Lady Cecilia Feilding diary, 1885 Dec 3-1886 May 3

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Summary

Creator:
Denbigh, Cecilia Mary Clifford Feilding, countess of, 1860-1919
Abstract:
Wife of Viscount Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh. Diary (350 p.) and typed transcript describing a voyage to India and the social and religious life of a British Army officer's wife near Poona. Lady Feilding's description of the voyage aboard the troopship CROCODILE includes the bad conditions as well as entertainment on ship. Enroute to India they stopped at Malta, Port Said, Suez, and the Red Sea, and then went on to Bombay, Kirkee, and Poona.
Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.00384

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Scope and content:

Diary (350 p.) and typed transcript describing a voyage to India and the social and religious life of a British Army officer's wife near Poona. Lady Feilding's description of the voyage aboard the troopship CROCODILE includes the bad conditions as well as entertainment on ship. Enroute to India they stopped at Malta, Port Said, Suez, and the Red Sea, and then went on to Bombay, Kirkee, and Poona.

Biographical / historical:

Wife of Viscount Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh.

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Processed by: Rubenstein Library Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, July 2011

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Subjects:
Officers' spouses -- India
Women -- Diaries
Names:
Denbigh, Rudolph Feilding, Earl of, 1859-1939
Places:
India -- Description and travel
Pune (India)
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947
India -- Social life and customs

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