Bengal Civil Service (active 1745-1970)

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referencedIn Diaries of William Waterfield (1832-1907), Bengal Civil Service 1852-81, describing his experiences during the mutiny; with later manuscript version of period 1857-59, and a few loose letters, 1852-1859 British Library
referencedIn George Hay papers., 1842-1847 British Library
referencedIn Papers of John Russell Colvin (1807-57), 1825-1857 British Library
referencedIn Elizabeth Ann Wyer papers., 1871-1875 British Library
referencedIn Sutton Court Collection: papers of Brig-Gen John Carnac (c1716-1800); and of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Bart (1736-1810), and other members of the Strachey family, 1756-1832 British Library
referencedIn Letter, dated 12 Nov 1883, from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), Bengal Civil Service 1856-87, Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces 1882-87 to Henry Yates Thompson, proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the difficulty of int..., 1883 British Library
referencedIn Macfarlan Family papers., 1800-1900 British Library
referencedIn Henry Thomas Colebrooke papers., 1821-1828 British Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous correspondence of and relating to (Sir) Edmund Drummond (1813-95), 1832-1895 British Library
referencedIn William Ford papers., 1799-1858 British Library
referencedIn Journal chiefly illustrating life at Saugor by Charles Fraser (1799-1868), Bengal Civil Service 1817-46, who served in Saugor and Nerbudda Territories, Commissioner of the Saugor Division 1837-43., 1831-1833 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Bart, Bengal Army 1779-1802, East India Company Director 1808-29, and of other members of his family, 1745-1911 British Library
referencedIn Henry Gonne papers., 1853-1857 British Library
referencedIn James Andrew Broun-Ramsay papers., 1853-1854 British Library
referencedIn Lewin Bentham Bowring papers., 1854-1909 British Library
referencedIn John Ryley papers., 1797-1799 British Library
referencedIn Sir Henry Thoby Prinsep papers., 1771-1904 British Library
referencedIn Charles Dumbleton papers., 1800-1820 British Library
referencedIn Yule Family Papers, 1780-1886 British Library
referencedIn Saunders Collection: official, demi-official and private correspondence of Charles Burslem Saunders, Bengal Civil Service 1843-78, and of his wife Matilda, including material relating to the Indian Mutiny, the siege of Delhi, and their life in Berar ..., 1857-1875 British Library
referencedIn Papers of William Dundas, Bengal Civil Service 1816-29, Assistant in Office of Register of Sadr Diwani and Nizamat Adalat 1817-20; Principal Assistant under Deputy Superintendent of Delhi Territories 1820-23, 1816-1825 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir George Barlow, East India Company servant, Bengal from 1778; Governor-General of Bengal 1805-07; Governor of Madras 1807-13; and papers of his children, 1781-1860 British Library
referencedIn Henry Walmesley Hammond papers., 1856-1868 British Library
referencedIn Sir George Russell Clerk papers., 1838-1896 British Library
referencedIn Henry Creighton papers., 1786-1868 British Library
referencedIn James Colquhoun Colvin papers., 1857-1858 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Henry Beveridge, Bengal Civil Service 1857-92, and his wife Annette (nee Akroyd), 1774-1939 British Library
referencedIn Alexander Gordon Caulfield papers., 1804 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Arthur Herbert Cocks, Indian Civil Service 1837-63, 1837-1881 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Lt-Gen Sir Richard Strachey, Bengal Engineers 1836-75, member of Council of India 1875-89, Chairman, East India Railway Company from 1889; and of other members of the Strachey family, including Sir John Peter Grant, Bengal Civil Service, Li..., 1781-1927 British Library
referencedIn Copies, or abstracts, of letters written by Paul William Pechell (1783-1821), Bengal Civil Service 1799-1821, to his parents describing his life chiefly as a Judge in Bengal., 1799-1821 British Library
referencedIn Bayley Family papers. British Library
referencedIn Robert Needham Cust papers., 1838-1907 British Library
referencedIn Copies and trasnscripts of family correspondence and papers chiefly concerning David MacFarlan (1797-1854), Bengal Civil Service 1816-47; his wife Mary Ann (nee Hogg) (1810-73) and son Lt-Gen David MacFarlan (1833-99), Bengal Artillery 1853-89; inclu..., 1813-1901 British Library
referencedIn Henry George Keene papers., 1897-1908 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Frederick John Shore, Bengal Civil Service, 1814-1837 British Library
referencedIn Macnabb Collection: papers of successive generations of the Macnabb family who served in India, 1778-1970 British Library
referencedIn Notebooks of Henry Le Poer Wynne (d 1874), 1856-1874 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson (1876-1949), 1828-1944 British Library
referencedIn Robert Percy Smith papers., 1774-1899 British Library
referencedIn Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton papers., 1856-1942 British Library
referencedIn Bayley Family papers., 1776-1925 British Library
referencedIn Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan papers., 1830 British Library
referencedIn Gilbert Pocklington Money papers., 1858 British Library
referencedIn Miscellaneous Indian Mutiny Papers: correspondence, 1857-1858 British Library
referencedIn Hawkins Francis James papers., 1827-1862 British Library
referencedIn Sam Browne Collection: miscellaneous papers, dated mainly 1853-1901, of General Sir Samuel James Browne (1824-1901), 1850-1901 British Library
referencedIn (i) Letter, dated 17 May 1879, from the Duke of Argyll, formerly Secretary of State for India 1868-74, to an unknown recipient; (ii) letter, dated 10 Jun 1881, from the Marquess of Hartington, Secretary of Stae for India 1880-82, concerning a complai..., 1879-1881 British Library
referencedIn Richard Strachey papers., 1811-1817 British Library
referencedIn Sir William James Herschel papers., 1865 British Library
referencedIn Papers of Sir William Herschel, Bengal Civil Service 1853-78, and his of wife, 1842-1915 British Library
referencedIn Charles Webb Le Bas papers., 1796-1916 British Library
referencedIn Frederick Augustus Barnard Glover papers., 1845-1850 British Library
referencedIn Catherine Henrietta Browne papers., 1851-1886 British Library
referencedIn John Milford papers., 1838 British Library
referencedIn Robert Trotter papers., 1836-1838 British Library
referencedIn Henry Elliott Collection: papers of Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808-53), Bengal Civil Service 1826-53; Secretary to the Sudder Board of Revenue, Agra 1837-47; Foreign Secretary, Government of India 1847-53; including papers on settlement and revenue wor..., 1827-1853 British Library
referencedIn Keith Young papers., 1859 British Library
referencedIn 'Wide-awake: nine days in the life of Herwald Wake at Arrah during the Mutiny in India 1857': transcripts of letters and papers relating to the siege of Arrah and the role of in it of Herwald Craufurd Wake (1832-1901), Bengal Civil Service 1832-68, e..., 1857 British Library
referencedIn Henry Vansittart papers., 1844-1872 British Library
referencedIn Letter book of in-correspondence of Andrew Ross Bell (d 1841), Bengal Civil Service 1828-41, Magistrate and Collector, Central Division, Delhi 1838-39, and Political Agent, Upper Sind 1839-41, chiefly relating to his duties in the latter post., 1838-1840 British Library
referencedIn Richard Chicheley Plowden papers., 1781-1796 British Library
referencedIn Papers of John Adam, Bengal Civil Service 1796-1825, member of Supreme Council of India 1819-25, Acting Governor-General of India 1823, 1794-1825 British Library
referencedIn Diaries and memorabilia of Mary Amelia Vansittart, wife of Henry Vansittart (1818-96), Bengal Civil service 1837-71, formerly wife of Lt (later Maj) William Jervis, Bengal Army 1824-57, divorced 1844), including her experiences at Agra during the Mut..., 1842-1858 British Library
referencedIn Akbar Shah II papers. British Library
referencedIn John Hallett Batten papers., 1835 British Library
referencedIn Craigie Family papers., 1766-1915 British Library
referencedIn Bengal Revenue Consultations papers., 1784-1786 British Library
referencedIn John Beames papers., 1858-1879 British Library
referencedIn Sir William Le Fleming Robinson papers., 1862-1866 British Library
referencedIn Edward Henry Morland papers., 1857 British Library
referencedIn Charles Fraser papers., 1797-1890 British Library
Role Title Holding Repository
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Arcot State, India
Mysore State, India
Government House, Calcutta
Bombay, India
United Provinces, India
Bengal, India
Rangpur, Bengal
Oudh, India
Saharanpur, United Provinces
Meerut, United Provinces
Gwalior State, India
Central Provinces, India
India, Asia
Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Baluchistan, Pakistan
Bihar, India
Tibet, Asia
Kumaon Division, United Provinces
Jodhpur State, India
New Zealand, Australia
Dinapore, Bihar
Assam, India
Coorg, South India
Punjab, India
Cawnpore, India
Australia, Australia
Lahore, India
Calcutta, India
Hyderabad State, India
Bharatpur State, India
Lucknow, India
Cape Town, South Africa
Arrah House, India
Madras, India
North-Western Provinces, India
Punjab, India
Sri Lanka, Asia
Canton, Kwangtung, China
Calcutta, India
Burma, Asia
Afghanistan, Asia
Ranchi, Bihar
India, Asia
Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab
Orissa, India
Benares, India
Russia, Europe, Asia
Egypt, Africa
India, Asia
Agra, India
North-Western Provinces, India
Himalaya Mountains, Tibet
Hyderabad State, India
North-Western Provinces, India
Shahpur (1854-1858), Punjab
Hyderabad State, India
Garhwal, United Provinces
India, Asia
Punjab, India
Bengal, India
Burma, Asia
Bengal, India
Monghyr, Bihar
Macao, China
Chittagong, India
Plassey, India
Dera Ghazi Khan, new city, Punjab
Oman, Asia
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province
United States, North America
Dehra Dun, United Provinces
North-Western Provinces, India
Delhi, India
Monghyr, Bihar
Kumaon Division, United Provinces
Bengal, India
Bhutan, Asia
Bengal, India
Punjab, India
Bareilly, United Provinces
Madras, India
India, Asia
Malabar, India
Shikarpur, Sind
Almora, United Provinces
India, Asia
Jhansi, United Provinces
Rangpur, Bengal
Chota Nagpur, Bihar
Surat, Bombay
Krishnagar, Bengal
Jamaica, Caribbean
Delhi, India
India, Asia
Wadgaon, India
Mysore State, India
Hyderabad State, India
Jagdispur, Bihar
Calcutta, India
Maharajpur, India
Assaye, India
Bengal, India
Oudh, India
Saugor and Nerbudda Territories, India
Bhagalpur, Bihar
Bengal, India
Sri Lanka, Asia
Calcutta, India
Hyderabad State, Residency, India
Nepal, Asia
Singapore, Asia
Sind, India
Oudh, India
Lucknow, India
Purnea, Bihar
Afghanistan, Asia
Gurgaon, Punjab
Berhampore, Bengal
Aglar River, India
Central Provinces, India
Bareilly, United Provinces
Khyber Pass, Afghanistan
Calcutta, India
Cooch Behar State, India
Sind, India
India, Asia
Bihar and Orissa, India
Arrah House, India
Chilianwala, Pakistan (formerly India)
Delhi, India
Agra, India
North-Western Provinces, India
Tanjore, Madras
Oudh, India
Malta, Europe
Shahjahanpur, United Provinces
Italy, Europe
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Central Provinces, India
Smyrna, Turkey
Ethiopia, Africa
Fatehgarh, United Provinces
North-Western Provinces, India
Malda, Bengal
Monghyr, Bihar
Arakan, Burma
Java, Indonesia
Punjab, India
Japan, Asia
Ganjam, Madras
Patna, India
Midnapore, Bengal
Lucknow, India
Hindu Mahila Bidyalaya, Calcutta
Bombay, India
Purnea, Bihar
Turkey, Asia minor
Nepal, Asia
Bharatpur, India
Sultanpur, United Provinces
Simla, India
Orissa, India
Quatre Bras, Belgium
Jumna River, India
Fyzabad, United Provinces
Ganges River, India
Himalaya Mountains, Tibet
India, Asia
Mexico, North America
North-West Frontier, India
Kabul, Afghanistan
Lucknow, India
Delhi, India
Jubbulpore, Central Provinces
Gwalior State, India
Agra, India
Scotland, Europe
Hyderabad State, India
Dacca, India
China, Asia
Patna, India
Bengal, India
Persian Gulf, Asia
Punjab, India
Cawnpore, India
Saugor, Central Provinces
Himalaya Mountains, Tibet
Punjab, India
Bengal, India
China, Asia
Hyderabad State, India
Iran, Asia
Darjeeling, Bengal
India, Asia
Iran, Asia
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Active 1745

Active 1970

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