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Asia (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Garden party at the R[esident] G[eneral], Perak, [July 1897], 1897-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/46
Scope and Contents 357 x 272 mm. A group portrait of British and Malay dignitaries gathered in the garden of the Residency at Kuala Kangsar during the Federal Conference of 1897. With three elephants at the right of the print. At the start of the meeting a telegram telegram of loyalty from the Sultans to Queen Victoria was sent and in the following days various matters relating to federation were discussed. Figures so far identified in the print are: Sir Hugh CLIFFORD (1866-1941), seated on middle...
Dates: 1897-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hugh Clifford and Martin Lister, 1886, 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 7/21
Scope and Contents 97 x 143 mm. A cabinet portrait showing a seated Hugh Clifford and the Hon. Martin Lister (1857-1897) standing behind him. Lister, after an unsuccessful planting career in Ceylon and Malaya was a local appointee, becoming Secretary to the British Resident, Perak in 1884; the following year he became Magistrate and Collector, Ulu Selangor, and in 1887 was appointed Superintendent, Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan. He became the first Resident on the federation of old Negri Sembilan with Sungei...
Dates: 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).