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Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1839-1840.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12217-12218
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:
1839-1840.
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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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., [Circa 1800]-1847.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12219-12220
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:
[Circa 1800]-1847.
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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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Correspondence and papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto as Military Secretary., 1883-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12550
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence relating to the raising of Canadian troops for imperial service, 1885 (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion, 1885-1894. This includes material concerning the events of the rebellion itself, and later correspondence and printed historical notes on Sir Frederick Middleton's part in the campaign. For an account of the background to the sentencing and execution of Louis Riel, see MS.12507 (folio 51);
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Dates:
1883-1886.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers, concerning the administration of the College at Fort William., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11637-11638
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:
1808-1813.
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Papers on coinage concerning the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Cadet College, Barasat, and the College at Fort William.
Correspondence and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library buildings.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/46
Dates:
1824, 1832, 1846, 1896-1900.
Correspondence and papers, including lists of ships and memoranda, of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville, chiefly concerning Admiralty affairs.
File
Identifier: MS.14837
Dates:
1792-1824.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Hugh Pattison Macmillan, chiefly relating to proposals for a National Library for Scotland., 1914-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.25269
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Miscellaneous correspondence', 1914-1924, relating to National Library proposals with Sir James M Dodds and Sir John Lamb, successively Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the Scottish Office, and others (folio 1);
(ii) Papers, 1914-1924, concerning the management, finance, staffing and accommodation of the Advocates' Library and the proposed National Library (folio 55);
(iii) Letters and papers, 1923, concerning Hugh Pattison Macmillan's purchase of the...
Dates:
1914-1924.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1835-1837.
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Identifier: MS.12062
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Memorandum of Major (later Major-General) William Reid, Royal Engineers, 20 December 1836, on the naval operations off Northern Spain and the civil war in Biscay and Navarre (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers, 1835-1837, with copies of documents, 1822 and 1830, on the administration of the Royal Naval College, on the Greenwich Hospital Schools, and on naval education in general (folio 9).
Dates:
1835-1837.
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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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, with further correspondence and papers on Admiralty and general naval affairs, 1822-1856.
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Admiralty papers and some associated correspondence on various subjects, of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the Military Department., 1807-1815
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11601-11606
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:
1807-1815
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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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells., 1775-1818, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12899-12927
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1775-1818, undated.
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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
Correspondence and papers of and to members of the Haldane family., [Circa 1735]-1948, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20260 (Part 1)
Dates:
[Circa 1735]-1948, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951., 1909-1962, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8805-8824
Correspondence and papers of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1908, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20025-20029
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.
Dates:
1854-1908, undated.
Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance (1834-1835, 1841-1846)., 1831-1846.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.8.16-46.9.16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1831-1846.
Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830)., 1819-1830.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.8.6-46.8.15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1819-1830.
Correspondence and papers of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.26
Scope and Contents
Most of the material concerns Arlington in his capacity of Secretary of State, particularly with reference to French and Dutch affairs, and much of it is dated 1669. The correspondence contains letters from foreign statesmen and diplomatists such as the Marquis de Louvois and Baron von Lisola, English politicians such as Sir Richard Temple and Sidney Godolphin, and a number of unsigned letters reporting on events in Europe, probably from Arlington`s agents. There are a few memoranda on...
Dates:
1662-1678.
Correspondence and papers of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and of Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount, on Indian affairs.
File
Identifier: Acc.12001
Dates:
1790-1838.
Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, volume VIII: papers on various topics., 1680-1725.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.1.2(VIII)
Scope and Contents
The contents include: papers on ‘Diplomata Scotiae’, especially Anderson`s attempts to obtain payment from Parliament; a proposal to give Anderson`s books to the Faculty of Advocates; a memorandum on the Leighton Library in Dunblane; notes on Sir Robert Sibbald`s Library (referring to ‘Bibliotheca Sibbaldiana’, pages 138-140); papers concerning Anderson`s wife, Jean Ellis, the widow and family of David Pringle, Surgeon Apothecary, and the Campbells of Calder; various household accounts;...
Dates:
1680-1725.
Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, concerning the Grant trust., 1929-1944.
File
Identifier: MS.24722
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Further Grant Trust correspondence and papers, 1940-1944 (folio 1);
(ii) Copy, agreement and deed of trust between the trustees of the National Library, and Sir Alexander Grant and his trustees, January 1929 (folio 93);
(iii) Copies of supplementary agreements (2) between the same parties, March-April 1933 and August-September 1935 (folio 103);
(iv) Copy, memorandum by Lord Clyde on the Grant Trust, 24 June 1939 (folio 121);
(v) Manuscript draft and...
Dates:
1929-1944.
Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, on the business of Sir Alexander Grant's Trust, chiefly with the Trust's lawyer, Sir John Prosser, Writer to the Signet., 1928-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.24721
Scope and Contents
The other bodies chiefly concerned in the correspondence are: H M Office of Works; the Inland Revenue; and the Treasury.
Dates:
1928-1939.
Correspondence and papers of John Hill Burton, advocate and historian, consisting chiefly of letters to Burton, together with a few miscellaneous notes and memoranda written by him.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9391-9446
Dates:
1825-1881, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Margaret Oliphant and others., 1754-1921 undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23209-23211
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection consists of letters of and to and papers of Margaret Oliphant and members of her family (MSS.23209-23211), her bank pass-book (MS.23212), diaries (MSS.23213-23216) and manuscripts of two of her works (MSS.23217-23219).
Dates:
1754-1921 undated.
Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.
Dates:
1759-[circa 1947.]
Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively., 1804-1819.
File
Identifier: MS.13367
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1804-1819.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies., 1808-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11691-11711
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Dates:
1808-1814.
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 with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.