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India (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Letter from Sir Montagu Butler to Sir Frank Brown, 1922-11-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/6
Scope and Contents

A letter from Delhi written after Butler had returned from a visit to Calcutta. The letter discusses Butler's meeting with Archbishop Foss Westcott, the future of army chaplains, politics, the arrival of Lord Inchcape of the Indian Retrenchment Committee, Butler's resentment at the appointment of Sir Basil Blackett as Finance Member of the Executive Council, and the appointment of Butler's brother, Sir Harcourt Butler, as Governor of Burma.

Dates: 1922-11-05
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