This collection of letters and telegrams had been numbered before copies were received by the Library, and this numbering has been adhered to. All letters are from Lord Herbert Scott (henceforth HS) to his mother, the Duchess of Buccleuch, unless otherwise stated.

The sequence of numbers 1 to 61, and 74 to 107, are chronological. Numbers 62 to 73 are an interpolation of telegrams, and this comprises a duplicate chronological sequence.

1. 18 January 1899 [or rather 1900]

2. 18 December 1899

3. 18 December 1899. From the Duchess of Buccleuch to HS.

4. 22 December 1899. From the Duchess of Buccleuch to HS.

5. 26 December 1899

6. 28 December 1899

7. 7 January 1900

8. 16 January 1900

9. 31 January 1900

10. 6 February 1900

11. 16 February 1900

11A. 10 February 1900

12. 21 February 1900

13. 28 February 1900

14. 7 March 1900

15. 14 March 1900

16. 17 March 1900

17. 23 March 1900

18. 25 March 1900

19. 1 April 1900

20. 7 April 1900

21. 17 April 1900

22. “Easter eve” 1900

23. 21 April 1900

24. 2 May [1900]. From Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War, to “Tiny” (i.e. the Duchess of Buccleuch, Lansdowne's sister-in-law)

25. 4 May 1900

26. 10 May 1900

27. 10 May 1900. From Lord Lansdowne to “Tiny”

28. 15 May 1900. From Lord Lansdowne to “Tiny”

29. 16 May 1900

30. 18 May 1900. From the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn (HS’s maternal grandmother) to HS

31. 21 May 1900

32. 26 May 1900. From Lord Lansdowne to “Tiny”

33. 31 May 1900

34. 7 June 1900

35. 19 June 1900

36. 29 June 1900

37. 5 July 1900

38. 12 July 1900

39. 14 July 1900. From Lord Lansdowne to “Tiny”

40. 20 July 1900

40A. 20 July 1900. Copy, in the hand of the Duchess of Buccleuch, of a telegram from Lord Roberts to Lord Lansdowne

40B. [July] 1900. Typescript copy of a telegram from Lord Lansdowne to Lord Roberts. 40A is the reply to this.

40C. 22 July 1900. From Lord Lansdowne to “Tiny”

41. 27 July 1900

42. 3 August 1900

43. 10 August 1900

44. 17 August 1900

45. 23 August 1900

46. 29 August 1900

47. 6 September 1900

48. 12 September 1900

49. 28 September 1900

50. 5 October 1900

51. 5 October 1900. From Cyril Foley to the Duchess of Buccleuch

52. 12 October 1900

53. 19 October 1900

54. 26 October 1900

55. 2 November 1900

56. 9 November 1900

57. 9 November 1900. From HS to his father

58. 16 November 1900

59. 23 November 1900

60. 28 November 1900

61. [undated. 1900?]

62-73 telegrams:

62. 18 December 1899. From the Duke of Buccleuch to his wife

63. 18 December 1899. From the Duke of Buccleuch to his wife

64. 18 December 1899.

65. 18 December 1899.

66. 19 December 1899.

67. 23 December 1899.

68. 9 May 1900. From Lord Roberts to the Duke of Buccleuch

69. 1 June 1902. From General Stephenson to Major Hoare, on the cessation of hostilities

70. 16 March (?) 1900. From the Nithsdale Junior Conservative Association to the Duke of Buccleuch, concerning Lord George Scott’s hoisting the Union Jack at Bloemfontein

71. 10 September 1900. From HS to his father

72. 18 September 1900. From Lord Henry Scott to his mother

73. 27 December 1899. From HS to his father

74. 18 November 1901. From the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn to HS

75. 20 November 1901. From the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn to HS

76. 26 November 1901. From Colonel Vesey Dawson to the Duchess of Buccleuch

77. 12 January 1902. From HS to his father

78. 5 January 1902

79. 10 January 1902. Typescript of a letter from HS to Lord Kerry, his cousin, the son of Lord Lansdowne

80. 12 January 1902

81. 19 January 1902

82. 28 January 1902

83. 4 February 1902

84. 12 February 1902. With an undated note to HS from a Post Office official

85. 18 February 1902. From HS to his father

85A. [19 February 1902]

86. 25 February 1902

87. 1 March 1902

88. 20 April 1902

89. 20 April 1902. From HS to his cousin Douglas

90. 27 April 1902

91. 5 May 1902. From HS to his father

92. 9 May 1902

93. 18 May 1902

94. 25 May 1902

95. 30 May 1902

96. 3 June 1902

97. 12 June 1902

98. 23 June 1902

99. 2 July 1902

100. 9 July 190[2]

101. 15 July 1902

102. 23 July 1902

103. 24 July 1902. (Telegram)

104. 30 July 1902

105. 30 July 1902. From HS to his father

106. 6 August 1902

107. 4 December 1912. From Lord Roberts to HS