Legal documents.
Subject
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Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".
Found in 2019 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the family of MacLeod of Geanies.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19295-19308
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers chiefly relate to Donald, 3rd of Geanies and his issue, including a series of letters from members of the family in America in the 1770s and on military and naval service during the Napoleonic wars. The MacLeods of Geanies are descended from the MacLeods of Assynt, a cadet branch of the MacLeods of Lewis. Assynt was lost to the family in the time of Neil, the 9th Baron, and the title but not the estate passed to his brother, John, the family fortunes being...
Dates:
1654-1874.
Correspondence and other papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the Dukes of Hamilton., 1702-1799, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8262
Scope and Contents
The subjects include: management of the Hamilton estates in England, legal and financial business, and political affairs in Lanarkshire.
Dates:
1702-1799, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients.
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Legal papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Dukes of Hamilton, and the Douglas Cause.
Correspondence and papers, 1740-1741, concerning Sir Robert Munro of Foulis, and legal and financial papers, 1732-1762, undated, concerning Primrose, Earls of Rosebery, especially James, 2nd Earl, and his children., 1732-1762, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17742
Scope and Contents
Following upon an incident during the Council elections at Dingwall, Sir Robert Munro was charged before the High Court.
Lord Milton was one of the trustees of James, 2nd Earl of Rosebery.
Dates:
1732-1762, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
Correspondence and papers, 1804-1853 and undated, of members of the families of Mungo Park and his brothers-in-law, Andrew and Thomas Anderson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9834
Scope and Contents
Includes two formal documents, 1627 and 1659.
Dates:
1627-1853.
Correspondence and papers, 1807-1815, and printed legal papers, 1808-1810, concerning the lawsuit between Admiral John Elliot and Archibald Cochrane of Ashkirk concerning Essenside Loch., 1807-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.12868
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
John Elliot entered the Royal Navy in 1745 and reached the rank of Admiral in 1799. He was Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, 1767-1768, and served as Governor of Newfoundland, 1786. Most of this material relates to his estate of Essenside in the parish of Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, and to his mining interests, especially the affairs of the White Water Mineral Company. In the family and general correspondence, there is material relating to his naval career, especially his Governorship of...
Dates:
1807-1815.
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 John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk.
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Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot.
Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5139-5164
Scope and Contents
Robert Paul, manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, married Charlotte, the daughter of John Erskine of Cambus, advocate, in 1814. The connection of the Pauls with the Erskines of Alva, and later with the Erskine Murrays, remained strong, and the antiquarian interests of the Reverend Robert Paul, Free Church minister at Dollar, led him to examine many of the Erskine papers. Some of these remained with the Paul’s and now form part of the collection.
Dates:
17th century-1928.
Correspondence and papers chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament., 1685-1807, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.12885-12948
Scope and Contents
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1685-1807, undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning London property of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1894-1898.
File
Identifier: MS.12528
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers here concern primarily salaries, etc., for military service, payments for the purchase, letting, and repair of London property, marriage trusts, and dealings with bankers and stockbrokers.
Dates:
1894-1898.
Correspondence and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto's management of the impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey, formerly chief Justice of Bengal, for his conduct of the trial of the Maharaja Nand Kumar., 1787-1788.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11199-11202
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:
1787-1788.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers concerning the claim to the baronetcy of Foveran by Arthur Forbes, 9th of Culloden.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21253-21260A
Dates:
1476-1910.
Correspondence and papers concerning the executory of Eliza Forsyth Ross of Dingwall., 1849-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.17946
Scope and Contents
The active executor was George Cameron, sheriff-substitute of Dingwall, but one of the others was the Reverend Peter Mackenzie.
Dates:
1849-1850.
Correspondence and papers concerning the executry and family trusts of Patrick Brydone, father-in-law of the 2nd Earl of Minto, from the Brydone family lawyer, John Russell, later Principal Clerk of Session., 1818-1829.
File
Identifier: MS.11937
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:
1818-1829.
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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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Executries and related papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers concerning the executry of William Elliot of Wells, the trustees of Wells estate, and the litigation of Sir William Francis Elliot, 7th Baronet of Stobs, with the latter (1819-1829)., 1792, 1797, 1818-1831, 1842.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11925-11936
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:
1792, 1797, 1818-1831, 1842.
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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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Executries and related papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers concerning three trusts of which Sir George H Scott-Douglas was a trustee., 1855-1937.
File
Identifier: MS.8096
Scope and Contents
The papers concern the following:
(i) John Waldie of Hendersyde trust, 1855-1884 (folio 1);
(ii) Hannah Charlotte Douglas's marriage settlement trust, 1859-1932 (folio 83);
(iii) Margaret Turnbull trust, 1880-1937 (folio 150).
Dates:
1855-1937.
Correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection., 1607-1859, and undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.2.23
Scope and Contents
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Dates:
1607-1859, and undated.
Correspondence and papers, genealogical and legal, of Robert Anderson, Writer in Elgin, concerning principally the claim of James Grant, serving in Lord John Murray`s Regiment, to be retoured heir to the estate of Dalvey (Inv. XLIII, Mac. 67)., 1752, 1759-1760.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.49.7.14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Dates:
1752, 1759-1760.
Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12092/1-108
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates:
Circa 1420-1989, undated.
Correspondence and papers, mostly legal and financial documents, of J G Thomson and Co, Ltd. and associated companies and other organisations., 1776-1981.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9416/9-44
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.
Dates:
1776-1981.
Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents
Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.
Also includes:
papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail
papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.
Dates:
1880-1958 and undated.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Christian Dalrymple of Hailes., 1775-1838, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.25454-25499
Scope and Contents
Christian Dalrymple (1765-1838) was the heiress of Lord Hailes, being his daughter by his first marriage to Anne Brown. Although she inherited the Newhailes estate in 1792, the title passed to her cousin, James Dalrymple, who became 4th Baronet of Hailes. Christian Dalrymple did not marry. Her papers consist largely of family correspondence and her journals which provide a detailed record of her daily life over nearly forty years.
Dates:
1775-1838, undated.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield (a cousin of Lady Milton) and his grand-son Francis Charteris (formerly Wemyss, later Earl of Wemyss), of whose tutors Lord Milton was one., 1666-1755, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17701-17716
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1666-1755, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning James Walter Buchan., 1901-1965, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11627/79-102
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes., 1684-1725, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.25276-25280
Scope and Contents
Sir David Dalrymple (circa 1665-1721) fifth son of James, 1st Viscount of Stair, had a distinguished political and legal career. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688 and created a Baronet in 1701. Sir David began his political career when he represented Culross in the Scottish Parliament from 1698-1707. He was a Commissioner for the Union, 1706, MP for Haddington Burghs, 1708-1721, Solicitor-General for Scotland, 1701-1709, Lord Advocate, 1709-1711 and 1714-1720, Dean of the...
Dates:
1684-1725, undated.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes., 17th century-18th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.25293-25453A
Scope and Contents
Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes., 1714-1782, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.25281-25292
Scope and Contents
Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes (1692-1751) was MP for Haddington Burghs, 1722-1734, and Auditor-General of the Exchequer, 1721-1751. He married Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington in 1725.
Dates:
1714-1782, undated.