Orderly books. Military records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books kept at the headquarters of a military unit, such as a regiment or company, in which orders received from higher authorities are recorded.
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Book of General Orders of John Moore's expedition to Göteborg, on which Sir Thomas Graham served as Moore's Aide-de-Camp, 23 April to 21 August 1808., 1808.
Item
Identifier: MS.3641
Book of orders of the Egyptian campaign, 21 May-17 August 1801; the 90th Foot served in this campaign, being commanded by Sir Thomas Graham part of the time., 1801.
Item
Identifier: MS.3640
Copy of the Orderly-book, 23 October 1745-14 August 1746, of the Duke of Cumberland’s Army under Marshal Wade., 1745-1746, 1829.
File
Identifier: MS.303
Scope and Contents
Also included is correspondence, 1829, concerning the manuscript, including copies of letters of A Macdonald of the General Register House and Sir Walter Scott (folios 13-16).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1745-1746, 1829.
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.
General order-book of Admiral Sir George Berkeley, January 1809-January 1811, concerning the everyday running of the squadron under his command., 1809-1811.
Item
Identifier: MS.9935
Scope and Contents
There are a number of formulas for different types of order, together with tables showing the recipients of these orders. At folios 1-4 are lists of Admiral Berkeley's order- and letter-books, and a contents-list of this manuscript.
Dates:
1809-1811.
General order book of Alexander Walker as Governor of St Helena., 1823-1826.
Item
Identifier: MS.13750
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1823-1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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General order books of Alexander Walker as Governor of St Helena.
General order book of Alexander Walker as Governor of St Helena., 1826-1828.
Item
Identifier: MS.13751
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1826-1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
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General order books of Alexander Walker as Governor of St Helena.
General Order Book of the Fife Regiment of Militia containing printed and manuscript War Office circulars addressed to the commanding officer of the regiment.
Item
Identifier: MS.9364
Scope and Contents
Several of the circulars are signed by Viscount Palmerston as Secretary-at-War, and Viscount Sidmouth as Home Secretary.
Dates:
1811-1814.
General order books of Alexander Walker as Governor of St Helena., 1823-1828.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13750-13751
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Dates:
1823-1828.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831.
Letter- and order-books of Admiral Sir George Berkeley kept during his service as commander-in-chief on the coast of Portugal.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9932-9936
Dates:
1809-1812.
Microfilm of account book, 1798, for crops at Gordonbush estate; and, orderly book, 1782, of Captain John Gordon's Company, Sutherland Fencibles.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1554
Dates:
1782, 1798.
Military notebooks, memoranda and order books, manuscript and printed, of General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16423-16427
Dates:
1794-1798.
'Night Order Book' of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, H.M.S. 'Surprize', 1812-1815, and 'Forte', 1820-1824., 1812-1824.
Item
Identifier: MS.2605
Dates:
1812-1824.
Order-book of Admiral Sir George Berkeley, November, 1809-June 1812, containing orders to the naval officer, agents victuallers, and agents for transports in Lisbon., 1809-1812.
Item
Identifier: MS.9934
Order-book of an officer in the Duke of Ormonde's force, in camp successively at Lewarde, Marchiennes, Solesmes, and Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 20 May-16 June 1712, giving the password and counter-sign, officers on duty, guards, and various orders for each day.
Item
Identifier: MS.3020
Scope and Contents
A wager between Colonel Samuel Shute (afterwards Governor of Massachusetts) and another officer as to the date of the cessation of hostilities is recorded and signed by both parties on folios 23-23 verso.
Dates:
1712.
Order-book of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, North America., 1814-1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.2450
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates:
1814-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Various logbooks, order-books, returns, and other material concerning the naval careers of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
Order-book of the Montrose Loyal Volunteers kept by the adjutant, James Burnes., 1799-1802.
Item
Identifier: MS.10688
Scope and Contents
The order-book describes the ceremony disbanding the regiment in 1802 and gives the text of the adjutant's speech on that occasion.
Dates:
1799-1802.
Order-book of the Second Regiment of Montrose Volunteers kept by the adjutant, James Burnes., 1803-1808.
Item
Identifier: MS.10689
Scope and Contents
The order-book mentions guard duties at Lunan Bay in case of attempted invasion.
Dates:
1803-1808.
Order-books of the Montrose Loyal Volunteers and the Second Regiment of Montrose Volunteers, kept by the adjutant, James Burnes.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10688-10689
Scope and Contents
The Montrose Loyal Volunteers were disbanded in May 1802. The 2nd Forfarshire or Montrose Volunteers were formed in August 1803, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Gardiner (formerly commanding officer of the Royal Montrose Volunteers). Both volumes contain orders concerning drill, promotions, guard duties in Montrose, etc.; MS.10689 also mentions guard duties at Lunan Bay in case of attempted invasion.
Dates:
1799-1808.
Orderly book of Lieut. Forbes., 1825.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/369
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:
1825.
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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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family Notebooks.
Orderly book with copies of correspondence., 1803-1808.
Item
Identifier: MS.13371
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:
1803-1808.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire.
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Orderly books with copies of correspondence.
Orderly book with copies of correspondence., 1803-1804.
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Identifier: MS.13372
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.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire.
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Orderly books with copies of correspondence.
Orderly books with copies of correspondence., 1803-1808.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13371-13372
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:
1803-1808.
Photostat of the Order Book of the Stewart of Appin Clan Regiment, from 11 October 1745 to 18 January 1746, containing the orders for the whole of Prince Charles Edward's army during that period.
Item
Identifier: MS.3787
Scope and Contents
The orders are followed by a list of killed and wounded of the Regiment, accounts for pay, November 1745, and a return of the strength of the companies.
Dates:
1745-1746.