(Untitled), 10 Feb 1885

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/7/44-46

Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Government House, Calcutta [India]) to Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his reaction to the news that she intends to sell their house at 2 Connaught Place [London] and request that she should wait until his return before buying another one; a description of the hospitality he has enjoyed with [1st Lord] Dufferin [and Ava, Viceroy of India]; confusion created by contradictory Government instructions telegraphed to Dufferin; and Lord Randolph's intention to stay with the Maharajah and with Sir Alfred Lyall [Lieutenant-Governor of the Indian North West provinces].

Dates

Creation: 10 Feb 1885

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