Family papers.
Found in 301 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning the education, careers, activities and interests of the Paul family., 17th century-1910.
Papers concerning the families of Edmonstoune and Buchanan., 1694-1886.
Papers from Nisbet House, Berwickshire.
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
Papers from Pitfirrane House, Fife.
Papers, including correspondence and photographs, of the Barons Kinross; with early papers of the Queensberry and Balfour families.
Including:
letters to John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross
correspondence of the 2nd Baron to his wife
correspondence of the 3rd Baron to his mother
with Johnstone-Douglas and Balfour family papers.
Papers, including lecture notes and parish visitors books, of the Graham family.
Collection of volumes of lecture notes and parish visitors' books of James Thomas Graham, minister of Dean Park, Glasgow, his son William McMaster Graham, minister of Ardersier East, James Stewart Graham, and Agnes Graham.
Papers, mostly correspondence, of Rev Robert Brown, Cumnock, Ayrshire and the Brown family.
The archive contains the correspondence of the members of the Brown family from 1810-1899. The letters reflect the personal lives of the Brown family and provide a stark insight into the lives of early settlers who travelled to the Victorian colonies in Southern Australia to reap the benefits of the quartz mines and the gold fields. The collection also contains documents that complement the narrative portrayed within the family’s correspondence.
Papers of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway, 1747-1761, undated, and of his wife and children, 1749-1760., 1747-1761, undated.
Papers of and relating to George Rose (1744-1818), Statesman, and several of his descendants, notably his son Sir George Henry Rose, Diplomatist, and his grandson Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn.
The correspondence deals with various personal, family, and official matters.
Papers of Dr Robert Douglas, his wife, and his family., 1784-1839.
Papers of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, and his own and allied families.
Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester., 1486-1915, undated.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.
Papers of John Blythe Kinross, financier, including other papers of his family, including his father, John Kinross RSA.
Papers of John Blythe Kinross, financier, son of John Kinross RSA, including some papers of his father's. Mostly concerning business interests, with some family and personal material.
Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
Papers of Robert Tod and his family., 1751, undated.
Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
Papers of Sir Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, and of John and Robert Haliburton of Newmains, merchants (John Haliburton & Company)., 1743-1756, undated.
Contains smaller receipts, etc., chiefly connected with the business of the firm represented by the papers in MS.1563.
Papers of Sir Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, and of Robert Haliburton of Newmains, merchant in Edinburgh, and the firm of John and Robert Haliburton of Newmains (John Haliburton & Company)., 1741-1770, undated.
Included are many accounts and other papers of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet, as agent of the Haliburtons, with letters addressed to him.