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...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...

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More detailed lists of contents are available on request.

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An inventory is available.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, 1896, of Herbert Grierson to Mary Ogston, his future wife. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letters, 1912, of Grierson to his wife describing a tour he made of the Burns country. (Folio 3.)(iii) Letters, 1942-1943, of Grierson to his daughter Flora, concerning family and personal matters; also two letters, 1942, of Molly Dickins to her sister Flora Grierson. (Folio 11).(iv) Letters, 1930-1936, undated, of Mary Grierson to...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Genealogical account of the 1st Earl of Dunfermline's children, 1622 (folio 1);(ii) Account of the teinds of Denovan, Broomage and Lochlan belonging to the 2nd Earl of Linlithgow, 1622-1623, 1625 (folios 5);(iii) Financial papers, 1622-1627, including accounts, concerning Sir William Hay of Linplum (folio 5);(iv) Financial papers, 1626-1635, undated, concerning the 1st Earl of Seaforth (folio 17);(v)...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1643-1666, of transactions between the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and his mother, the Countess of Glencairn (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1648-1659, undated, concerning the executry of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale’s will by William Hay of Aberlady (see also Ch.10858-10864) (folio 90);(iii) Commission, 1654, of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale to his wife, Jean, Countess of Tweeddale (folio 125);(iv) Papers, 1654-1697,...

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The papers are chiefly of family interest, consisting of wills, bonds, discharges, etc., but a few relate to Carolina, the Darien Company, and Glasgow University.

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Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.

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The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

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The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

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Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.

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Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.

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The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

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The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

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The contents are as follows. (i) General financial correspondence, 1895-1898 (folio 1); (ii) Passports, etc., 1862, 1864, 1874, 1898 (folio 78); (iii) Papers and correspondence relating to the marriage settlement of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1883 (folio 85); (iv) Papers relating to the Scottish will of Lord Henry Bentinck, 1897-1898 (folio 147); (v) Papers relating to the marriage trust of Reginald Corbet of Hankelow, 1891-1913 (folio 177).

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The principal subjects are the settlement of the 2nd Duke's estate; lists of charters to be signed; wadsets; compensation for the abolition of heritable jurisdictions; entail and will of the 3rd Duke; the succession to Archibald Campbell of Inverliver; petitions; and the funeral and biography of the 3rd Duke.

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Correspondence and papers, literary manuscripts and journals of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1744-1823) and of earlier members of the Douglas family, mainly his great-grandfather, Robert Douglas (1625-1716), Bishop of Brechin, 1682-1684, and the last Bishop of Dunblane (1684-1689) in the pre-Revolution episcopal establishment of the Church of Scotland; and his father, John Douglas of Fechil in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (1714-1762).

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The papers consist of birth and baptismal certificates of Alexander and Jessie Geddes, wills and other legal documents of John Stivenson, Geddes's grandfather, and Geddes's own wills and executory papers.

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The documents comprise the following:

(i) Resignations, 1643-1709 (number 1);

(ii) Copies of charters, 1656-1697 (number 5);

(iii) Sasines, 1569-1776 (number 16);

(iv) Marriage contracts, 1634-1781 (number 21);

(v) Other contracts and agreements, 1617-1814 (number 60);

(vi) Wills (number 77).