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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16001-16406

Dates

  • Creation: 1650-[circa 1945], undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

416 Volumes ; Unless stated otherwise all papers are sized 'folio and under'.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Additional Description

Arrangement

The contents are arranged as follows: MSS.16001-16044. Family and general correspondence and papers. MSS.16045-16057. Travel journals and papers. MSS.16058-16122. Diaries and journals. MSS.16123-16178. Political papers: 'Perthshire politics'. MSS.16179-16197. Military notebooks and papers. MSS.16198-16384. Estate administration. MSS.16385-16395. Maps and plans. MSS.16396-16406. Miscellaneous papers.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1955, by Anthony Maxtone Graham of Cultoquhey.

Related Materials

See Acc.12400 for ‘Catalogue of the library at Balgowan’, 1740.

Separated Materials

For the main series of general correspondence and papers of Lord Lynedoch see MSS.3590-3645, Ch.2525-2535. For formal documents received with this part of the archive see Ch.12819-12870.

Further Lynedoch Papers, presented, deposited or purchased, 1952-1960, are at MSS.16407-16434.

Bibliography

Letters in this collection have been quoted in or consulted for the following works: Aspinall Oglander, C. ‘Freshly remembered: the story of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch’ (London, 1956); Brett-James, Antony. ‘General Graham, Lord Lynedoch’ (London, 1959); Delavoye, A M. ‘Life of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch’ (London, 1880); Graham, [M] E Maxtone. - ‘The beautiful Mrs .Graham and the Cathcart circle’ (London, 1927); - ‘The Maxtones of Cultoquhey’ (Edinburgh, 1935).

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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