Muster rolls. Military records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Lists of troops actually present, made on the day of muster or review of troops in order to take account of their condition; used as the paymaster's voucher for the pay he issued.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire., 1776-1900, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13366-13394
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:
1776-1900, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies., 1808-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11691-11711
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Dates:
1808-1814.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
Miscellaneous documents concerning Montrose and Angus, the Covenanters and other matters.
File
Identifier: MS.5407
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous documents, 1539-1838, relating to the burgh of Montrose and the surrounding country. They include papers relating to the Priory (folios 5-6, 11) and the town council (passim), the death-roll of the Plague, 1648 (folio 18), and fragments of the treasurers' accounts, 1676-1704 (folios 37-53); from folio 54 onwards are a number of legal papers, some fragmentary, mainly concerning lands in Angus.(ii) Miscellaneous documents,...
Dates:
1539-1838.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.7.2
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) `Vtrum Episcopus Romanus sit Antichristus necne? Problema Theologicum de quo ... M. Thomas Londius publice respondebit in Scholis Theologicis Academiae Andreanae, 29 July 1602.` A version (with some additional matter) of the text printed by R Waldegrave (folio 1).(ii) Catalogue of books belonging to Laurence Dundas, Professor of Humanity, Edinburgh, with places and dates of publication, 1735 (folio 7).(iii)...
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers relating to militia, and correspondence and papers relating to county affairs., 1746-1827.
File
Identifier: MS.10896
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Miscellaneous papers relating to militia, including clothing bills and receipts, muster rolls, commissions, etc., 1746, 1778, 1803-1827, undated (folio 1);(ii) Correspondence and papers relating to county affairs: letters of Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet of Duntreath, M.P. for Stirlingshire, to Thomas Graham Stirling, 1811-1819 (folio 61); papers relating to the Corn Law, 1810, 1814 (folio 122); papers relating to the property...
Dates:
1746-1827.
Muster roll of Dutch troops stationed in the Celebes., 1810.
Item
Identifier: MS.11691
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Dates:
1810.
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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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
Muster-roll of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion., 1859-1864.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Dates:
1859-1864.
Muster-roll of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion, at 20 July 1859 and 1 January 1865., 1859, 1865.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Dates:
1859, 1865.
Muster rolls and monthly returns of the Roxburghshire militia., 1803-1804.
File
Identifier: MS.13368
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:
1803-1804.
Muster rolls, pay sheets, returns of arms, accounts and vouchers of the Carse of Cowrie Yeomanry and the Prince of Wales Light Infantry volunteers, being the papers of James Hunter of Seaside and his son, Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside., 1790-1809, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19719
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The contents consist chiefly of the papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside and relating in particular to the sale of his estates in 1848. Also papers of his son, Andrew Hunter, Coffee Planter, Ceylon. Andrew Hunter's papers are of considerable interest providing some useful material for plantation management and colonial life in the Ceylon of the early 1860's.
Dates:
1790-1809, undated.
Papers reflecting Charles Murray's career, chiefly concerning his life in South Africa., 1873-1941, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27271-27276
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Dates:
1873-1941, undated.
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.
Roll book of 'G' Company of the Transvaal Scottish Volunteer Regiment, commanded by Charles Murray., 1904-1905.
Item
Identifier: MS.27272
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Dates:
1904-1905.
Small collections, mostly of letters, and some single items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.11
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Letters to Sir William Elphinstone, King`s Cupbearer, 1618-1619 (folio 1).(ii) Letters to James Douglas of Cliftonhall on financial matters, 1653, 1662 (folio 5).(iii) Letter to Sir John Chieslie, Commissioner of Scotland, from his nephew, 1674 (folio 9).(iv) Letters to John Cunningham of Enterkin, Writer to the Signet, chiefly on legal matters concerning the different branches of the Cunningham...
Dates:
1618-1725, and undated.