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12 volumes relating to the peerage of Great Britain collected by James Maidment.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12424
Scope and Contents

Includes cuttings from newspapers and magazines, portraits, broadsides, genealogical tables and notes. Also includes notes on cases on which Maidment was working.

Dates: 18th century to 19 century.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, and of his own and allied families: Hays, Thomsons, Tods, Lothians.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3116-3123
Scope and Contents

A table of the relationships of the various families has been placed in MS.3116, folio i.

Dates: 1714-1905, undated.

Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15982-15988
Scope and Contents

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9310-9315
Scope and Contents

The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.

Dates: 1779-1884.

Papers concerning the Mackenzies, MacRaes and Mathesons of Lochalsh and Kintail, Wester Ross, collected by Captain Alexander and Betsy Matheson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9548
Scope and Contents

Concerning genealogy, history and traditions of the families.

Dates: circa 1860-1909.