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Aberdeen, Earl of
Actaeon HMS
Adams, Mr and Annie
Addison, Lt. Col. Joseph Edward
'Adelaide' (ship)
'Adriatic' (ship)
Agamemnon HMS
Agra
Ahmedabad
Airey, General
'Ajdaha' (ship)
Albany NY
Albion Mines
Alexandria VA
'Algiers' (ship)
'Alipore' (ship)
Alma
'Alma' (ship)
Amoy
'Andes' (ship)
Ansell, Capt Augustus Edward Henry (4th Rgt)
Antigonish NS
Applegate, Ens. Theodore G. B.
'Armenian' (ship)
Arrah
Arrivabene, Count
Atrowlia
'Ava' (ship)
Baboo
Baker rifle
Balaclava
Balči
Bale, Maj Henry Edward
Ball, Capt, Francis A
Baltic Sea
Bareilly
Barham
Baritch
Barmecides
Barney's River NS
Barnstaple (MP for)
Barrie ON
Barry, Capt. William Henry (73rd Rgt)
Batta
Beauregard, Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant
Begum's Tomb, Fyzabad
Bell’s Life (sporting paper)
Belle Isle (battle)
Ben Bolt (song)
Benares
Bengal
Beni Madho
Besemeres, John & Co
Best, Capt. Mawdistly Gaussen,
Bhowanie
Blenkin Rawson & Co
Blomidon (Cape) NS
Blue Bull (antelope)
Bombay
Boston MA
Bourke
Bowlby, Thomas William (The Times)
Bowring, Sir John
Boyce, Lt, Abel Woodroffe
Brabazon, Capt RA
Bras d'Or NS
Bremridge, Richard, MP
Breton (Cape)
Brisbane, Gen. Sir Thomas Makdougall, Bart
Brockhurst, Lt Fred. Jas. S, 53rd Rgt
Brooke, Sir James
Brookfield NS
Brook's Club
Bruce, F William A
Budmarshes
Bulgaria
Bunnee
Burchett, William (bootmaker),
Butler, Pte
Butwal
Büyükdere
Byng, Hon Beatrice
Byron, Lt, John
'Cairngorm' (ship)
Cairo
Calcutta
'Calcutta' SS
Camel
Campbell, Sir Colin
'Canaan' (ship)
'Candia' (ship)
Canso NS
Canton
Cape Clear
'Caradoc' (ship)
Cassidy, Maj, Francis
Cattermoul, William Michael (merchant)
Cattley, Ens, Alfred C
Cattley, Mr
Cawnpore
Centreville VA
Chaldecott, Dr
Châlons, Camp at Châlons-sur-Marne
Chambers (journal)
Charlotte Town NS
Chebucto Greys
Chester
'Chevy Chase' (ship)
Chicken Work
Cholera
Chopping Bee
'Clarence' (ship)
Clay, Ens. Albert Newby (79th Rgt)
Clayton, Lt, Robert John Browne
Clyde, Lord
Cobbe, Col H
Cochin
Cochrane, Lt, Rupert Inglis
Collett ancestors
Collett, Dick
Collett, Eliza (Mrs John Laurie)
Collett, Kenrick
Collett, Mary (Mrs Edmund Lloyd) - 'Aunt Lloyd'
Collins, Brenton
Collins, Mr Enos
Collins, Frances
Colopus (horse)
Comet, Donati's
Constantinople
Cooper, Frederick
Corduroy Road
Corner, Col Sgt
'Cornwallis' (ship)
Cornwallis Township NS
Corté, Col.
Cowell, George
Cox (bankers)
Craufurd, Maj. Gen. James Robertson
Cresswell, Mr
Crimea
Crockett, Capt
Cross, Capt John Hill (16th Rgt)
Cunard Line
Dak
Daniell, Maj
Dartmouth
Dartmouth NS
Davies, Mr (Jardine Matheson & Co)
Davis, Captain Gronow, VC, RA
Davis, Jefferson Finis
Dawson, Mr (Jardine Matheson & Co)
Deane, Adams & Deane (gunsmiths)
Delhi Gazette (newspaper)
Dent & Co
Derby, Lord
Dhal
Dhoolie
Dickens, Charles
'Dinapore' (ship)
Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène
Dog cart
Douglas, Brig General Sir John,
Douglas, Sophia
Dowbiggin, Maj Montagu Hamilton (99th Rgt)
Doyle, Sir Charles Hastings, KCMG
Duberly, Mrs
Dublin
Dunbar, Lt, William Matthew
Dyson and Blaine, solicitors
Dyson-Laurie, Gwen (née Molesworth)
Dyson-Laurie, Sybil
Dyson-Laurie, Waulter de Molesworth
East India Company
Eglinton, Earl of (ship)
Elephants
Elgin, Lord
Enfield rifled musket
Erysipelas
Eupatoria
Everleigh, Brig
Fairfax VA
Fane's Horse
Faneuil Hall, Boston
Farmer, Lt. William Robert Gamul (Grenadier Guards)
Farquhar, Capt. James (10th Rgt)
'Fiery Cross' (ship)
Fitzclarence, Lt. Hon. Edward (7th Rgt)
'Florence Nightingale' (ship)
Folkestone (Kent)
Foochow
Four Mile House NS
Fraser, Sir William, MP
Freemasons
Friend of China (newspaper)
'Friend' (ship)
'Fury' (ship)
Fyzabad
Galle, Sri Lanka
Georgetown DC
Ghāghara river
Gibbs, Capt. Charles (4th Rgt)
Gibraltar
Gibson, Capt. Charles Edgar (49th Rgt)
Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co
Gilley, Ens, Arthur
Gilpin, Charles, MP
Gingall
Goddard, Mr
Gorrackpur
Governor's Lake NS
Grand Pré
Grand Trunk Road
Grant, Gen Sir Hope
Grasscloth
Gray, Rev'd
Greaves, Lt, Spencer Ley
Greenhill NS
Greentree, Capt. Dovedon Downes
Greyhound HMS
Grier, Ens. Lyndon John
Gunfire (tea)
Guysborough NS
Gwalior
Gwilt, Col, John
Hacketts Cove NS
Haddington
Haliburton, John
Haliburton, Sir Brenton
Halifax NS
Hamilton Roe, Dr
Hamilton, Col (Grenadier Guards)
Hanwell College
Harman, Brevet Major Geo. Byng
Hawkesbury NS
Houlbowline Naval Base
Havelock, General Henry
Hayter & Howell (packers)
Heath, Henry (hatter)
Heath, Mrs
'Heatherbell' (yacht)
Heliopolis
'Hellespont' (ship)
Henry, Prince
Higginson, Col (Grenadier Guards)
Hill, Margaretta (Mrs Philip Cartaret Hill)
Hinde
Hindustani
Hodson’s Horse
Holliday Wise & Co
Holroyd, Lt, Tyssen Sowley,
Holyhead
Hoogly, river
Horlock, Rev Dr
Horsford, General Sir Alfred Hastings, GCB
Hort, Col. John Josiah (4th Rgt)
Household Words (journal)
Howard, Lt, CJH (71st Rgt)
Howdah
Howley, Lt, John (4th Rgt)
Hugonin, Capt. Roderick
Hyde Park Place
Hyde Park Terrace
Hydra (ship)
Hythe (depot)
Independence (Fort), MA
India Act
'Indiana' (ship)
'Indus' (ship)
Inglis, Sir J
Inglis, Capt. Richard (2nd Rgt)
Inkerman
'Ireland' (ship)
Jack, Catherine
Jack, Margaret
Jardine Matheson & Co
Jardine Skinner & Co
Jardine, Mr
Jaunpur
Jebb, Gladwin and Maida
Jeffery, Honor (Mrs William Pulley)
Jerusalem
Jordan, Capt, Joseph
Jordan, Lt. Edward
Jordan, Lt. William Walker
Jordan, Ens. Lutley
Jung Bahadoor
Kadikoi
Kalamatia Bay
Kamiesh
Kars
Keilsa
Kelly, Col, Richard Denis, CB (& Mrs)
Kentville
Kerch
Kingsmill, Mr
Kingstown
Knowles, Lt Charles B (76th Rgt)
Koer Singh
Krause, Dr
Labuan, Bishop of
Lake Loon NS
Lambert, Daniel
Lampen, Lt, Henry
Land Transport Corps
Langley, Col Oliver (16th Rgt)
Laurie, Alfred and Ellen
Laurie, Annie
Laurie, Arthur
Laurie, Alexander
Laurie, Elizabeth (née Sparkes) - 'Aunt Robert'
Laurie, Eliza (née Collett) - 'Mother'
Laurie, Ethel
Laurie, Frances (née Collins)
Laurie, Francis
Laurie, George Brenton
Laurie, Helen
Laurie, John - 'Father'
Laurie, John Dawson
Laurie, John Wimburn
Laurie, Julius Dyson
Laurie, Margaret
Laurie, Mary B Haliburton
Laurie, Matilda (née Wahab)
Laurie, Meta
Laurie, Peter George
Laurie, Robert Peter
Laurie, Robert, son of Robert Peter
Laurie, Sir Peter
Laurie, Stephen
Lawrence, Sir John
Layard, Sir Austen
Leeches
Leeson, Lt, Richard John Philip
Legge, Capt Montagu (1st Rgt)
Lewis, Frank (farmhouse at Bull Run)
Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet, PC
Lindsay, Mr William S, MP (Mr L)
Lindsay, WS & Co
Littlehampton
Liverpool
Lloyd, Edmund
Lloyd, EE (Teddy)
Lloyd, Ernest
Lloyd, Mary (née Collett) - 'Aunt Lloyd'
Lloyd, Sophia (née Douglas)
Lloyd, William (Willie)
London International Exhibition
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
'Lord Raglan' (ship)
Lucknow
Lugard, General The Rt Hon Sir Edward, GCB
Lunenburg NS
Lynch, Capt. William Wiltshire (4th Rgt)
Lyons, Lord Richard Bickerton Pemell, GCB, GCMG, PC, DCL, 1st Viscount Lyons
MacAlister, George
Macao
Madras
Mahone Bay NS
'Malabar' (ship)
Malakoff
Malta
Maltby, James (tailor)
Mamelon
Manassas VA
Man Singh
Marseilles
Marsh, Capt, Edward Herman
Marshalls, Romford
Martingale
Martiniere (school)
Massey, Lt, Hon. Hugh NG (4th Rgt) - 'Nat'
Matheson & Co, Lombard St
Matheson, Sir James
Matheson, Sir William
Mathew, Lt, Edmund Powell Lettice
Mauritius
Maxwell, Maj, James
Maxwelton House
'Mazeppa' (ship)
McClellan, Gen. George Brinton
McDowell, Gen. Irvin
McLean, Mr
McNab's Island NS
'Medea' (ship)
Meeangunge
Meerut
Merigomish NS
Mermaid
Milligan, Capt. Charles (39th Rgt)
Millman, Capt
Milne, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet, GCB
'Mirzapore' (ship)
Montagu, Capt. J. V. (10th Rgt)
Morley's Hotel, London
Morning Advertiser, The
Mulgrave, Lord George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, GCB, GCMG, PC
Mulgrave NS
Munro, Lt
Munster House, Fulham
Murray, Dr Ivor
Murrow, Yorick
Naikes, Maj
Nainital
Nana Saheb
Nanking, Treaty of
Emperor Napoleon III
'Napoleon', 12 pounder bronze cannon
Nassau Press
New Brunswick
New Glasgow NS
Newcastle, Duke of
Niagara Falls ON
'Niagara' RMS
Niblo's Garden
Nicklaul
Nickolaev
Nightingale, Florence
'Nile' (ship)
Nilgai
Ningpo
Norris, Sgt
Northall-Laurie, Beatrice
Northall-Laurie, Peter
'Nubia' (ship)
Nufriter, Cadet
Nusserabad brigade
Nyl Ghy (cow)
O’Loughlin, Lt Jno. W. Brooke
Oltenitza
Onslow Mountain NS
Opium
'Osprey' (ship)
Oudh
Outram, Sir James
Overland
Oxenden, Brevet Major Chas. Vernon (Rifle Brigade)
P&O Company
Paget, Lady Florence Cecelia
Palanquin
Pale Ale
Palmerston, Lord
Parkes, Harry (consul)
Parrott Gun
Pathans
Paton, Capt, James (4th Regt)
Paulet, Lord George, CB
Paulet, Field Marshal Lord William, GCB
Pea jacket
Peel, Lt, Francis
Peggy's Cove NS
Po-Kuei (Peh-quei) Governor of Canton
Pei-ho (river)
Pennington, Dr
Percival, Mr (Jardines)
Perekoff
Pharmacy Act
Philadelphia PA
Pictou NS
Piper, Capt. Robert William (46th Rgt)
Pittsburgh, Battle of
Pleasance, Henry
Point Pleasant NS
'Polonaise' (ship)
Pongee
Porcupine (Cape) NS
Porter (beer)
Portman Street Barracks
Postilion
Powell, Frank MB
Powell, Mr
Prater, Miss (godmother)
Preston, Lt, George Berthon
Prickly heat
'Prince' (ship)
Prince Edward Island, P.E.I.
Puget, Maj, Granville William
Pulaski (fort) GA
Pulley, Honor (née Jeffery)
Pulley, William
Pullinger, Mr William (Union Bank)
Purchase (of Commission)
Pusey, Edward B
Quanzhou
Queen Elizabeth's pocket pistol,
Queen’s Proclamation
Queenstown
Rail travel in India
Ramsey, Lt, Norman (34th Rgt)
Rand, Mr (saddler)
Raneegunge
Rani Lakshmi of Jhansi
Red button
Redan
Reform Bill
Rendell, Mt NS
Renny, Capt R
Richardson, Pte George, VC
Rickards, Dr
Riley, John
Riley, John Athelstan Laurie
Riley, Mary (née Laurie)
River John NS
Roanoak, SS (ship)
'Robert Lowe' (ship)
Roche, Paymaster, Charles Boyse
Rogers Hill NS
Ross, Mr
Rossin House Hotel, Toronto
Rouses Point, NY
Rowcroft, Brig. CB (62nd Native Infantry)
Royal Albert HMS
Rugby (school)
Rumania
Rumley, Maj. Gen.
Russell & Co (merchants)
Russell, William (Times correspondent)
Russia
Saddlers, Worshipful Company of
Salmon River NS
Sam Slick
Sampson, Lt, Dudley Thomas Heatley
Sandhurst
Sangrado
Sardinia
Saugor
Saunders, Lt, Thomas Harry,
Sawer family
Scarletina
Scarth, Mr John
Schottische (dance)
Scoles, possibly William Henry Scales, FRCS
'Scotland' (ship)
Scott, Maj. Henry (18th Hussars)
Scutari
Seacole, Mrs
Sevastopol (and Sebastopol)
Sheet, Lt George (16th Rgt)
Shell jacket
Shepheard's Hotel, Cairo
Shiffner, Ens. Bertie
Shiloh, Battle of
Shorncliffe Barracks, Folkestone
Shute, Lt. Col. Charles Cameron (6th Dragoons)
Simla
Simpson, Lt Col, John
Sinclair, Mrs - 'Mrs S'
Sinope
Sitapur
Smale, Sir John
Smallpox
Smith, Albert
Smith, Elder & Co
Sparkes, Mary and Elizabeth
Spence's Hotel, Calcutta
St George's Monastery
St Margaret's Bay NS
St Peter's (school)
St Petroc
Stack, Ens, Thomas Lindsay
Stanley, Lord Edward Henry
Steuart, Capt, David
Stewiake NS
Stotherd, Capt. Edward Augustus (60th Rgt)
Substantive
Suttee
Swetenham, Lt, George, RE
Sydney NS
Tandah
Tantia Topee
Tappahannock VA
Tarrant, HJ
Tatamagouche NS
Tchernaya
Tennyson, Lord Alfred
Thackwell, Lt. Col. Joseph Edwin
Thiers, Marie Joseph Louis
Thompson, Capt. John (4th Rgt)
Thompson, General Thomas Perronet, MP
Thomson, Capt. Robert C. (2nd Rgt)
Thorn, William
Tientsin, Treaty of
Todleben, Col
Totonto ON
Travers, Capt. Richard Henry (24th Rgt)
Trincomalee
Truro NS
Turkey
Turkish medal
Turner, Mr G
Turtle Grove NS
Twelve Mile House NS
'Tynemouth' (ship)
Union Bank
Unoow
'Vectis' (ship)
Vere-Laurie, Florence
Vestris, Eliza (Madame)
Victoria Bridge, Montreal
Victoria Cross
Victoria, Princess Royal
'Victoria' (ship)
Wadsworth, Gen. James Samuel
Wallack' Theatre, NY
Walpole, General
'War Spirit' (ship)
Warry, Brevet Major William
Washington DC
Watmore, Mr
Watson, Lt, Alexander
Webb, Ens, Charles Hamilton
Whatman, James (paper maker)
Wheatley's
Whyte-Melville, George
Wideawakes
Willards Hotel, Washington DC
'William Hammond' (ship)
Williams, Capt. Richard L
Williams, Gen. Sir William Fenwick
Wilson, Admiral Arthur Knyvet, VC
Windham, Maj Gen Sir Charles
Windsor NS
Wolfville NS
Wood, Sir Charles
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, Commissioners for
Worthing
Wusong
Wyse, Lt, John Francis
Yeh Ming-ch'en (commissioner of Canton)