Stewart genealogies: papers on various families of Stewart collected by, and with some notes of, George Chalmers.
Scope and Contents
(i) `Inventar of the papers and chartours of the Stewarts of Hallrig and Raice and thair Genealogy proceeding from Stewart of Darnly who are descended from Robert Stewart Lord Tarboltone second son to Walter the 2ᵈ High Stewart of Scotland.` Seventeenth century (folio 1).
(ii) Papers, in three late-eighteenth-century hands, on the Stewarts of Allanton and their cadets, all mostly derived from an account of the family written by Sir Archibald Steuart Denham of Westshield. In 1842 the original manuscript of the account was in the possession of James Wolfe Murray of Cringletie.
(a) Transcript of most of Part II, Chapter 1 (account of Sir James Stewart of Kirkfield, Provost of Edinburgh): ‘Coltness Collections’, pages 14-39. (Folio 3).
(b) Abridgements of Part II (Stewarts of Kirkfield and Coltness) (folio 23) and Part I (Stewarts of Daldowie and Allanton) (folio 29). Inserted (folio 35a) is a letter, 1816, of Charles Steuart, Writer to the Signet, concerning the date of admission as Advocate of Sir James Steuart of Goodtrees, Lord Advocate.
(c) Abridgement, fuller than (b), of the whole account, including the families of Coltness and Kirkfield, of Goodtrees, of Collairney, of Newmains, of Allanbank, of Mitcham, of Hartwood, and of Carbarns. (Folio 37).
Dates
- Creation: 17th century-18th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii + 72 ff. Folio and under.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The papers described here came orignally from the Chalmers sale, November, 1842, lot 1735. They were later bought by the Advocates` Library at Sotheby`s, 20 May 1897, lot 682.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.1091.
Bibliography
`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 12317.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 11 12 2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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