Military maps.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to maps created or used in the context of military observations or activities.
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of printed map of Great Britain showing outlines of counties with names and boundaries of military administrative areas added in coloured pencil., 1939-1940.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8681/60-64
Dates:
1939-1940.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches, printed books and pamphlets.
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches and some maps, translations and other related papers.
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Printed military maps of Cambrai and of Great Britain.
Map of British and French Sea engagement., 1778.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/970
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1778.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Maps, plans and drawings.
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Maps.
Military maps and plans, chiefly of Fort George., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1650 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.
Dates:
18th century.
Military maps and plans chiefly of Fort William and Fort George., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1646 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.
Dates:
18th century.
Military maps and plans, including Braemarr Castle, Corgarff, and various other districts., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1649 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.
Dates:
18th century.
Military maps and plans, including Fort Augustus and Inverness., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1647 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.
Dates:
18th century.
Military maps and plans, including Perth, Kiliwhiman, and Inversnait., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1648 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.
Dates:
18th century.
Military maps and plans of Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, and Fort William., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1645 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.
Dates:
18th century.
Military maps and plans, of the Board of Ordnance, relating chiefly to the garrisoned districts of Scotland in the eighteenth century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1645-1652 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.
Dates:
18th century.
Military papers of the Staff College Camberley, also containing some maps., 1926-1927, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8681/22-40
Dates:
1926-1927, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches, printed books and pamphlets.
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches and some maps, translations and other related papers.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, mostly of John Buchan, with some concerning other Buchan family members, mainly relating to the First World War., 1863-1977.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11627/35-55
Ordnance Survey 2 inch to mile map of the area between Shrivenham and Lambourn in Berkshire, marked for military manoeuvres, Autumn 1892., 1892.
Item
Identifier: MS.13451 [Map Library]
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:
1892.
Papers relating to the military career of James Seton., 1761-1773.
File
Identifier: MS.19210
Scope and Contents
After reputedly escaping, wounded, from Culloden, James Seton saw military service as an ensign in the Netherlands being present at the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom. On his return to Britain he served with the 105th Foot and later in Ireland as a Lieutenant with the 54th Foot.The contents are as follows:(i) Letters of appointment and commissions, 1759-1771, (folio 1);(ii) Passports, 1747, 1749, 1763 (folio 9);(iii) Accounts of the 54th Foot kept by...
Dates:
1761-1773.
Photographs and maps of military activity and personnel., 1915-1918, 1945.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8542/4-7
Printed maps, entitled 'Battle of Cambrai situation at zero (0620 [hours]) 20th November 1917', to scale 1:40000, containing marks., 1917.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8681/58-59
Dates:
1917.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches, printed books and pamphlets.
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches and some maps, translations and other related papers.
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Printed military maps of Cambrai and of Great Britain.
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Printed military maps of Cambrai, mostly relating to the battle of Cambrai in 1917.
Printed military maps of Cambrai and of Great Britain., 1917, 1939-1940, 1952.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8681/56-64
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917, 1939-1940, 1952.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches, printed books and pamphlets.
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches and some maps, translations and other related papers.
Printed military maps of Cambrai, mostly relating to the battle of Cambrai in 1917., 1917, 1939, 1952.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8681/56-59
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917, 1939, 1952.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches, printed books and pamphlets.
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Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches and some maps, translations and other related papers.
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Printed military maps of Cambrai and of Great Britain.
Private letters, with a few enclosures, of Sir Robert Adair and Colonel Honourable J H Caradoc, later Lord Howden, respectively Special Envoy and Special Military Envoy to Belgium., 1833-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.12023
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is concerned with the siege of Antwerp (1832) and subsequent diplomatic efforts for a Belgian settlement involving Britain, Prussia and the Belgians.
The enclosures include a military map of
Antwerp citadel and cuttings from Belgian newspapers.
Dates:
1833-1834.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers relating to the 2nd Earl of Minto's period as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia at Berlin.
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Private letters of various individuals to the 2nd Earl of Minto.