Papers of Sir Henry Marion Durand and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand concerning the Indian mutiny, including correspondence and official papers.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1857-1876
Extent
1.31 Linear metres (13 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. hist. b. 228, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. hist. b. 228, c. 878-887, d. 422-423
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12921
Abstract
Archive of Sir Henry Marion Durand and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand concerning the Indian mutiny, including correspondence and official papers, c. 1857-1876.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Henry Marion Durand (1812-1871) was Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. His son was Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (1850-1924), Indian civil servant and diplomat. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 39683-95.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library c.1930.
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Sir Henry Marion Durand and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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