PZ 2775/34 ‘Mrs Margaret Howson – Application for financial assistance towards maintenance and outfit of her son, WR Howson, King’s India cadet at Sandhurst’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- PZ 2775/34 ‘Mrs Margaret Howson – Application for financial assistance towards maintenance and outfit of her son, WR Howson, King’s India cadet at Sandhurst’
- Date:
- 1934/1938
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains mainly correspondence and notes by India Office officials, relating to the applications of Mrs Margaret Howson, widow of a former British Consul at Bandar Abbas who died in 1918, for the grant of additional financial assistance from the Government of India in the 1930s, on grounds of personal hardship. The file begins with her first and successful application in 1934, for help towards the upkeep of her younger son in his final year of officer training at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The file ends with her unsuccessful applications in 1935 and 1938 for the grant of a Government of India pension in her old age. The correspondence contains numerous letters written by Mrs Howson after her return to England in 1933, which are addressed mainly to the India Office in London. The file also contains two private letters of support for her hardship case, from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick O’Connor respectively, both retired, to the Government of India in 1935.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 65; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Grants
Pensions
British Consul, Bandar Abbas - Geographic region:
- Bandar Abbas
- Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00017f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00017f_en
IOR/L/PS/12/108
IOR/L/PS/12/108