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Military Commissions. Military Records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Warrants conferring authority to raise and command a body of troops; certificates conferring military or naval rank and authority on officers of certain rank.

Found in 148 Collections and/or Records:

Miscellaneous documents.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.10652-10669

Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 17th century-19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.5008
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume include:(i) Copies of personal letters from Belgrade, 1876, 19th century (folio 1);(ii) Memoranda and petitions, 1708-1853 (folio 92); (iii) Certificates and commissions of various members of the Mure family, 1819-1871 (folio 157);(iv) Papers concerning the Tile Works at Ouplaymoor, 1840, and Brea, 1837 (folio 161);(v) Medicinal recipes, 17th century (folio 195); (vi) Contracts, 1856, 1858, for...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Miscellaneous papers relating to James Augustus Grant., 1846-1878.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.15214-15228
Scope and Contents

Includes: commissions to Grant as ensign, lieutenant, captain, major, and lieutenant-colonel,1846-1869; warrants to him as Companion of the Bath and Companion of the Star of India, 1866, 1869; commission to him as Deputy Lieutenant of Nairnshire, 1876; his passport, 1863; his burgess tickets of Nairn and Dingwall, 1863; and minute of his freedom of the Turners` Company, 1878.

Dates: 1846-1878.

Miscellaneous papers relating to militia, and correspondence and papers relating to county affairs., 1746-1827.

 File
Identifier: MS.10896
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Miscellaneous papers relating to militia, including clothing bills and receipts, muster rolls, commissions, etc., 1746, 1778, 1803-1827, undated (folio 1);(ii) Correspondence and papers relating to county affairs: letters of Sir Charles Edmonstone, 2nd Baronet of Duntreath, M.P. for Stirlingshire, to Thomas Graham Stirling, 1811-1819 (folio 61); papers relating to the Corn Law, 1810, 1814 (folio 122); papers relating to the property...
Dates: 1746-1827.

Papers of Sir Eyre Coote., 1778-1783.

 File
Identifier: MS.8331
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged, apparently by James Stuart, in two series:(i) Copy of Sir Eyre Coote's commission as Commander-in-Chief, India, 1778, his commission to hold courts-martial in India, 1781, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1782-1783; included is a printed copy of the Preliminary Articles of Peace signed at Versailles, 1783, between Britain and France, Britain and Spain, and, at Paris, 1782, between Britain and the United States of America (folio 1).(ii)...
Dates: 1778-1783.

Papers of Sir Thomas Graham, afterwards Baron Lynedoch.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.2525-2535
Scope and Contents

Includes: Commissions, 1777, of the Honorable Charles Cathcart in the 23rd Foot (Ch.2526); commissions, 1795, of Archibald Campbell in the 30th (Ch.2529), and a roll, 1802, of Freeholders of Perthshire (Ch.2530).

Dates: 1774-1812.

Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay papers., 1814-1815.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10968-10970
Scope and Contents

Appointments to the command of H.M. sloops Minorca, 1814, Bastard, 1814, and Opossum, 1815.

Dates: 1814-1815.

Two commissions in favour of Sir William Gordon of Afton.

 File
Identifier: Ch.5797-5798
Scope and Contents

Comprised of: one granted by William and Mary, 1690, appointing him Captain in the Company of Grenadiers of the regiment of Foot commanded by David, Earl of Leven (i.e. the 25th Regiment of Foot); and the other by George I, 1715, appointing him Lieutenant-Governor of Fort William.

Dates: 1690, 1715.

Various military commissions.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.B.2336-2343
Scope and Contents

The commissions are in favour of:

William Arnot, Major in Mackay`s Regiment, 1693;

Sir William Arnot, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, 1748, 1772; and,

Thomas Arnot, Major in the Marines, 1760, 1772, 1774, 1782-1783.

Dates: 1693, 1748-1783.

Volume of nine miscellaneous manuscripts, forming part of the Hugh Sharp Collection., 1679-1933.

 File
Identifier: MS.3310 [H.S.389]
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letter of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Public Affairs, signed by Archbishop Sharp, ordering the Earl of Linlithgow to cause seize Francis Scott of Greenhill in the head of Yarrow, 1679 (folio 1);(ii) Commission of a captain in Cluny's regiment, signed by Prince Charles Edward, 1745 (folio 2);(iii) Discharge-certificate of a sergeant, signed by George Washington, 1783 (folio 4);(iv) Letters...
Dates: 1679-1933.