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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 19 Collections and/or Records:

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Orderly book with copies of correspondence., 1803-1804.

 Item
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.

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.