Military Commissions. Military Records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Warrants conferring authority to raise and command a body of troops; certificates conferring military or naval rank and authority on officers of certain rank.
Found in 134 Collections and/or Records:
Order of promotion from supernumerary cornet to active cornet in Dutch service, to George Graeme., 1775.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15439N
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection relates mainly to properties and military service.
Dates:
1775.
Papers of Sir Eyre Coote., 1778-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8331
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged, apparently by James Stuart, in two series:(i) Copy of Sir Eyre Coote's commission as Commander-in-Chief, India, 1778, his commission to hold courts-martial in India, 1781, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1782-1783; included is a printed copy of the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles, 1783, between Britain and France, Britain and Spain, and, at Paris, 1782, between Britain and the United States of America (folio 1).(ii)...
Dates:
1778-1783.
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, concerning the office of Commissary-General to the army in Germany., 1761.
File
Identifier: MS.11039
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...
Dates:
1761.
Personal and legal papers of and concerning the Lairds of Inchbraikie, chiefly adjudications and decreets, 1675-1718, concerning the wadset of the lands of Beldhill., 1555-1796.
File
Identifier: MS.19592
Scope and Contents
The papers also consist of instructions of Perthshire Committee of War, 1639, (folio 8), and commission to Patrick, younger of Inchbraikie, to act as Colonel for the shire of Perth, 1651 (folio 10).
Dates:
1555-1796.
Photostats of documents concerning Colonel James Ferguson and his regiment, namely his commission, 1698, and lists of the companies of the regiment, 1705., 1698, 1705.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.27
Scope and Contents
There are two copies of many of the pages.
Dates:
1698, 1705.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Promotion to Major, George Drummond Graeme, King`s German Legion., 1837.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15439AD
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection relates mainly to properties and military service.
Dates:
1837.
Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay papers., 1814-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10968-10970
Scope and Contents
Appointments to the command of H.M. sloops Minorca, 1814, Bastard, 1814, and Opossum, 1815.
Dates:
1814-1815.
Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1901, or before.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.25
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) ‘Holland 1573-1590’ (folio 1).(ii) ‘Council of State Commission book I’ (folio 8).(iii) ‘Council of State Commission book II’ (folio 29).(iv) ‘Commission Books Council of State H.11-H.13’’ (folio 50).(v) ‘Commission Books Council of State H.13 (continued)’ (folio 71).(vi) ‘Commission Books Council of State H.13-H.14’ (folio 94).(vii) ‘Commission Books C. of State...
Dates:
1901, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Volume of nine miscellaneous manuscripts, forming part of the Hugh Sharp Collection., 1679-1933.
File
Identifier: MS.3310 [H.S.389]
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letter of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Public Affairs, signed by Archbishop Sharp, ordering the Earl of Linlithgow to cause seize Francis Scott of Greenhill in the head of Yarrow, 1679 (folio 1);(ii) Commission of a captain in Cluny's regiment, signed by Prince Charles Edward, 1745 (folio 2);(iii) Discharge-certificate of a sergeant, signed by George Washington, 1783 (folio 4);(iv) Letters...
Dates:
1679-1933.