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Building plans and drawings of agricultural buildings and installations on the Pitsligo, Fettercairn, and Invermay estates.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6780/1-77
Scope and Contents

A collection of plans and drawings of agricultural buildings in Perthshire, Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire. The estates concerned were owned by Lord Clinton and the Forbes family.

The plans were originally numbered in red, but the sequence is incomplete.

Dates: 1871-1893, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the families of Ramsay of Ochtertyre and Dundas of Ochtertyre.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10719/1-207
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers of the families of Ramsay and Dundas of Ochtertyre in Kincardine-of-Menteith, Perthshire, principally of the latter family.

Dates: 1619-1897, undated.

Estate papers, legal documents and personal and household financial papers of the family of Cameron of Fassifearn.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9174/1-46
Scope and Contents Thepapers comprise letters of and to members of the Cameron of Fassifern family (chiefly John Cameron of Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, and, to a lesser extent, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and Donald Cameron of Lochiel), estate and household papers, legal deeds and accounts and other papers concerning Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron and his regiment, the 92nd Foot. A miscellaneous section includes inventories of furniture and books at Fassifern...
Dates: 1643-1901, undated.

Estate papers of the Ogilvy family of Inverquharity.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.158- is now Acc.5012.
Dates: 17th century-18th century.

Family and estate papers of the Maxwells of Monreith, including correspondence, financial papers and bound estate papers.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.231- is now Acc.7043.
Scope and Contents

Also included are general and literary correspondence, 1863-1933, and some literary manuscripts of Sir Herbert Maxwell, seventh baronet.

Dates: 1673-circa 1947.

Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.9.16

Financial and executory papers of Archibald Skirving, painter.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10102
Scope and Contents

Includes lists of his effects, paintings, accounts for frames and valuations of pictures.

Dates: 1800-1819.

Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8468/1-172
Scope and Contents

Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.

Dates: 1330-1915.

Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13827/1-1103
Scope and Contents The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 15th-20th centuries

Further political and estate papers of the Anstruther-Gray family of Kilmany, Fife.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14335
Scope and Contents

Comprising the political, military, and personal papers of Lt. Col. William Anstruther-Gray [formerly Anstruther-Thomson] and William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, with family estate records, hunting and game books, and photographs.

Dates: 1791-1985.

Genealogical notes of the family of Malcolm of Burnfoot.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11019
Scope and Contents

Includes loosely inserted family and estate papers.

Dates: 1776-1942 and undated.

Ledger and other financial papers of the Chalmers of Auldbar family, relating to Auldbar Castle.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13904/1-2
Content Description

Ledger recording estate and household expenditure by the Chalmers of Auldbar family, relating to Auldbar Castle; with a small number of related financial papers which were loosely inserted in the volume.

Dates: Circa 1766-1818.

Letters, 1812-1852, to William Menzies, his wife Elizabeth and their son James.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11488
Scope and Contents

Includes letters and papers, 1679-1834 and undated, concerning the Robertsons of Struan, and poetry in English and Gaelic, undated.

Dates: 1679-1852 and undated.

Letters and papers of the 1st and 2nd Dukes of Argyll.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.5
Scope and Contents

Most of the papers concern the settling of the 1st Duke`s affairs after his death in 1703, with particular reference to his estate at Chirton in Northumberland. Many of the letters are addressed to James Anderson, Writer to the Signet, who was acting on behalf of Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Argyll.

Dates: 1682-1720.

Maxwell of Monreith papers, comprising family and estate correspondence, financial papers, and bound estate papers; with early charters of Maxwells and of Blair of Adamton. Includes general and literary correspondence, and some literary manuscripts, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7043/1—Adamton/18
Scope and Contents This archive constitutes the bulk of the surviving family and estate papers of the Maxwells of Monreith. It gives a clear picture of Maxwell family life, and the running of the Monreith estate from the early 18th century to 1920, with some later estate material. Some of the papers go back to the early 17th century, but the formal estate books begin in 1779, and from then on increase steadily in number and comprehensiveness until from 1893 to 1920 there is scarcely a detail of estate...
Dates: Majority of material found within [1296]-1947, undated.

Papers and correspondence of the family of Malcolm of Burnfoot, principally of Sir Pulteney Malcolm; with related estate papers, diaries and a small group of papers concerning the family of Douglas of Cavers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6684/1-49
Scope and Contents These papers form the surviving archive of the family of Malcolm of Burnfoot near Langholm. They consist principally of letters received by the immediate family circle of Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm (1768-1838): his wife, Clementina Elphinstone, his sisters Agnes, Wilhelmina, Helen, and Stephana, and his son William Elphinstone Malcolm (1817-1907). The letters are almost all from members of the family, but this in no way detracts from the interest of the collection. The careers of Sir...
Dates: 18th century to 19th century.

Papers and correspondence of the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Hendersons of Stemster, Bower.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9872/1-178
Scope and Contents Containing the correspondence, accounts and papers of three Caithness families, the Williamsons of Banniskirk, the Sinclairs of Southdun and the Hendersons of Stemster, Bower. The papers span the seventeenth to twentieth centuries. The bulk of the papers relate to the Ulbster estates in Caithness, under the Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Williamson's and Captain David Henderson's respective factorships. There are letters relating to The Caithness Fencible Regiment and the Caithness Highlander...
Dates: circa 1678-circa 1907.

Papers concerning the family of Douglas of Cavers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6943
Scope and Contents

Including 17th century copies of four charters, 1353-1412, and other estate papers, 1558-1950.

Dates: 1353-1950.

Papers concerning the Roxburghshire Estate of the Minto family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10912
Scope and Contents

Includes title deeds, 1492-1956, to lands which came into the possession of the Minto family in Roxburgshire and one deed, 1781, concerning land in Fife. With other papers, 1751-1975, on the administration of the family`s estates, family trust and settlement papers, bonds, inventories, valuations, probate records and plans.

Dates: 1492-1975.

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Correspondence. 22
Legal documents. 16
Financial records. 12
Accounts. 11
Family papers. 5
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Manuscripts. 5
Plans (orthographic projections). 5
Account books. 4
Genealogies. 4
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Letters. Correspondence. 3
Notes. 3
Reports 3
Administrative records. 2
Charters 2
Charters. 2
Copies. Derivative objects. 2
Deeds. Legal documents. 2
Fettercairn. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Aberdeenshire. Inhabited place. Longitude: -2.5667. Latitude: 56.8500. 2
Fife. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. Longitude: -3.0333. Latitude: 56.2500. 2
Inventories. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Leases. Contracts. 2
Ledgers. Account books. 2
Lists. 2
Military records. 2
Poetry. 2
Publications. 2
Receipts. Financial records. 2
Sederunts. Administrative records 2
Architectural drawings. 1
Assignations. Legal Instruments. 1
Business records. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Castle of Pitsligo. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Aberdeenshire. Ruins. Longitude: -2.1167. Latitude: 57.6833. 1
Catalogues. 1
Chartularies. 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
Diaries. 1
Drafts. Documents. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Estate inventories. 1
Exercise books. 1
Financial statements. 1
Game Books. 1
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
Histories. 1
Jamaica. North and Central America - Jamaica. Island. Longitude: -77.5000. Latitude: 18.2500. 1
Kincardine. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. 1
Lancashire. Europe - United Kingdom - England. County. Longitude: -2.6667. Latitude: 53.7000. 1
Literature (writings). 1
Maps. Cartographic materials. 1
Marriage-contracts. Contracts. 1
Memorandums. 1
Muniments. Legal documents. 1
Photocopies. 1
Photograph albums. 1
Photographs. 1
Pitlour House. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Fife - Strathmiglo. Estate. Longitude: -3.2791. Latitude: 56.2861. 1
Reports. 1
Ross and Cromarty. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Highland. County. 1
Sketchbooks 1
Speeches. Documents. 1
Tain. United Kingdom - Scotland - Highland. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.0667. Latitude: 57.8000. 1
Typescripts. 1
Wills. 1
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Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Maxwell, family, of Monreith 3
Sutherland Estates 3
Malcolm, family, of Burnfoot 2
Anstruther-Gray, Clayre Jessie Tennant, 1872-1958 (justice of the peace and wife of William Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, Monica Helen Lambton, 1915-1985 (justice of the peace and wife of William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray) 1
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Anstruther-Gray, William John St Clair, Baron Kilmany, 1905-1985 (soldier and politician) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William, 1859-1938 (soldier and politician) 1
Ballantyne (family, of Holylee ) 1
Baring, Lady Harriet Mary, 1st wife of 2nd Baron Ashburton, née Montagu, 1805-1857 1
Baring, Louisa Caroline, 2nd wife of 2nd Baron Ashburton, née Stewart-Mackenzie, 1827-1903 1
Baring, William Bingham, 2nd Baron Ashburton (succeeded 1848), 1799-1864 1
Blair, family, of Adamton 1
Borthwick, family, of Crookston : author 1
Cadboll Estates, Ross-shire 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
Cadell, family, of Grange 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Campbell, Jean Helen St Clair, Baroness Stratheden of Cupar and Campbell of St Andrews, nee Anstruther-Gray, d 1956 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Carnegie, family, of Craigo 1
Cauvin, Joseph, Writer to the Signet, d 1815 1
Chalmers, family, of auldbar 1
Douglas (family, of Cavers) 1
Douglas, family, of Cavers 1
Dunbar, family, of Mochrum 1
Dundas, family, of Dundas 1
Dundas, family, of Ochtertyre 1
Fraser, family, of Lovat 1
Fraser, family, of Strichen 1
Gordon, family, of Halmyre and Gordonstoun 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Graham, Robert Cunninghame Cunninghame, of Gartmore, Ardoch and Finlaystone, formerly Bontine, 1799-1863 1
Graham, Robert Cunninghame, of Gartmore, politician and poet, formerly Graham, then Bontine, 1735-1797 1
Gray (family, of Carntyne and Anstruther ) 1
Gray (family, of Kilmany ) 1
Halkett, John Cornelius Craigie, of Cramond, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1830-1912 1
Hay, family, of Hayfield 1
Henderson, family, of Stemster, Bower 1
Invermay, estate 1
Lindsay, family, Earls of Crawford and Balcarres 1
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 1
Malcolm, Clementina, wife of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Knight, Admiral, née Elphinstone, d 1830 1
Malcolm, Sir Pulteney, Knight, Admiral, 1768-1838 1
Malcolm, Stephana, sister of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Knight, Admiral, fl 1790-1791 1
Maxwell, Herbert Eustace, 7th Bart., of Monreith, 1845-1937. 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
Menzies, Elizabeth, wife of William, surgeon, Rannoch, née Robertson, d 1846 1
Menzies, James Alexander Robertson, runholder, politician and provincial superintendent, New Zealand, 1821-1888 1
Menzies, William, surgeon, Rannoch, d c 1839 1
Minto, family, Earls of Minto 1
Monreith estate, Dumfries and Galloway 1
Ogilvy, family, of Inverquharity 1
Palmer Douglas, family, of Cavers 1
Robertson, family, of Struan 1
Sinclair, John, Sir (1st Baronet of Ulbster) 1
Sinclair, family, of Southdun 1
Skene, family, of Pitlour 1
Skirving, Archibald, painter, 1749-1819 1
Smythe, family, of Methven 1
Stuart Forbes (family, of Fettercairn and Pitsligo ) 1
Sutherland, family, Earls and Dukes of Sutherland 1
Tods, Murray and Jamieson, Edinburgh, WS 1
Williamson, family, of Banniskirk 1
Willison, family 1
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