Genealogies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Accounts or histories of the descent of persons, families, or other groups, from an ancestor or ancestors; enumerations of ancestors and their descendants in the natural order of succession. (AAT) This heading was used in the published catalogues for general works on genealogy as a subject, and also for collections of genealogies. Particular genealogies were indexed under the name of the family. (NLS).
Found in 820 Collections and/or Records:
History of the family of Scott Moncrieff of Fossauray, by M M Stuart.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8750
Dates:
1984.
'Illustrations of the genealogy of Sir Coutts Trotter', 1st Baronet of Westville, being an abridgement, 1830, of a manuscript genealogy then in Trotter’s possession of the various branches of the family of Moubray, his maternal ancestors., 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.20265
Scope and Contents
The title is taken from folio 5.
The abridgement was made by John Philp Wood for presentation to Alexander Trotter of Dreghorn, brother of Sir Coutts.
A drawing of the arms of Sir Coutts Trotter is pasted inside the front cover.
Dates:
1830.
Incomplete manuscript of 'Ane accompt of the Genealogie of the Campbel'., [Circa 1700.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2124
Index of family names mentioned chiefly in Scottish chartularies, titled, 'Genealogical notices'.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.14
Dates:
18th century.
Jacobite relics comprising an engraved rose, a list of martyrs, a fragmentary family tree, and a supposed section of the plaid of Charles Edward Stuart.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14399
Dates:
1836.
John Riddell s copy of ‘Genealogical History of the Stewarts’ by Andrew Stuart (London, 1798), bearing a number of corrections and marginal notes in his hand., 1798, 1854.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.13
Scope and Contents
A letter, 1854, of the 24th Earl of Crawford to Riddell is tipped in before page v and a transcript of a charter of Edward I to James, Seneschal of Scotland, is tipped in before page 17.
Dates:
1798, 1854.
John Riddell`s annotated copy of ‘Genealogy of the Family of Forbes’ by Mathew Lumsden of Tulliekerne (Inverness, 1819), with additional annotated flyleaves and a letter, 1847, of John Stuart bound in at the front of the volume., 1819, 1847.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.15
John Riddell`s copy of ‘An Historical Genealogy of the Royal House of Stuarts’ by Mark Noble (London, 1795), containing a few notes and sketches (pages 130,132) in his hand., 1795.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.12
John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1843), containing a few notes in pencil in his hand., 1843.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.40-25.8.41
John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’ (Edinburgh, 1843), volume 1: pages i-xlvi, 1-555., 1843.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.40
Dates:
1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1843), containing a few notes in pencil in his hand.
John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’ (Edinburgh, 1843), volume 2: pages 556-1095., 1843.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.41
Dates:
1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of his ‘Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Scottish Peerages’, 2 volumes (Edinburgh, 1843), containing a few notes in pencil in his hand.
John Riddell’s copy of his ‘Stewartiana’ (Edinburgh, 1843), containing some marginal notes in his hand., 1843.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.42
John Riddell`s copy of ‘Report of Proceedings on the claim to the Barony of L`Isle’ by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (London, 1829), containing a few marginal notes in his hand., 1829.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.30
Scope and Contents
Tipped in after page 436 is a letter, 1838, of Alexander Sinclair to Riddell.
Dates:
1829.
John Riddell’s copy of ‘The Nature and Descent of Ancient Peerages’ by George Wallace (Edinburgh, 1785), containing a few notes in his hand., 1785.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.11
John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood (Edinburgh, 1813); volume 1., 1813.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.3
Scope and Contents
Three letters of the 24th Earl of Crawford, formerly tipped in on guards between pages 372 and 373 were later removed and returned to the writer.
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1813), containing many notes and amendments in margins and on blank leaves, and several letters and other papers tipped in at various places.
John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood (Edinburgh, 1813); volume 2., 1813.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.4
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1813), containing many notes and amendments in margins and on blank leaves, and several letters and other papers tipped in at various places.
John Riddell`s copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas, edited by John Philp Wood, in two volumes (Edinburgh, 1813), containing many notes and amendments in margins and on blank leaves, and several letters and other papers tipped in at various places., 1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.3-25.8.4
John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764), divided at pages 364-365 of the printed text into two separately bound parts., 1764, ?1807.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.2
Scope and Contents
Both parts are interleaved, the paper being watermarked 1807, and contain Riddell`s notes and amendments throughout, and a small number of letters and papers (one printed) bound in at various places. Colours have been added to the majority of the armorial engravings.
Dates:
1764, ?1807.
John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764); volume 1: to page 364 of the printed text., 1764, ?1807.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.1
Dates:
1764, ?1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764), divided at pages 364-365 of the printed text into two separately bound parts.
John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764); volume 2: from page 365 of the printed text., 1764, ?1807.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.2
Dates:
1764, ?1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
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Printed books, manuscripts, correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection.
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Printed Books from the Riddell Collection.
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John Riddell’s grangerized copy of ‘The Peerage of Scotland’ by Sir Robert Douglas (Edinburgh, 1764), divided at pages 364-365 of the printed text into two separately bound parts.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of his ‘Additional Remarks upon the Question of the Lennox or Rusky Representation’ (Edinburgh, 1835), containing notes and additions in his hand., 1835.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.38
Scope and Contents
Tipped in before the title page is a letter, 1835, of C L Beltz to Riddell.
Dates:
1835.
John Riddell`s interleaved copy of his ‘Remarks upon Scotch Peerage Law’ (Edinburgh, 1833), containing a few notes and additions in his hand, and four letters, 1833-1834, stuck in at the front and back of the volume., 1833.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.35
John Riddell`s lightly marked copy of ‘History of the Partition of the Lennox’ by Mark Napier (Edinburgh, 1835)., 1835.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.37