Record

Document Reference	De Wm C 61
Title	Letter from C. Wood, [later 1st Viscount Halifax], India Office, Whitehall, London, to Sir W.T. Denison; 8 Apr. 1861
Date	8 April 1861
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that he is pleased Sir Patrick Grant and Sir William Mansfield agree with unspecified scheme for amalgamation; states that he does not agree with idea of uniting native armies; believes it would pose threat [to British Government]; discusses distribution of English forces in India; comments on financial and other limitations on carrying out public works; discusses transfer of district from Madras territory to Bombay. Autograph note on f 4v reads ' Sir C. Wood 13 May 61'.
Term	governments, Indian 1861
	armies, British, armed forces
	colonial affairs, administration

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA8693	Grant; Patrick (1804-1895); Sir; field marshal	1804-1895
NA6829	Mansfield; William R. (1819-1876); 1st Baron Sandhurst; general	1819-1876
NA1109	Canning; Charles J. (1812-1862); Earl Canning; governor general of India 1856-1862	1812-1862
NA211	Wood; Charles (1800-1885); 1st Viscount Halifax; Secretary of State for India 1859-66 created Viscount Halifax 1866	1800-1885
NA207	Denison; William T. (1804-1871); Sir; colonial governor brother of J.E. Denison knighted 1846	1804-1871