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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".

Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers concerning Lord Minto's speeches in the House of Lords on Volunteer matters., 1897-1898.

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Identifier: MS.13390
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates: 1897-1898.

Correspondence and papers concerning Redgorton, Moneydie and Methven churches and parishes., 1809-1843.

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Identifier: MS.16278
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence and papers, 1809, 1811, on the teinds of Redgorton and on a vacancy in the parish kirk (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence, 1820-1826, 1833, on church affairs in Moneydie, Methven and Redgorton (folio 38); (iii) Correspondence, 1843, concerning the vacancy in Moneydie Parish Kirk created by the disruption of the Church of Scotland, and the building of a new Free Church at Pitcairngreen (folio 73).

Dates: 1809-1843.

Correspondence and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1804-1811.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11326-11328
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: 1804-1811.

Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1839-1840.

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Identifier: MSS.12217-12218
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...
Dates: 1839-1840.

Correspondence and papers concerning the formation of a Bearer Corps for the Scottish Border Volunteer Brigade., 1894-1895.

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Identifier: MS.13389
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates: 1894-1895.