Inquiry into the Death of Henri Lambert, Former Consular Agent of France at Aden

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Enclosures nos. 3-5 to dispatch no. 23 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 June 1861. The enclosures are dated 20 April-20 May 1861. Received 29 July 1861.

The enclosures consist of letters from Captain Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , in charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Aden, concerning the death of Henri Lambert, former Consular Agent of France at Aden. The French Commodore, Viscount Alphonse Fleuriot de Langle, who conducted an investigation into Lambert's death, believed that he had been murdered. Playfair comments on the evidence surrounding the death.

The papers include numerous witness statements: some taken by Playfair, and others supplied by de Langle.

Extent and format

1 item (29 folios)

It is part of

Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 144

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/506

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/506, ff 246-274

Former external reference(s)

No. 23

History of this record

Date(s)

27 Jun 1861 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Death

People & organisations

First Assistant ResidentFrench Consul

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