Small notebooks written almost entirely in pencil containing part of a diary of an officer of the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons (Hussars), probably Edward Simpson Grey, whilst on service in India.
Scope and Contents
The first six volumes cover the period from 5 October 1857, when he embarked from Ireland, to 12 January 1860, and the seventh from 21 November 1863 to 27 April 1864, when he returned to England. Although the notebooks are numbered consecutively (perhaps in another hand) from 1 to 7 it seems clear that if the diary was kept continuously, several more notebooks, covering the period from 13 January 1860 to 20 November 1863, must be missing. Although none of the notebooks is signed, it seems clear that the officer was Edward Simpson Grey, who was the veterinary surgeon of the regiment. He was appointed in 1843 and retired in 1869 with the rank of Veterinary Surgeon, 1st class.
Dates
- Creation: 1857-1864.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
7 Volumes ; Small octavo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1979, by C R Black, Edinburgh.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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