Photocopies of printed papers relating to Maj Thomas Evans Bell, Madras Army and Civil Service, 1841-1887.
Comprising proceedings of a meeting at the Westminster Palace Hotel 30 Jul 1887, held ‘to adopt an address to him, thanking him for his numerous published works on Indian questions, as well as for his other eminent services to the princes and people of India’; and an obituary and appreciation from ‘Diplomatic Fly-Sheets’ Vol V Nos 247-8, 25 Oct 1887.
Bell joined the Madras Army in 1841, was appointed Assistant Commissioner in 1855 and was dismissed in 1860 for insubordination to the Chief Commissioner at Nagpore in advocating the claims of the dispossessed ruling family. He devoted the rest of his life to advocating measures for the benefit of the people of India.