(Untitled), 01 Mar 1921

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/114/88-89

Scope and Contents

Letter from the Maharajah of Alwar (Alwar, Rajputana, [India]) to WSC on: the appointment of Lord Reading [earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs] as Viceroy of India; the Maharajah's disappointment that WSC will not be coming to India as well as Mesopotamia [later Iraq]; the rumour that WSC refused the viceroyalty on financial grounds; the politically calming effect of the visit to India of the Duke of Connaught and the need to follow it up with a visit from the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII].

Dates

Creation: 01 Mar 1921

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