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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8190-8462
Dates:
1540-1945.
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.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.24725-24774
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,...
Dates:
1798-1887, undated.
Further papers of William Walls.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14364/1-7
Scope and Contents
The papers contain personal and family correspondence of William Walls and two of his own notebooks detailing exhibitions and pictures sold, with additional papers on the Walls family tree compiled by his descendants.
Dates:
1845-1992.
Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents
This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates:
1941-2022
Letters and documents of Captain William Leith, Stromness, and his sons.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4968
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Peter Leith to Capt William Leith, 15 Sept 1798.Capt William Leith to Peter Leith, 28 June 1800.Nicholas Leith to Capt William Leith, 3 June 1801.Nicholas Leith to Capt William Leith, 1 April 1802.Charles Leith to Capt William Leith, 28 Jan 1804.Peter Leith to Capt William Leith, 8 March 1804.William Leith to Capt William Leith, 5 July 1804.Nicholas Leith to Capt...
Dates:
1798-1846, undated.
Letters and papers associated with the son and daughters of Allan Ramsay, the painter, and their relations.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2903-2908
Dates:
1752-1859, undated.
Letters and papers of the family of Stewart of Newton, afterwards Stewart of Lochrig.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1792-1793
Scope and Contents
The letters and papers deal chiefly with family matters; some describe the doings of officers of the 7th Dragoons and 56th Foot.
Dates:
1705-1835, undated.
Letters and papers of the geologist, Leonard Horner, and of his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2213-2222
Dates:
1782-1880.
Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9320-9349
Dates:
1844-early 20th century.
Manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence and other papers of Gavin Ewart, poet.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12908/1-114
Dates:
1890-1996.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.314
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Memorandums, 1800-1813, received by the 1st Earl of Minto (MS.11323);Letters, 1835-1842, with a few enclosures, of George 2nd Baron and Earl of Auckland, and of his sisters, the Honourable Emily Eden, the Honourable Mary Drummond, and the Honourable Frances Eden, to the 2nd Earl of Minto (MSS.11794-11796);Letters, 1838-1840, with a few enclosures, of George 2nd Baron and Earl of Auckland, and of his sisters, the Honourable Emily Eden, the...
Dates:
1800-1910.
Microfilm of correspondence, papers, charters and other formal documents of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) and of his son Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1880), and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, American and West Indian Merchant in London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.35-53
Dates:
1768-1934.
Microfilm of family and genealogical papers of the family of Mackintosh of Farr.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.65
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1799-1821, of Mrs Catharine Mackintosh of Farr to her sons James John, 4th of Farr, and Alexander, 5th of Farr, in the East India Company's Madras army, chiefly on family and local affairs (MS.9853); 'Notes of the Genealogy of the House of Mackintosh and of the Different Branches of the Name that have Sprung from that ancient House; With the Genealogy of Several other Families connected therewith. Part of which is intended to form an...
Dates:
[1799-1937.]
Microfilm of family papers of the Grahams of Airth, notably of and concerning Charles Stirling, the estate of Ardoch Penn and Jamaica.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2079-2081
Dates:
1775-1835.
Microfilm of historical and genealogical material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.25
Dates:
1563-1st half of 18th century.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Miscellaneous papers chiefly of the Douglas and Campbell families.
Series
Identifier: MSS.973-979
Dates:
1589-1760, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10283-10286
Dates:
1653-1804.
Miscellaneous papers, relating chiefly to lands and families of Angus, several accompanied by modern transcripts.
File
Identifier: MS.3044
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1626-1686, undated, relating to the lands of Ardoch and Craigo in the Parish of Logie-Montrose (numbers 1-42);(ii) Papers, 1550, 1591, relating to Fullartoun of Ardoch (numbers 43-45);(iii) Correspondence, 1668-1759, of David Carnegy of Craigo and his descendants (numbers 46-53);(iv) Letters and papers, 1612-1726, of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Earls of Kellie (numbers 54-63), including 'En acouent of Lady...
Dates:
1550-1855, undated.
Papers and correspondence of James Miller.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9484/1-44
Scope and Contents
With documents, 1782-1930, concerning his family.
Dates:
1782-1986.
Papers from Nisbet House, Berwickshire.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5410-5508
Scope and Contents
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
Dates:
1575-early19th century.
Papers from Pitfirrane House, Fife.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.6406-6511
Scope and Contents
The papers derive from four main sources: material relating to the Halketts of Pitfirrane, to the Wedderburns of Gosford, to Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, and to John McFarlane, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1709). The last male heir in the direct line of the Halkett family, Sir James (succeeded 1697), died in 1705, ending the baronetcy created in 1671. On his death his eldest sister, Janet, succeeded to Pitfirrane. She had married Sir Peter Wedderburn, 1st Baronet of Gosford, who now...
Dates:
1517-1897.
Papers of and relating to George Rose (1744-1818), Statesman, and several of his descendants, notably his son Sir George Henry Rose, Diplomatist, and his grandson Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3795-3801
Scope and Contents
The correspondence deals with various personal, family, and official matters.
Dates:
1776-1896, undated
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24501-24629
Scope and Contents
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.
Dates:
1526-1936, undated.
Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.19771-19965
Scope and Contents
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1768-1821, undated.