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 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 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 The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, orders for paper, minutes of meetings, lists of subscriptions, etc., 1834-1843, 1857 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of letters, 1714-1726, of the Earls of Mar and Inverness to Alexander Robertson of Strowan, preceded by a short account of Strowan, undated (folio 44);(iii) Printed minutes of meetings, 1840-1842, 1844, and rules of the Club, 1842 (folio 81);(iv) Specimen cheque and receipts taken from the Club's...

Scope and Contents The early letters describe the scenery and people of India and mention Richard Baird Smith’s work on canals and his part in the Sikh war of 1848. There is a long series of letters to his wife, written almost daily from December 1856 to March 1857, which give details of his activities and comment on current events while he was travelling from Delhi to Agra, Gwalior, Cawnpore and Roorkee. A second, more fragmentary, series covers the period December 1857-February 1858. Also included are a...

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Ronald Campbell Macfie writes about mutual friends and acquaintances and discusses poetry at some length, both his own and that of others. Drafts of two of his poems, 'High Lands and High Ladies' and 'The Aberdonian' are included (folios 65-72). The correspondence is followed (folio 123) by other manuscript, typescript and printed poems, most of which were published in ‘The complete poems of Ronald Campbell Macfie’, 1937.

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Includes a printed lecture by Robert Perks, ‘The growth of monastic and conventual establishments in Great Britain’, given at Manchester in 1905 (folio 34).

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With a printed prelude, ?1806, in prose, to a poem by Buchan,’ The Four Repasts of the Day’ (folio 37).

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The letters are chiefly addressed to John Gough Nichols, editor of ‘The Herald and Genealogist’, by the Reverend Thomas Agar Holland, R R Stodart, Lyon Office, Edinburgh, the Earl of Mar, and Alexander Sinclair, Edinburgh. There are also printed pamphlets on the subject, some by Sinclair, with his manuscript corrections.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...

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The contents are as follows. (i) Letters of Indian princes and dignitaries, June, 1912-1914 (folio 1); (ii) Memoranda concerning Indian rulers attending the coronation of George V (folio 100); (iii) Printed speech by Sir William Wedderburn, Baronet, at the opening of the 25th Indian National Congress, 1910(folio 154).

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The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 1837-1847, undated, being condolences on the death of his aunt, Christian Dalrymple, 1838, and local affairs (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1825-1838, undated, including travel documents and part of a journal kept in Rome, 1824-1825 (see also MS.25502), printed papers on the Edinburgh Charity Workhouse, 1827-1835, and an account of Christian Dalrymple's death (folio 46).

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Includes letters written by secretaries on the King's behalf, and copies of letters comminicated to the 4th Earl of Minto. MS.12727 contains the original letters, and includes a draft of the 4th Earl of Minto's letter of acceptance of the viceroyalty, and Edward VII's first letter of 1 September 1905, which are not in MS.12728; it does not contain telegrams.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...

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The letters, most of which are addressed to Mrs Horner until her death in 1862, are chiefly of domestic interest.

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The letters, most of which are addressed to Mrs Horner until her death in 1862, are chiefly of domestic interest.

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The contents are as follows: (i) A list of naval signals to and from the lie d' Yen, September-December 1795 (folio 1); (ii) Two partly printed French army documents, 1799, of and for Napoleon Bonaparte announcing his departure from the Army of Egypt and return to France.

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The following annotations are used in the volume: 'O' [for Ormelie, Whig]; M [for Murray, Tory]; 'did not vote'; or ' paired off’.

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At the beginning is, ‘An index to the Miscellany Collection of a great number of ... (mostly Scots) Ballads & songs with other verses & poems both pious historical & jococe. The whole composed by diverse Scots & English poets’, in an early 18th century hand.

At the end is a printed list of juvenile works published by J Harris, St Paul’s Churchyard, 1817.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Extract of Haddington Presbytery minutes concerning Andrew Dunlop, 1722 (folio 1);(ii) Printed Act of the Justices of the Peace of East Lothian dividing the county into three districts, 1737 (folio 2);(iii) Printed Act of the Justices of the Peace of Roxburghshire for the maintenance of the poor, supressing vagarancy and repairing roads, bridges and ferries, 1737 (folio 3);(iv) Printed queries of the East Lothian...

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The arrangements are for two pianos and three hands (folio 1) and for wind band (folio 19). There is also a printed setting for voices and piano, 1925, with extensive deletions and alterations in the hand of Percy Grainger (folio 48).