Janus: The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

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The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

Title	India: Bombay [Mumbai] Presidency
Reference	GLLD 10
Covering Dates	1907–1929
Extent and Medium	6 boxes [24 files and 1 volume]

Content and context

Correspondence as Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], including letters to and from Indian princes and chiefs, telegrams from Afghanistan and Persia [Iran], and subject files.

Index Terms

Churchill/GLLD 10 contains:

Correspondence concerning Lloyd's appointment as Governor of Bombay [Mumbai]. Mainly concerning practical arrangements on taking up the post.
1 file.

25 Sept 1918–8 Dec 1918

Letters of congratulation on Lloyd's appointment as Governor of Bombay [Mumbai]. Including some addressed to Blanche Lloyd. From correspondents including Arthur Davidson, [Alan] Frederick Lascelles, Austen Chamberlain, Sydney Charrington, General W. Birdwood, Sir Valentine Chirol, W. A. Cockerell, Pat R[?amsey], Donald Cameron, Howard Lloyd, Dougal Malcolm, Lieutenant W. Blakemore, Archibald Stirling, Lord Lamington, H. A. Simpson, Francis Cadogan, J. L. Garvin [of the 'Observer' newspaper], S. King Farlow, V. Gabriel, Muriel T. Chaplin, H. Pratt [the National Unionist Association], John Mills, H. I. Bostock, John Moore [Stone Urban District Unionist Association], Walter V. Nugent [War Office], R. Vassar-Smith (2) [Chairman, Lloyds Bank Limited, also including on Lloyd's resignation from Board], Edith Smith-Rylance, J. Strachey, General J. G. Maxwell, D. G. Hogarth, and Willoughby de Broke. With a small number of replies.
1 file.

Oct 1918

Correspondence: 'private and personal'. On subjects including financial matters and orders for goods, including ivory boxes, Rolls Royce car body, books and clothes. Also includes: letter from Lloyd [addressee not given] concerning the transfer of the Bombay states, the behaviour of [Mr?] Chelmsford in relation to it, and riot at Dharwar [last page(s) missing]; summary of peace treaty with Turkey [24 July 1923]; letter from Lloyd recommending Guy Vansittart for post at bank; letters to Lloyd from his son, David, from a scout troop in Britain, and from G. Thorne, Lloyd's former batman. Also includes pages from 'The Times' [10 Nov 1918].
1 file.

1918–1923

Chemist's prescriptions.
1 file.

1923

Letters to Lloyd from princes and chiefs. On subjects including visit of the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII, then the Duke of Windsor] to India, fundraising for preservation of remains of Shaniwar Wada, civil unrest, questions of titles, and invitations and thanks. From correspondents including: Shrimant Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi, Chief of Aundh, including concerning some false accusations made against him by the Keertan Sammelan of Wai'; the Raj Sahib of Wankaner, including denial that he was the leader of a group of princes protesting during the Prince of Wales's visit; Khem Sawant Shousle of Sawantwadi, including rejection of request for a new treaty; Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar; the Aga Khan; G. G. Patwardhan; Maharaval Shri Ranjitsinhji, Raja of Baria, and Shahu [IV] Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur.
1 file.

Mar 1920-June 1922

Letters to Lloyd from princes and chiefs. On subjects including the end of Lloyd's tenure as Governor; visits by Lloyd to various states; the education of the sons of the Maharaja of Bhavnagar, and the Aga Khan's claim for money seized from his followers by the Germans in World War I to be returned to him. From correspondents including: Major-General Sir Pratap Singh, Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir; Rajaram Chhatrapati, Maharajah of Kolhapur; Mahabat Khan, the Nawab Saheb of Junagadh, Kathiawar; the Maharajah of Alwar; Sir Prabashankar Pattani, and the Aga Khan. Also includes speech by the Maharaja of Kolhapur to the Principal Rajaram College.
1 file.

July 1922-Nov 1923

Letters from Lloyd to princes and chiefs. On subjects including: request for financial contributions towards a polo club at Poona [Pune]; the administration of the Cutch [Kachchh] state; responses to invitations for Lloyd to visit various states; funds for the Mahratta War Memorial, Shivaji Memorial, and restoration of Shanwar Wada at Poona [Pune]; the arming of troops for Palanpur, and the visit to India of the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII, then the Duke of Windsor]. To correspondents including: the Maharajah of Dhrangadhra; Lieutenant-General Sir Pratap Singh, Maharajah of Kashmir; Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior; the Maharajah of Cutch [Kachchh]; Mahabat Khan, the Nawab Saheb of Junagadh, Kathiawar; the Aga Khan; the Maharajah of Kolhapur, and the Divan of Polanpur. Includes letter to the Maharajah of Alwar rejecting suggestion of centralising all states under the Government of India. Also includes 11-page document explaining relationship between British Government and the Savantadi State [1921].
1 file.

June 1919-Nov 1923

Correspondence about princes in Kathiawar. List of jurisdictional princes and chiefs in Kathiawar, and multiple copies of letter from them concerning question of transferring the States in the Bombay Presidency to the Government of India [copies signed by the various princes, some with additional handwritten passages at the end of the letter]. Also includes further letter on the subject from Natwarsinhji Bavsinhji, Maharajah Rana Sahib of Porbandar, addressed to Colonel Wood.
1 file.

Oct 1923

Confidential telegrams: Afghanistan series. Printed compilation of official telegrams.
1 file.

Feb 1921-Sept 1921

Confidential telegrams: Afghanistan series. Printed compilation of official telegrams.
1 file.

Sept 1921-Nov 1921

Confidential telegrams: Afghanistan series. Printed compilation of official telegrams.
1 file.

Nov 1921-Dec 1921

Confidential telegrams: Persian [Iranian] series. Printed compilation of official telegrams.
1 file.

Mar 1921-Aug 1922

Confidential telegrams: Persian [Iranian] series. Printed compilation of official telegrams.
1 file.

Oct 1922-June 1923

Administration Report on the Railways in India. Printed report by the Railway Board, for the year 1906.
1 volume.

1907

Sind improvements. On subjects including housing in Karachi, exchange of lands between the Government of India and the Army Department, the Sukkur Barrage, and matters concerning personnel. Correspondents include General Sir Charles Munro [Commander-in-Chief in India], General Sir Edward Altham [Quartermaster-General], and the Honourable H. S. [Henry Staveley] Lawrence [Commissioner in Sind, later Sir Henry Lawrence]. Also includes recommendations by the Legislative Council of the Governor of Bombay for alterations to draft financial statement, notes on people to be interviewed for posts, and letters from H. S. Lawrence to Lord Willingdon.
1 file.

1918–1920

Housing. Letters and telegram from Sir John ['Jack'] Norton Griffiths discussing problems of housing in India, with offprint of article by Sir Charles Ruthen on 'British House Building Methods', and note from Colonel W. Grisewood to Lloyd's secretary, W. P. Cowie.
1 file.

1920

Strikes Committee. Correspondence with Sir Stanley Reed [of 'The Times of India'] concerning meetings of the Strikes Committee, with list of members.
1 file.

1920

Back Bay Scheme. Major Ralph Glyn's papers on the Back Bay Reclamation Scheme for Bombay [Mumbai]. Including memorandum by Glyn, copies of telegrams and letters between Sir John ['Jack'] Norton Griffiths, Colonel H. J. Grisewood, Colonel Claude Lowther-Griffiths, [?] Jonorgrif, Edwin Montague, Sir George Buchanan, and T. Kershaw [Secretary, Revenue and Statistics Department, India Office].
1 file.

1920

Back Bay Scheme. Correspondence and papers concerning the Back Bay Reclamation Scheme for Bombay [Mumbai]. With correspondents including: 1st Earl of Birkenhead [F. E. Smith, Secretary of State for India]; Sir Henry Lawrence; E. A. L. Hepper; Sir Leslie Wilson; the Viceroy of India [Edward Wood, Lord Irwin, later the 1st Earl of Halifax], and Sir William Tyrrell. Also includes text of speech by Sir Henry Lawrence [17 Mar 1926]; printed copies of telegrams from Sir George Buchanan to the Under Secretary of State for India, and press cuttings.
1 file.

1925–1928

Prosecution of Ali brothers. Lloyd's notes on interview between himself and the Viceroy of India [Edward Wood, Lord Irwin, later the 1st Earl of Halifax] regarding the prosecution of the Ali brothers for making speeches containing incitements to violence.
1 file.

May 1921

Lloyd's departure from India: correspondence with and about new governor, Sir Leslie Wilson.
1 file.

May 1923-Nov 1923

Lloyd's departure from India: correspondence about departure. Including letters from Lloyd accepting the resignations of two ministers, and letters to Lloyd from princes Rajaram Chhatrapati of Kolhapur, Mahabat Khan of Kathiawar, and Lieutenant-General Sir Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir.
1 file.

Nov 1923-Dec 1923

Lloyd's departure from India: two letters to Lloyd from new governor, Sir Leslie Wilson. Letters updating Lloyd on India generally and the governor's work in particular. Including concerns about the Indian economy [1925].
1 file.

19 May 1924–31 July 1925

Lloyd's departure from India: correspondence about Lloyd's expenditure as governor. Letters to Lloyd from Sir Leslie Wilson and the Viceroy of India [Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading, later 1st Marquess of Reading], and letter from Lloyd to [Sir Maurice] Hayward. Letters from Wilson and Lord Reading include subjects relating to India besides the expenditure question. Also includes official printed letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Finance Department [G. Wiles], to the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department (Public), concerning expenditure on Government Houses during Lloyd's term of office.
1 file.

June 1924-Mar 1925

Miscellaneous correspondence. On subjects including: commendations of Rup Chand Lila Ram Singh and his father; anti-British articles written from Egypt and published in journal 'Indian Engineering', and the career of Robert James Waton [Lloyd's private secretary]. With correspondents including Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. S. Jackson, Governor of Bengal; Shantidas Askuran Shah, and Robert James Watson. Also includes agreement between the Palitana Durbar and the Swetamber Murti Pujak Jain Community of India [26 May 1928]; Watson's curriculm vitae, and compilation of letters of recommendation for Watson. Also includes copy of letter to an unnamed prince, advising him against investing in the Bombay Chronicle [author unknown].
1 file.

1919–1929