Content Description From the Fonds: Four volumes containing the unpublished handwritten memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel William Burton Stewart, circa 1916-1936, along with three volumes of typescript copies of the memoirs, and two family photograph albums, circa 1898-1919. The memoirs cover Stewart’s life from his birth in Glasgow in 1872, his schooling at Loretto, Edinburgh, education at Brasenose, Oxford, and subsequent travels with Malcolm Pilkington. The friends travelled widely, including India, China, Japan and...

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...

Scope and Contents Scrapbook compiled by Lady Isobel Scott, consisting largely of autographs, drawings and photographs of places visited. Most are country houses including Monteviot, Woodburn, Beaulieu, Newbattle Abbey, Kiplin in Northumberland, Fountains Abbey, Bishop`s House, Kennington, Boughton House, Kettering, Falconhurst in Kent, Drumlanrig Castle and Douglas Castle. In addition, there are a number of entries relating to visits to Admiralty House, Devonport, a series of photographs taken on visit to...