superintendent of the Bengal Military Orphan Society; ...

Paget, Edward, Sir, active 1789-1835, General

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Epithet: General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x00011a ...

Amherst, Sarah (British draftsman and painter, 1762-1838)

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Title: Countess Amherst British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x00008a ...

Robison, William, active 1789-1835, Lieutenant-Colonel

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000364 ...

Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850

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Epithet: statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x00033b Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F140 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00018a Epithet: politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000068 ...

Casement, William, Sir, 1778-1844, army officer and administrator

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1796-1844 Bengal Army; 1815 CB; 1837 KCB; 1839-1844 Member of the Supreme Council of India; colonel in the 23rd Native Infantry; Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India Epithet: army officer and administrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0003ac ...

Herbert, James Dowling, active 1827, Captain

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Epithet: Captain; Creator of Mss Eur E96 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x00021f Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x0000be ...

Swinton, George, Subject of Mss Eur E301

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Epithet: Secretary, Bengal Political département British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0002a1 Epithet: Mrs singer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x000042 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur E301 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark...

Martin, George, Sir, active 1789-1835, Admiral of the Fleet

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Epithet: Admiral of the Fleet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x00014d ...

Buckingham, James Silk, author and traveller

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur D611 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0002fc Epithet: author and traveller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000226 ...

Seahorse (Ship : active 1789-1835)

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Stirling, Andrew

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Harington, John Herbert, active 1789-1835

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Munro, Thomas, Sir, 1761-1827

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1788-1792 member of intelligence department; 1792-1799 administrator of Baramahal; 1799 secretary of Mysore settlement commission; 1799-1800 collector of Kanara; 1800-1807 Principal Collector of the Ceded Districts; 1814-1819 judicial commissioner; 1818 CB; 1819 major-general; 1820-1827 governor of Madras; 1820 KCB; 1825 baronetcy Epithet: Major General, Governor of Madras Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Per...

Forbes, James Ochonchar, active 1789-1835, General 18th Baron Forbes

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Epithet: General 18th Baron Forbes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0002eb ...

Bombay Army (active 1709-1980)

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Robertson, Thomas Campbell

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Epithet: Lieutenant -Governor of the NW British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x0000b0 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F140 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000346 ...

Staunton, George Thomas, Sir, 2nd Baronet, MP

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Epithet: MP Title: 2nd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000251 ...

Alceste (Ship : active 1789-1835)

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Bayley, William Butterworth, 1781-1860, administrator in India

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1803-1834 servant of the East India Company; 1803-c 1807 assistant, governor-general's office and the office of the Persian translator; 1807-c 1810 registrar, to the sadr diwani adalat and the sadr nizamat adalat; 1810-1814 judge and magistrate, Burdwan; 1814-1817 secretary, the revenue and judicial departments, the government of Bengal; 1817-1819 officiated as chief secretary, the government of Bengal; 1817-1830 president, the Calcutta School Book Society; 1819 chief secretary, the...

Ranjit Singh, Maharaja

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Title: Maharaja British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0002a1 ...

Crawfurd, John, 1783-1868

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Epithet: parliamentary candidate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x00007e Epithet: of Add MS 32688 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x00007a Epithet: Messenger to the Great Seal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000756.0x000079 ...

Cotton, Stapleton, Sir, 1773-1865, 1st Viscount Combermere, army officer

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1790 second lieutenant, 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers; 1791 first lieutenant; 1793 joined 6th carabiniers; 1793-1794 served in the French Revolutionary Wars; 1794 major in the 59th foot, then lieutenant-colonel of the 25th light dragoons (Gwyn's hussars); 1799 served in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War; ? 1800 joined the 16th light dragoons; 1800 colonel; 1805 major-general; 1806-1814 MP for Newark; 1808-1809 and 1810-1812 served in the Peninsular War; 1810 commander of the 1st division, th...

Addington, Henry Unwin, -1870

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Epithet: Right Hon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x000274 1807 Entered the Foreign Office; 1822-1826 Secretary of Legation in Washington; 1829-1833 Minister-Plenipotentiary to Spain; 1842-1854 Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign Office. Epithet: civil servant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000...

Parker, John, active 1789-1835, 2nd Baron Boringdon; 1st Earl Morley

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Title: 2nd Baron Boringdon; 1st Earl Morley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x00013c ...

Jackson, Randle, active 1789-1835, Subject of Mss Eur F140

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F140 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x00034d ...

Canning, George, 1770-1827

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English statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and letters signed (2) : [London] to Robert Southey and various correspondents, 1811 June 17-1827 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Christ Church [Oxford], to Mr. Legge, 1793 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133346 British statesman and politician; Prime Minister, 10 April 1827 - 8 August 1827. From the descri...

British Army (active 1748-1989)

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Bengal Army (active 1709-1972)

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Jenkins, Richard, 1785-1853

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East India Company servant ; 1804 1st assistant to resident Josiah Webbe at the court of Daulat Rao Sindhia, maharaja of Gwalior; 1804-1805 acting resident at the court of the Daulat Rao Sindhia; 1810-1828 resident at Nagpur; 1830 and 1837-1841 Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury; 1838 deputy-chairman, East India Company; 1839 chairman, East India Company. Honours: 1838 Knight grand cross in the Order of the Bath. Epithet: East India Company administrator an...

Cavendish-Bentinck, William Henry, Lord, 1774-1839, KCB, Governor-General of India

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Epithet: KCB, Governor-General of India British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000348 ...

Oxford University (active 1789-1961)

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Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, Baron Metcalfe

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Title: Baron Metcalfe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0002d2 ...