Description
Bequeathed by Dr (Thomas George) Percival Spear. Lecturer, St Stephen’s College, Delhi 1924-40; various posts in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India 1940-45; Bursar, Selwyn College, Cambridge 1945-70; Lecturer in History, Cambridge University 1963-69.
Research notes, continued from Box 15:
- Delhi – Europeans and Leading Persons (Col. R. Smith, Hindu Rao, Fraser, Skinner, C.T. & T.T. Metcalfe, Maj. Morrison)
- Mughal Family (Shah Alam, Akbar II, Bahadur Shah I & II)
- Delhi – Monuments (Canals, Asoka, Shalimar, Forts, etc.)
- Mughals and Government (Stipend, Etiquette, Nazar, Succession, Wellesley)
- Christians and Missionaries
- Hardcastle Papers (notes and extracts from autobiography of Lady Clive-Bayley (née Metcalfe, whose sister was a Mrs. Hardcastle)
- Metcalfe’s Letters
- Palace Intelligence
- Colebrooke