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GB 891 RAS BMM-RAS BMM/5-RAS BMM/5/2-RAS BMM/5/2/19
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Letter from Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, to Colonel Hoysted, 8/08/1934
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- 8th Aug 1934 (Creation)
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1piece typed with printed letterhead
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(1876-1961)
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Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, was an administrator in India, politician, and author. He served as Secretary of State for India from 1935 to 1937 and Secretary of State for India and Burma from 1937 to 1940. He was styled Lord Dundas until 1892 and Earl of Ronaldshay between 1892 and 1929.
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Letter from Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he declines the invitation to present Freya Stark with the Award due to a prior engagement at the Indian Committee. The letter bears an annotation from Hoysted to Margoliouth regretting Zetland's decline and suggesting they might get Lord Lloyd instead.
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- English