GB 0402 HCR - RAWLINSON, Major General Sir Henry Creswicke (1810-1895)

5 boxes and 21 files

GB 0402 HCR 1831-1860 Collection level 5 boxes and 21 files Rawlinson , Sir , Henry Creswicke , 1810-1895 , Knight , 1st Baronet , archaeologist, diplomat and MP , Major General

Born, 1810; entered for the East India Company's service and set out for India, 1827; engaged in reorganising the Persian army, 1833-1839; undertook tours in Susiana and Persian Kurdistan; awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1839; returned to India and was appointed assistant to Sir W. Macnaughton in Afghanistan; political agent for lower Afghanistan, 1842; political agent of the East India Company in Turkish Arabia, 1843; consul in Baghdad, 1844; Fellow of the RGS 1844-1895; RGS Council Member from 1850; Vice-President of the RGS, 1864, 1871, 1872, 1874, and 1875; Conservative MP for Reigate, 1858; MP for Frome, 1865-1868; member of the newly created Council of India, 1858; minister to Persia; died, 1895.

Deposited at the RGS by Lady Rawlinson.

Papers of Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1831-1860, including private journals in India and Persia, 1831, 1834, 1836, 1839, 1860; political diaries in Kandahar (first Afghan War) and Baghdad 1841-1843; road report on a journey from Baghdad into Persia with sketches and copies of inscriptions; miscellaneous notebooks and some sketches, Mesopotamia 1843-1850; notebooks containing extracts and notes on the antiquities of Indo-Persia, Central Asia and the Oxus and Babylonia; miscellaneous drafts and notes of official letters and official and personal letters to Rawlinson (Sir Alexander Burnes, General Nott, Sir Willoughby Cotton, Sir William Hay Macnaughten) 1837-1844, chiefly concerned with the first Afghan War; and Parliamentary papers and confidential India Office papers 1869-1893 concerning relations with Russia on the Persian and Afghan frontiers. (300 items).

Accessible via The Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

Box list available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Further letters and manuscripts are to be found with the Observation file, Journal Manuscripts - JMS/9/47, JMS/9/57 - and Correspondence files - RGS/CB2/116, RGS/CB2/331, RGS/CB2/442, RGS/CB2/445, RGS/CB2/487, RGS/CB3/65, RGS/CB3/489, RGS/CB3/642, RGS/CB5/547, RGS/CB6/1320, RGS/CB6/1801, RGS/CB6/1830. Further letters are also located as part of the David Livingstone Collection - DL/4/16, DL/4/18/1, DL/4/18/2.

Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB; Obit. Geog. Jnl. 1895.

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

9th May 2001. Jul 2008. Mesopotamia Eastern Europe Russia India Office Rawlinson , Sir , Henry Creswicke , 1810-1895 , Knight , 1st Baronet , archaeologist, diplomat and MP , Major General Nott , Sir , William , 1782-1845 , Knight , British military leader , General Macnaghten , Sir , William Hay , 1793-1841 , 1st Baronet , Anglo-Indian civil servant Cotton , Sir , Willoughby , 1783-1860 , Knight , General Arts Burnes , Sir , Alexander , 1805-1841 , Knight , explorer , Captain Works of art Antiquities Wars (events) Anglo-Afghan wars Middle East Baghdad Iraq India South Asia Afghanistan Iran, Islamic Republic Central Asia Crimea Movable cultural property Cultural property Cultural heritage

Deposited at the RGS by Lady Rawlinson.

Papers of Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1831-1860, including private journals in India and Persia, 1831, 1834, 1836, 1839, 1860; political diaries in Kandahar (first Afghan War) and Baghdad 1841-1843; road report on a journey from Baghdad into Persia with sketches and copies of inscriptions; miscellaneous notebooks and some sketches, Mesopotamia 1843-1850; notebooks containing extracts and notes on the antiquities of Indo-Persia, Central Asia and the Oxus and Babylonia; miscellaneous drafts and notes of official letters and official and personal letters to Rawlinson (Sir Alexander Burnes, General Nott, Sir Willoughby Cotton, Sir William Hay Macnaughten) 1837-1844, chiefly concerned with the first Afghan War; and Parliamentary papers and confidential India Office papers 1869-1893 concerning relations with Russia on the Persian and Afghan frontiers. (300 items).

Accessible via The Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English

Further letters and manuscripts are to be found with the Observation file, Journal Manuscripts - JMS/9/47, JMS/9/57 - and Correspondence files - RGS/CB2/116, RGS/CB2/331, RGS/CB2/442, RGS/CB2/445, RGS/CB2/487, RGS/CB3/65, RGS/CB3/489, RGS/CB3/642, RGS/CB5/547, RGS/CB6/1320, RGS/CB6/1801, RGS/CB6/1830. Further letters are also located as part of the David Livingstone Collection - DL/4/16, DL/4/18/1, DL/4/18/2.

Box list available in the Foyle Reading Room.

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

• English