Biographies.
Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:
Marked and revised offprint of an article from the "Quarterly Review" : "Sterne" by Whitwell Elwin., ? 1853-? 1900.
Material, chiefly genealogical, collected by John Philp Wood, chiefly leaves found loose in MSS.1872-1877., 1775-1814.
Also included are: a State of Terregles Parish, 1776 (folio 24); a printed ‘Song for the Duddingston Curling Society’, 1817, with manuscript notes of the names of the persons mentioned (folio 26); and two leaves printed from John Philp Wood's biographies of the Presidents of the Court of Session (Adv.MS.37.2.1, pages 1-19), showing that he intended to publish them (folio 28).
Material for a biography of Thomas Carlyle, part, at least, of which was collected by Frederick Martin., 1821-1877, undated.
Material relating to Bibi Salimah, including copies of 'The story of Bibi Salimah', undated; a copy of correspondence of Bibi Salima to her brother, with translation, circa 1883; and related correspondence of John Kirk and other individuals, 1875-1883., 1875-1883, undated.
‘Memoir of Mrs Traill’, written in 1842 by Thomas Stewart Traill being a biography of his wife, Christian Robertson, who died in that year., 1842.
, Thomas Stewart Traill also narrates current events such as the cholera epidemic of 1832 and its effect on Liverpool, and important happenings in the lives of other members of the family such as his own visit to Spain of 1814 (see MSS.19388-19389).
Memoir of Tipu, undated, written by a Maratha Sirdar in his service, with a draft preface by Alexander Walker, circa 1825., 1st quarter of 19th century, [circa 1825].
'Memorial' of Margaret Constable, written by one of her brothers or sisters, consisting of an account of her last days and death., 1838.
Microfilm of biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie, subjects beginning A-Man., Late 19th century-?1956.
The contents are as follows:
Subjects beginning A-Ga (MS.22130), 176 frames;
Subjects beginning Ga-MacD (MS.22131), 180 frames;
Subjects beginning MacE-Man (MS.22132), 208 frames.
Microfilm of memoranda and other papers, including biographical material by Alexander Walker., 1797-1821.
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 13. “A child's history of Scotland”, “Jeanne d'Arc”, Francis Oliphant manuscripts., [?1822-?1896 or before.]
The contents are as follows:
Letters and papers to Margaret Oliphant's husband Francis W Oliphant, with letters and papers of and concerning various members of her family, 1822-1869, 1893, undated (MS.23204);
Autograph manuscripts, [1895 or before], [1896 or before], of “A child's history of Scotland” and “The life and death of Jeanne d'Arc the maid of France” by Margaret Oliphant (MS.23205);
Autograph manuscripts, late 19th century, of Francis R Oliphant (MS.23206).
Microfilm of Nineteenth century literary manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart. Reel 18., [1817, or before]-1859.
Miscellaneous notes of Emma Eleanor Elizabeth, Countess of Minto, for her 'Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751 to 1806' and 'Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807 to 1814., [1874, or before], [1880, or before.]
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Miscellaneous papers., 1760-1868, undated.
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to families of the north-east of Scotland, collected by William Rose., 1644-early 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of the north-east of Scotland, and to Scottish history more generally, collected by William Rose., Late 17th century-18th century.
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family., 1845-1962.
Miscellaneous papers of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot., 1828-1880, undated.
Many of the papers relate to Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot’s time in the Colonial Office (folio 1). In addition there are miscellaneous literary works including biographical notices of Elliot, 1828, 1868, undated, ‘Letters to a Colonist from his Partner in England’, 1850, and ‘A Discourse on Table Rapping’, 1867 (folio 176), and papers concerning the marriage settlement and executry of Elliot and his second wife, Elizabeth Bromley, 1868-1880.
Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester., 1509-mid 20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the chronological list of the Senators of the College of Justice from 1532 to 1920, compiled by Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie and Jessie E Macdonald., 1st quarter of 20th century.
The contents consist of 4 volumes of lists, and miscellaneous papers.
The manuscripts were compiled by Lord Guthrie as material for a book projected by him.
Miscellany of papers concerning the Ellice family., 1799-1815, undated.
The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence, chiefly with George Chalmers, and notes, on antiquarian topics, 1799- 1815, undated (folio 1); (ii) Papers, 1741-1803, undated, concerning the Ellice family, consisting of typed biographical accounts (some incomplete) and copies of portraits of members of the family (folio 75); (iii) A small quantity of unrelated papers, 1844-1921, undated, found loosely enclosed in other parts of the collection (folio 216).
Negative microfilm of 'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume ix, second edition, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand; and, Scott’s journal, with letters and other papers, 1825-1832., 1825-1832.
The contents are as follows:
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume ix, second edition, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand (MS.3362);
Journal of Sir Walter Scott, with letters and other papers, 1825-1832 (MS.3389 (part)).
Negative microfilm of 'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volumes ii-iii, v, (ii being of the second edition), by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand., 1827.
The contents are as follows:
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume ii, second edition, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand (MS.3359);
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume iii, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand (MS.3360);
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume v, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand (MS.3361).
Negative microfilm of parts of the manuscript of ‘The life of Napoleon Buonaparte’ by Sir Walter Scott., [1827, or before.]
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [1827, or before], of ‘The life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, volume I, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23058 (part)).
Manuscript, [1827, or before], of ‘The life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, volume II, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23059 (part)).
'Niel Gow', a radio biography by Robert McLellan, broadcast in the series 'This is my country'., 1960.
The papers consist of notes (folio l), the orginal manuscript (folio l9), corrected typescript (folio 50), and broadcast script (folio 63).
Notebook compiled apparently by David J Mackenzie presumably at about the time when the contents of MS.15370: ‘Volume of typed copies of letters and memoranda of Alexander Marshall’ were being typed, containing biographies in note form of the children of William Marshall., [?1899.]
The notes chiefly summarize the military careers of most of William Marshall’s sons. The notes break off after 1831 but a few additional entries in pencil refer to events as far as 1856. Much of the volume is blank.