Family, political and personal correspondence and papers of the Abercromby family, chiefly of James Abercromby (1776-1858), 1st Baron Dunfermline, with some correspondence and papers of his wife Marianne (died 1874), and of their son Ralph, 2nd Baron and diplomatist (1803-1868), and his family.
Scope and Contents
James Abercromby was Judge Advocate General, 1827; Chief Baron of the Exchequer Court, Scotland, 1830-1832; a member of the Whig Cabinet as Master of the Mint, 1834; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1835-1839; and created 1st Baron Dunfermline, 1839.
Much of the family correspondence is from Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron and from and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
With the papers are a few letters, 1909-1912, to Alexander Lockhart Trotter, a son of the Honourable Mary C E Trotter of Colinton, only child of the 2nd Baron and Baroness.
Dates
- Creation: 1798-1887, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
50 Volumes ; Unless otherwise stated papers are folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The papers are arranged as follows.
MSS.24725-24746. Family correspondence
MSS.24747-24769. Correspondence with individuals
MSS.24770-24773. General correspondence
MS.24774. Miscellaneous papers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 18 December 1986, lot 222.
Separated Materials
Another portion of the Abercromby family archive may be found in the Minto Papers, MSS.13154-13180, and for correspondence of the Dunfermline’s with the Elliot of Minto family see MSS.11766-11773, 11800, 12253 and 12851.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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