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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.

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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.

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Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1891 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1914; and Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1928 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1975.

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Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.

Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.

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Also included is a sketch book of Rob Fairley, 'Kathmandu: being a brief history of a walk from Nag Pokhari to Pushputinath on the first night of Diwali 1997'; and a printed catalogue, 'Rob Fairley: the early works'. The box lid is covered on the outside in the remnants of a purple, synthetic waterproof jacket. The rest of the outside of the box is covered in green fabric. The box is lined with a map showing the isles of Rhum (in part) and Eigg, and part of Arisaig.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...

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Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

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Recipes, tests, firing schedules, samples, sketches, and other papers of Margery Clinton relating to the production of pottery, her masters' thesis, and her book, 'Working with lustres'.

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Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.

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This sub-series contains a collection of Lucinda Mackay's sketchbooks spanning the period [?1970]-2012, featuring observational sketches from everyday life and travels in Scotland, England, Europe, Turkey, and China. Also present are 6 portfolios of loose artworks and 16 photograph albums/folders documenting the artist's completed paintings.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...

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The sketch-book contains are a few drawings of Springwood Park and some of scenes in England, France, Belgium, and the Channel Islands.

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Victor Gilbert Lariston Garnet Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1891 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1914; and Gilbert Edward George Lariston Elliot Murray Kynynmound was styled Viscount Melgund from 1928 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1975.

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A view of Cork harbour, dated 17 August 1800, shows transports about to sail for Egypt with the Coldstream and 3rd Guards (folio 34).

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Also included is a sketch book of Rob Fairley, 'Kathmandu: being a brief history of a walk from Nag Pokhari to Pushputinath on the first night of Diwali 1997'; and a printed catalogue, 'Rob Fairley: the early works'. The box lid is covered on the outside in the remnants of a purple, synthetic waterproof jacket. The rest of the outside of the box is covered in green fabric. The box is lined with a map showing the isles of Rhum (in part) and Eigg, and part of Arisaig.

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Also included is a letter, undated, of J D Wyatt to J T Irvine (folio i).