G’day folks, I have just received this email and wondered how many of you have any Rolls Royce stories - in India? Answers to this list and to the address shown below. ooroo Begin forwarded message: From: John Fasal <jfasal@btinternet.com> Subject: The Indian Raj Date: 6 March 2014 7:06:22 am AEST To: "wantok@me.com" <wantok@me.com> Dear John Feltham, I gather you are a keen follower of the British Raj in India and I wonder if you can help me. For many years (since August 1967) I have had the pleasure of looking after the vintage Rolls-Royce cars for a number of the Princely families, mainly in Rajasthan. At the end of this year I plan to publish the definitive two volume work on 'Rolls-Royce & Bentleys in Princely India’. I have seen an interesting website on Jean Rae who's father Frank Ronald Rae was chauffeur to Lord Casey (Gov. of Bengal, 1944-46) and then the driver to Lord Mountbatten. I would be grateful to be put in touch with his daughter and learn more about her father's service in India and help identify various photos I have which could be her father in Simla. It would be a pleasure to meet you and show you our Durbar Hall, opened last year by the grandson of H.M. King George V. We have transformed our main central barn in Broxbourne, Herts. into the Durbar Hall which contains many framed portraits and photographs of the Maharajas and Nawabs 'dripping in diamonds' and their Rolls-Royce & Bentley cars. With kind regards and looking forward to hearing from you. John Fasal

The only story I have is one my mother recounts in her childhood memories. When she was a little girl, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar once asked her what she wanted as a gift. She promptly responded "A diamond Rolls Royce." She received the gift a bit later - a gold Rolls Royce in miniature with diamonds set in the centre of each wheel! James Sinclair jimsin12@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: John Feltham <wantok@me.com> To: Raj <INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 5:10 Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Raj List - Rolls Royce in India G’day folks, I have just received this email and wondered how many of you have any Rolls Royce stories - in India? Answers to this list and to the address shown below. ooroo Begin forwarded message: From: John Fasal <jfasal@btinternet.com> Subject: The Indian Raj Date: 6 March 2014 7:06:22 am AEST To: "wantok@me.com" <wantok@me.com> Dear John Feltham, I gather you are a keen follower of the British Raj in India and I wonder if you can help me. For many years (since August 1967) I have had the pleasure of looking after the vintage Rolls-Royce cars for a number of the Princely families, mainly in Rajasthan. At the end of this year I plan to publish the definitive two volume work on 'Rolls-Royce & Bentleys in Princely India’. I have seen an interesting website on Jean Rae who's father Frank Ronald Rae was chauffeur to Lord Casey (Gov. of Bengal, 1944-46) and then the driver to Lord Mountbatten. I would be grateful to be put in touch with his daughter and learn more about her father's service in India and help identify various photos I have which could be her father in Simla. It would be a pleasure to meet you and show you our Durbar Hall, opened last year by the grandson of H.M. King George V. We have transformed our main central barn in Broxbourne, Herts. into the Durbar Hall which contains many framed portraits and photographs of the Maharajas and Nawabs 'dripping in diamonds' and their Rolls-Royce & Bentley cars. With kind regards and looking forward to hearing from you. John Fasal ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

One of the Orr girls.. Georgiana (Georgy) born 1840s was Governess to the Cooch Bihar children- probably in the 1860s. Can anyone expand on who or what was happening then? Vanya Mobile +447776279438 *God's joy moves from unmarked box to unmarked box* *from cell to cell. As rainwater, down into the flowerbed.* *As roses up from the ground..........* *It hides within these* *till one day it cracks them open. Rumi* Landline: 0044(0)1239 820 598 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxEzyR9iYE0&feature=channel_video_title www.earthtrustnilgiris.org; facebook: Earth Trust Nilgiris http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/addressing-poverty-hunger-in-50-indian-tribal-villages/ * On 6 March 2014 09:35, James Sinclair <jimsin12@aol.com> wrote: > > The only story I have is one my mother recounts in her childhood memories. > When she was a little girl, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar once asked her > what she wanted as a gift. She promptly responded "A diamond Rolls Royce." > She received the gift a bit later - a gold Rolls Royce in miniature with > diamonds set in the centre of each wheel! > > James Sinclair > jimsin12@aol.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Feltham <wantok@me.com> > To: Raj <INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 5:10 > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Raj List - Rolls Royce in India > > > G’day folks, > > I have just received this email and wondered how many of you have any Rolls > Royce stories - in India? > > Answers to this list and to the address shown below. > > ooroo > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: John Fasal <jfasal@btinternet.com> > Subject: The Indian Raj > Date: 6 March 2014 7:06:22 am AEST > To: "wantok@me.com" <wantok@me.com> > > Dear John Feltham, > I gather you are a keen follower of the British Raj in India and I wonder > if you > can help me. For many years (since August 1967) I have had the pleasure of > looking after the vintage Rolls-Royce cars for a number of the Princely > families, mainly in Rajasthan. At the end of this year I plan to publish > the > definitive two volume work on 'Rolls-Royce & Bentleys in Princely India’. > > I have seen an interesting website on Jean Rae who's father Frank Ronald > Rae was > chauffeur to Lord Casey (Gov. of Bengal, 1944-46) and then the driver to > Lord > Mountbatten. I would be grateful to be put in touch with his daughter and > learn > more about her father's service in India and help identify various photos > I have > which could be her father in Simla. > > It would be a pleasure to meet you and show you our Durbar Hall, opened > last > year by the grandson of H.M. King George V. We have transformed our main > central > barn in Broxbourne, Herts. into the Durbar Hall which contains many framed > portraits and photographs of the Maharajas and Nawabs 'dripping in > diamonds' and > their Rolls-Royce & Bentley cars. > > With kind regards and looking forward to hearing from you. John Fasal > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Here's the extract of my mother's story "Petals in the Dust." I'm not sure who Uncle Raji or Uncle Hittie were - perhaps the sons of the then Maharaja in about 1913? Could anyone clarify? "The Cooch Behar’s were specialfriends of his (my mother's father) and were always at our tennis and other parties. ‘Uncle’ Raji was a special friend of mine andonce, when I was younger, asked me what I wanted as a present. ‘A diamond motor-car,’ I answeredpromptly. ‘First give me your medal?’ Uncle Raji would tease, winking at hisbrother, ‘Uncle’ Hittie sitting opposite. This was a toy from a Christmas cracker which he knew I would not partwith on any account. Whenever he askedthis question he knew I would slip off his knee and go and sit on UncleHittie’s. On this occasion it was no different; I immediately forgot all about thefanciful car studded with diamonds. Mymedal was far more precious to me, and althoughI didn’t part with it anyway, his gift did arrive some months later – a goldRolls Royce in miniature with a diamond set in the centre of each wheel! James Sinclair jimsin12@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanya Orr <orrvanya@gmail.com> To: india-british-raj <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 12:53 Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Raj List - Rolls Royce in India One of the Orr girls.. Georgiana (Georgy) born 1840s was Governess to the Cooch Bihar children- probably in the 1860s. Can anyone expand on who or what was happening then? Vanya Mobile +447776279438 *God's joy moves from unmarked box to unmarked box* *from cell to cell. As rainwater, down into the flowerbed.* *As roses up from the ground..........* *It hides within these* *till one day it cracks them open. Rumi* Landline: 0044(0)1239 820 598 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxEzyR9iYE0&feature=channel_video_title www.earthtrustnilgiris.org; facebook: Earth Trust Nilgiris http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/addressing-poverty-hunger-in-50-indian-tribal-villages/ * On 6 March 2014 09:35, James Sinclair <jimsin12@aol.com> wrote: > > The only story I have is one my mother recounts in her childhood memories. > When she was a little girl, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar once asked her > what she wanted as a gift. She promptly responded "A diamond Rolls Royce." > She received the gift a bit later - a gold Rolls Royce in miniature with > diamonds set in the centre of each wheel! > > James Sinclair > jimsin12@aol.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Feltham <wantok@me.com> > To: Raj <INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 5:10 > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Raj List - Rolls Royce in India > > > G’day folks, > > I have just received this email and wondered how many of you have any Rolls > Royce stories - in India? > > Answers to this list and to the address shown below. > > ooroo > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: John Fasal <jfasal@btinternet.com> > Subject: The Indian Raj > Date: 6 March 2014 7:06:22 am AEST > To: "wantok@me.com" <wantok@me.com> > > Dear John Feltham, > I gather you are a keen follower of the British Raj in India and I wonder > if you > can help me. For many years (since August 1967) I have had the pleasure of > looking after the vintage Rolls-Royce cars for a number of the Princely > families, mainly in Rajasthan. At the end of this year I plan to publish > the > definitive two volume work on 'Rolls-Royce & Bentleys in Princely India’. > > I have seen an interesting website on Jean Rae who's father Frank Ronald > Rae was > chauffeur to Lord Casey (Gov. of Bengal, 1944-46) and then the driver to > Lord > Mountbatten. I would be grateful to be put in touch with his daughter and > learn > more about her father's service in India and help identify various photos > I have > which could be her father in Simla. > > It would be a pleasure to meet you and show you our Durbar Hall, opened > last > year by the grandson of H.M. King George V. We have transformed our main > central > barn in Broxbourne, Herts. into the Durbar Hall which contains many framed > portraits and photographs of the Maharajas and Nawabs 'dripping in > diamonds' and > their Rolls-Royce & Bentley cars. > > With kind regards and looking forward to hearing from you. John Fasal > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

G’day James, On 6 Mar 2014, at 7:35 pm, James Sinclair <jimsin12@aol.com> wrote: The only story I have is one my mother recounts in her childhood memories. When she was a little girl, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar once asked her what she wanted as a gift. She promptly responded "A diamond Rolls Royce." She received the gift a bit later - a gold Rolls Royce in miniature with diamonds set in the centre of each wheel! James Sinclair jimsin12@aol.com I have forwarded your msg. A nice story. ooroo

John - You have ‘somewhere’ in your vsdh website, photographs sent in by Gillian Donaldson or other (?) who mentions a member of her family being chauffeur to the Governor of Bengal - at the time. I hope my mind has not begun to play tricks !!! There were lots of photographs. I believe Gillian for a time, spent time at the Jute Mills perhaps while thou were there ? Sally On 6 Mar 2014, at 1:08 pm, John Feltham <wantok@me.com> wrote: > G’day folks, > > I have just received this email and wondered how many of you have any Rolls Royce stories - in India? > > Answers to this list and to the address shown below. > > ooroo > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: John Fasal <jfasal@btinternet.com> > Subject: The Indian Raj > Date: 6 March 2014 7:06:22 am AEST > To: "wantok@me.com" <wantok@me.com> > > Dear John Feltham, > I gather you are a keen follower of the British Raj in India and I wonder if you can help me. For many years (since August 1967) I have had the pleasure of looking after the vintage Rolls-Royce cars for a number of the Princely families, mainly in Rajasthan. At the end of this year I plan to publish the definitive two volume work on 'Rolls-Royce & Bentleys in Princely India’. > > I have seen an interesting website on Jean Rae who's father Frank Ronald Rae was chauffeur to Lord Casey (Gov. of Bengal, 1944-46) and then the driver to Lord Mountbatten. I would be grateful to be put in touch with his daughter and learn more about her father's service in India and help identify various photos I have which could be her father in Simla. > > It would be a pleasure to meet you and show you our Durbar Hall, opened last year by the grandson of H.M. King George V. We have transformed our main central barn in Broxbourne, Herts. into the Durbar Hall which contains many framed portraits and photographs of the Maharajas and Nawabs 'dripping in diamonds' and their Rolls-Royce & Bentley cars. > > With kind regards and looking forward to hearing from you. John Fasal > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message