Personal papers.
Subject
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Scope Note: Private documents belonging to an individual. For records kept by public officials or other persons for their private or personal use but relating to their official duties, use "office files."
Found in 223 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts and receipts, with a few other papers, chiefly for estate business, but with a few personal and household accounts., 1881-1889.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17439-17449
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1881-1889.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
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Factory accounts and vouchers concerning Saltoun Estate.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1812-1820.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5658-5663
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1812-1820.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1812-1814.
File
Identifier: MS.5658
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1812-1814.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1815.
File
Identifier: MS.5659
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1815.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1816-1817.
File
Identifier: MS.5660
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1816-1817.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1818.
File
Identifier: MS.5661
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1818.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1819.
File
Identifier: MS.5662
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1819.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1820.
File
Identifier: MS.5663
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1820.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1821-1832.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5681-5683
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From the Series:
Sir Robert and Lady Liston spent the remainder of their lives at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston, which Sir Robert had bought some years previously. He took a great interest in improving the estate and supervising road-making in the parish.
Dates:
1821-1832.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1821-1823.
File
Identifier: MS.5681
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Robert and Lady Liston spent the remainder of their lives at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston, which Sir Robert had bought some years previously. He took a great interest in improving the estate and supervising road-making in the parish.
Dates:
1821-1823.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
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Personal letters of and to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.
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Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1825.
File
Identifier: MS.5682
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Robert and Lady Liston spent the remainder of their lives at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston, which Sir Robert had bought some years previously. He took a great interest in improving the estate and supervising road-making in the parish.
Dates:
1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
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Personal letters of and to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.
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Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.
Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1826-1832.
File
Identifier: MS.5683
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Robert and Lady Liston spent the remainder of their lives at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston, which Sir Robert had bought some years previously. He took a great interest in improving the estate and supervising road-making in the parish.
Dates:
1826-1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
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Personal letters of and to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.
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Copies of personal letters of Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.
Copies of private letters and dispatches from the 1st Earl of Minto to the Chairman of the East India Company., 1807-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11337
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir John Coxe Hippisley, 1st Baronet, chiefly relating to his service with the East India Company at Madras, and to his personal financial and political affairs., 1781-1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11142-11143
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1781-1809.
Correspondence and papers of James Michael Grieve, the only child of Christopher and Valda Grieve., 1934-1988, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.27240-27242
Scope and Contents
James Michael Grieve was educated at Kilquhanity House in Kirkcudbrightshire, he became a journalist.
Dates:
1934-1988, undated.
Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, and the Buchan family., 1929-1994, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/1-49
Dates:
1929-1994, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Kincardine, being chiefly letters to the 2nd Earl of Kincardine, with one letter to the 1st Earl of Kincardine., 1648-1677, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13500, folios 15-101
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Elgin, General Thomas Dalzell of Binns, the 2nd and 3rd Lords Cardross, the 1st Earl and Countess of Balcarres, Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh and John Slezor.
Dates:
1648-1677, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1799-1803.
File
Identifier: MS.11271
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence of the 1st Earl with the Foreign Secretary concerning his emoluments, 1800-1803 (folio l); (ii) Personal financial papers of the 1st Earl concerning his Vienna Embassy 1799-1801 (folio 49); (iii) Letters of Innocenzo della Lena and the Abbé della Lena, 1802, concerning paintings bought by the 1st Earl in Vienna (folio 138); (iv) "Catalogue of Lord Minto's Books at Vienna, sent to England 1801" (folio 156).
Dates:
1799-1803.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna.
Correspondence and papers of the Duke of Cleveland, 1858-1874, undated, and letters of condolence addressed to the Duchess of Cleveland on the Duke's death in 1891., 1858-1891, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10206
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged as follows:
(i) Letters of condolence addressed to the Duchess of Cleveland on the Duke's death in 1891 (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence and papers of the Duke of Cleveland, 1858-1874, undated (folio 16).
70 folios.
Dates:
1858-1891, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1834-1932, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13181-13186
Scope and Contents
This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates:
1834-1932, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1836-1932, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13185
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates:
1836-1932, undated.
Correspondence and papers, of the personal affairs of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1786-1856.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2264-2308
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1786-1856.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
Correspondence and personal papers of Hector MacIver., 1928-1966, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26276-26285
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.
Dates:
1928-1966, undated.
Detailed medical journal kept by the 2nd Earl of Minto to record the treatment of his terminal illness, apparently disease of the prostate., 26 March 1858-2March 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.12005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
26 March 1858-2March 1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.
Diaries and other personal records of Graham Brown., 1898-1960.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/17-40
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.
Dates:
1898-1960.