The Memsahibs: The Women of Victorian India 0712625615, 9780712625616
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THE MEMSAHIBS
By the same author THE
COMING THE
A
CURIOUS
LIFE TO
OF
DEER FOR CHINA
THE
CRY A
BARBARIANS
PAVILION LADY,
WITH
ISABELLA LOVE
BIRD
THE MEMSAHIBS The Women of Victorian India
PAT BARR
SECKER & WARBURG LONDON
First published in England 1976 by Martin Secker & Warburg Limited 14 Carlisle Street, London W1V 6NN Reprinted 1976
Copyright © Pat Barr 1976 SBN: 436 03359 3
Printed offset litho and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Limited, London, Fakenham and Reading
For Jean Lavender with love
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I should like to express my appreciation for the constructive help I received from Miss Mary Thatcher, archivist of the Centre of
South Asian Studies in Cambridge, whose shared enthusiasm for the subject was a great stimulus. I should also like to thank the staff of the India Office Library for their assistance. I am grateful too for the advice and encouragement I received from Mr John Hearsey, Mr Richard Collier and the late Lady Stokes.
CONTENTS Introduction
PART
Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter
One Two Three Four
Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter
Five Six Seven Eight
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Nine Ten Eleven Twelve
Bibliography Index
TWO 7
89 106 120
PART
Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter
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