According to the notes inserted before this page the people in this photograph are as follows:
Back row: unidentified man; Lady Constance Veronica Bruce; three unidentified men; 'Mademoiselle' (L. Krauth?); Henry Babington Smith.
Middle row: Lady Christian Augusta Bruce; unidentified man; Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce; the Viceroy; the Maharaja of Gwalior; the Countess of Elgin; Colonel Algernon Durand(?); unidentified man; the Hon. Mrs Grant.
Front row: Viscount Fincastle; two unidentified men.
Label stuck below photograph.
Label stuck below photograph.
Letters from 1899 include correspondence on the birth and death of Mary Babington Smith.
Letters from 1909 include condolences on the death of Lady Constance Mary Bruce, Countess of Elgin.
Letters from 1917 include condolences on the death of Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, and correspondence relating to the death of Hon. Alexander Bruce.
With additional note from David Babington Smith to his grandfather Lord Elgin.
Contains account of the marriage of her son Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, to Lady Constance Mary Carnegie.
In the hand of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
60-75, 77: Written by or with the assistance of Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith.
62: 17 Sept. 1909, with additional notes from Margaret, Henry George, and Michael James Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith.
70: 15 Oct. 1911, birthday card, painted by Bernard Babington Smith?
76: [Spring 1912?], in the hand of Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin?
83: 21 Aug. 1915, enclosing letter from Constance Babington Smith to Henry Babington Smith, 21 Aug. 1915, in the hand of Bernard Babington Smith.
86: on or before 17 Aug. 1916, with additional note from Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith to her husband Henry Babington Smith.
88: 24 Feb. 1918, enclosing copy of Bernard Babington Smith's Horris Hill scholll reprt, 18 Jan.-23 Feb. 1918.
39: [5 Nov 1909], beginning missing.
50: 10 May 1910, with enclosure: L. H. Cust to Henry Babington Smith.
67: [early 1911?], beginning missing.
71: on or before 21 Mar 1911, with enclosure: Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith to her father Lord Elgin.
77: 9 May 1911, with enclosure: details of a house.
84: 2 Aug 1911, with addition: Lady Elisabeth Mary Babington Smith to her father Lord Elgin.
New Year's greeting card, containing group photograph including the Earl and Countess of Elgin, Lady Elisabeth Mary Bruce, and Viscount Fincastle
Downing Street. Dated 27 October, 1908 - The Earl of Elgin gives permission to use extracts from reports on the subject of native law and custom in West Africa.
230: 16 Jun. 1916, enclosing letter from Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, to Lady Elisabeth Babington Smith.
The title stamped on the cover, partly in capitals, is 'Visit of their Excellencies | The Viceroy and the Countess of Elgin | to Gwalior | November 1895.' In the bottom two corners of the frame containing the title are stamped, in capitals, 'Herzog and Higgins,' and 'Mhow, C. I. [i.e. Central India]', and on the binding inside the front cover is stamped, in capitals, 'Byculla Press, Bombay.'
On the back of the front flyleaf is written, 'From | Madhorao Scindia | Gwalior 1896'.
There is a single photograph pasted on each page. In four instances (see pp. 16-17, 22-3, 26-7, and 46-7) pairs of photographs are arranged side-by-side to form a single panorama. Slips bearing typed captions, all in capitals, are pasted below the photographs on pp. 10-50.
183: 31 Jan 1896, enclosing telegram from the Commander of the Warren Hastings to J. Hext on the subject of Lord Elgin's health.
184: 8 Mar 1896
169: 14 June 1903, enclosing details of division of jewels belonging to the late Lady Louisa Elisabeth Bruce
192: 1 Oct 1909, enclosing extract from bequest of the late Lady Constance Mary Bruce to her daughter Elisabeth.