Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax: Correspondence from George William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Cambridge

Scope and Content

Part I: 1857-1860.
Part II: 1861.
Part III: 1862-1863.
Part IV: 1864-1884.
Subjects include:
Mar 1858: Army administration.
Sep-Dec 1859: Discharge of soldiers from the Indian Army; Indian appointments.
Jan-Apr 1860: Criticism of Indian Officers; Indian appointments and military affairs.
Mar-Apr 1861: Leave of Officers in India; Trooping Royal Artillery.
1861-1863: Indian Army: Amalgamation, old and new Indian Armies.
Jan-Dec 1862: Defences of Aden.
Feb-Sep 1862: Indian appointments.
Nov 1862: Rewards for service in the Mutiny; comparison of Delhi and Lucknow.
Feb - Nov 1864: Indian appointments.
Jan 1865: Indian appointments; Irregularities in the Army clothing department in India; Channels of communication between Cs. in C. India and England and Secretary of State for War.
Feb 1866: Retirement of 1st Viscount.
Jan 1869: Royal Commission on Army education.
Feb 1869: 1st Viscount refuses to be President.
July 1871: Army Regulation Bill moved in the House of Lords; abolition of purchase, etc.

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