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Notebooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises. .

Found in 2938 Collections and/or Records:

'Ecclesiastical Notebook', of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, relating largely to religious orders in Scotland., [Circa 1833.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.25514
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson (1800-1849), was the eldest son of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran, and Jean, second daughter of Lord Hailes. He inherited Newhailes in 1838 on the death of his aunt, Christian Dalrymple, when he assumed the additional surname of Dalrymple. Sir Charles was admitted Advocate in 1822, and in 1829 married Helen, daughter of David Boyle of Shewalton, Lord President of the Court of Session.

Dates: [Circa 1833.]

Education and professional training, ca.1933-1952 and undated

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14003/32-
Scope and Contents

Notebooks and notes, largely unsorted, dating from Farquhar Macintosh's school and university and teacher training years. Subjects covered are mainly history and education.

Dates: ca.1933-1952 and undated

Educational, literary, cultural and miscellaneous papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 1637, 1675-1694, 1714-1867.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15508-15518
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1637, 1675-1694, 1714-1867.

Election campaign notebook relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple's candidacy for Midlothian., 1 January-4 September 1885.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25649
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884. Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates: 1 January-4 September 1885.

Election campaign notebook relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple's candidacy for Midlothian., 10 September-23 November 1885.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25650
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884. Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates: 10 September-23 November 1885.

Election campaign notebook relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple's candidacy for Midlothian., 11 March 1886-5 November 1887, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25651
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884. Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates: 11 March 1886-5 November 1887, undated.

Election campaign notebooks relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple's candidacy for Midlothian., 1885-1887, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25649-25651
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884. Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates: 1885-1887, undated.

Estate finance books., 1861-1931.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15160-15163
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1861-1931.

Excerpts from the Countess of Minto's correspondence with her sister, written by her in two notebooks., 1794-1801.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11120-11121
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: 1794-1801.

Family, general and political correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells., 1775-1818, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12899-12907
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: 1775-1818, undated.

Farm notebook., 1841-1868.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11049/61
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.

Dates: 1841-1868.

Fee notebook of David Hope., July 1965-September 1989.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13568/79
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series comprises notebooks recording David Hope's legal opinions at different stages of his legal career and a fee notebook recording financial matters.

Dates: July 1965-September 1989.