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[George Anson, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies; printed with MS adds] Appointment to the rank of Lieutenant [East India Company] of Beauchamp Colclough Urquhart

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[Military Appointment; General George Anson, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.]
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16 July 1859[?].
£220.00

Document (Vellum?] 44 x 25cms, text clear and complete, fold marks. With Seal. SIGNED by General George Anson, Commander-in-Chief in India and Military Secretary, East Indies (signature illegible). See Image.

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[ Napier, Commander-in-Chief in India; printed with MS adds] Appointment to the rank of Ensign [East India Company] of Beauchamp Colclough Urquhart

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[Military Appointment; General Sir Charles James Napier, Commander-in-Chief in India.]
Publication details: 
30 July 1850.
£280.00

Vellum Document, 40 x 25cms, bottom edge sl. crumpled , faint water stin lright margin, text clear and complete. With Seal. SIGNED by General Sir Charles James Napier, Commander-in-Chief in India and J.P. Kennedy [John Pitt Kennedy], Military Secretary, East Indies (see Wikipedia entry [ a productive life). See Image.

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[Jean Louis Rieu, Commissioner in Sind.] Autograph Letter Signed, providing a reference for ‘Mr. Bhojraj M. Bhambhani’, son of his acquaintance ‘Mr. Mansing Ramsing’, Honorary Magistrate and ‘most loyal subject’.

Author: 
Jean Louis Rieu (1872-1964), Commissioner in Sind between 1920 and 1925 [The Raj; British India; Bhojraj M. Bhambhani, son of Mansing Ramsing, and grandson of Diwan Ramsing]
Publication details: 
1 July 1922; on his letterhead as the Commissioner in Sind, Government House, Karachi.
£90.00

Rieu was the son of Charles Pierre Henri Rieu (1820-1902) of Geneva, Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts at the British Museum, and elder brother of Emile Victor Rieu (1887-1972), both of whom have DNB entries. In 1947 he had privately printed (as’J. L. R.’) a ‘Chronicle of the Rieu Family now settled in England’. 2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and creased. Folded twice. Signed ‘J. L Rieu / Commissioner in Sind’. An nice sidelight on the workings of the Raj. He has been asked for a letter by ‘Mr. Mansing Ramsing’, on behalf of his son ‘Mr. Bhojraj M.

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