Scope and Contents Golf Match Record Books and diaries, 1886-1900, of Frederick Guthrie Tait (1870-1900). Freddie Tait was one of the most important amateur golfers of the late Victorian era. His father, Peter Guthrie Tait, Professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh University, was also a keen golfer. Freddie and his siblings learnt to play golf on the links at St Andrews and Musselburgh from an early age. Later, father and son carried out scientific experiments on the flight of a golf ball. Freddie Tait...

Content Description Includes certificates and other papers relating to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, a small number of letters to Tait, some photographs at Sandhurst, and a copy of the order of service for the unveiling of a Black Watch memorial in Perth in 1905.Tait was accepted into Sandhurst in September 1889, and on completion of his training the following year, was gazetted into the 2nd battalion, the Leinster regiment (109th foot). In 1894, Tait joined the 2nd battalion, the Black...