Legal documents.
Found in 2020 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause., 1761-1777.
The papers contain the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested on his behalf the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stuart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Andrew Stuart acted as agent for the Hamilton claimant, and played an active part both in France and in Britain in the preparation and presentation of the Hamilton Case.
Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the families of Hamilton and Douglas., 1649-1767.
The papers are chiefly of a financial nature, and have no connection with the Douglas Cause.
Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the family of Stewart of Grandtully; the Duke of Douglas; the claim of William Alexander, Surveyor-General of New Jersey, to the title of Earl of Stirling; and the estate of George, Earl of Cromarty., 1731-1770.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers, 1731, 1760-1764, relating to the family of Stewart of Grandtully (folio 1).
(ii) Papers, 1737-1759, relating to the Duke of Douglas (folio 21).
(iii) Papers, 1759-1760, relating to the claim of William Alexander, Surveyor-General of New Jersey, to the title of Earl of Stirling (folio 104).
(iv) Papers, 1769-1770, relating to the estate of George, Earl of Cromarty (folio 120).
Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet., 1649-1800.
Andrew Stuart was a noted lawyer and politician. As lawyer he acted as agent for some important Scottish noble families, in particular the Dukes of Hamilton; as politician he represented Lanarkshire in Parliament, and was a member of the Board of Trade in Lord North's administration. The papers here are almost entirely of a legal and personal nature.
Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance., 1746-1804, undated.
Papers of Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.
Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.
Papers of Barbara Seton, 14th of Touch., 1816-1831.
The papers of Barbara Seton are comprised chiefly of correspondence and legal papers relating to her jointure on the estate of her husband, Lewis Brotherson, in St Christopher's (folios 1-2), together with the disputed divisions of Touch and Archibald Seton's personal estate, on his death in 1818.
Papers of Bruce Allan Bremner, and his family., 1817-1890.
Bruce Allan Bremner trained as a doctor in Aberdeen and at Edinburgh University, and in 1841 went to practice in Bombay.
In 1852 he married Isabella, daughter of George Seton, commander of the ‘Lowgee Family’. They returned to live in Edinburgh in 1855 and purchased Streatham House in Canaan Lane in 1865. Dr Bremner died in 1890.
Papers of Catherine MacLeod, youngest child of Donald, 3rd of Geanies., 1824-1874
Papers of Charles Baxter, Writer to the Signet, relating to his role as executor of members of the Stevenson family.
Concerning Baxter's work as executor of Thomas Stevenson, his wife Margaret, and their son, Robert Louis Stevenson, with additional material relating to the literary estate of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Papers of Colonel George Graeme (died 1840)., 1779-1841.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Military papers relating to the Perthshire Light Dragoons, 1795-1799 (folio 1);
(ii) Legal papers, 1800-1841 (folio 32) (including Colonel George Graeme’s will, 1841 (folio 82));
(iii) Estate papers, 1796-1840 (folio 86).
Papers of David Herd, the collector of ballads., 1643-1805, undated.
Papers of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, and his own and allied families.
Papers of Gavin Maxwell., 1955-1969 and undated.
Papers of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises Limited., 1956-1974, undated.
Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
Papers of George Mackenzie, Advocate., 1686-1740.
Papers of George Robertson of Faskally, 2nd Jacobite Baronet., 1733-1776, undated.
Papers of Henry Cockburn concerning the action of oppression and damages of Lieutenent-General Walter Ker of Littledean against James, Duke of Roxburghe in the First Division of the Court of Session and Jury Court., 1820-1822.
Papers of Hugh Elliot relating to the Governorship of the Leeward Islands., 1809-1813.
Most of these papers consist of official correspondence with the government, and with the formal depositions and memoranda concerning legal cases mostly against planters for cruelty to their slaves. The case against Arthur Hodge in which Hugh Elliot by his own personal interference secured a conviction is well documented.
Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester., 1486-1915, undated.
Papers of James Augustus Grant and of his family.
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 James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, concerning the Douglas Cause., 1764, 1766-1767.
The Douglas Cause was the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stewart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Lord Monboddo, who was then an advocate, represented the Douglas side.