Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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800001
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Repository
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Private
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Reference
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NRAS3572
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Title
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Fergusson Family, Baronets, of Kilkerran, Ayrshire
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Dates
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1674-1991
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Access Status
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Restricted
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Access Conditions
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All enquiries should be addressed to:
The Secretary National Register of Archives for Scotland HM General Register House Edinburgh EH1 3YY
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Description
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Papers of Sir James Fergusson, 2nd Bt [Lord Kilkerran], MP for Sutherland, 1734-35: lecture notes while a student at Leyden University, c1709; notes of tour through Low Countries, 1710; fees as an advocate, 1721-34; drafts of speeches as MP and political papers, 1734-35; legal papers, 1677-1756, including notes on circuit cases, 1740-56; correspondence on the education of his eldest son Charles, 1743-46, and the latter's service in Lord Halifax's Regiment, 1745-50, the Jacobite rebellion, 1745-46, patronage, 1735-57; letter from William Adam, architect, re marble chimneys, 1744.
Papers of Sir Adam Fergusson, 3rd Bt, MP for Ayrshire, 1774-84, 1790-96, and for Edinburgh, 1784-89: lecture notes while a student at Edinburgh University, 1750-55; journal of Grand Tour, and accounts, 1756-58; political papers and correspondence, 1774-95, on parliamentary elections in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 1774-1806, and Ayrshire, 1796-1809, creation of nominal or fictitious voters, 1770-91, British Fishery Society's tour of the Hebrides, 1787, American war, 1775-79, trade with Ireland, 1778, Roman Catholic Bill, 1778, National Debt, 1784-1800, etc; personal correspondence with Sir David Dalrymple [Lord Hailes], Henry Dundas, George Fergusson [Lord Hermand], George Keate, Sir William Nairne [Lord Dunsinane], Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Viscount Weymouth, George Wallace and others on art, literature, politics, patronage, financial and legal matters, 1757-1810; correspondence with George Dempster, on politics, agriculture, fisheries, social and family matters, 1756-1813; letters from his brother Charles Fergusson on his business ventures, financial problems etc, 1761-94.
Papers of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Bt: letters from his father Charles Fergusson, 1787-97, and his uncle Sir Adam Fergusson, 3rd Bt, 1788-1813, on his finances and inheritance prospects, Ayrshire politics, estate and family matters, other correspondents include George Dempster, and George Fergusson [Lord Hermand]; papers re business venture in India, 1790-1801.
Papers of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Bt: correspondence on public matters (mainly churches and schools) and with family and friends, 1821-48; diaries and travel journal, 1824-49.
Papers of Sir James Fergusson, 6th Bt: Diaries, 1854-81, including the Crimean War, 1854, and his travels in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, 1857 political papers as MP for Ayrshire (1854-57, 1859-68) & N E Manchester (1885-1906); campaign papers for unsuccessful contests at Frome, 1876 and Greenock, 1877-78; official papers and correspondence as Governor of South Australia (1868-73), New Zealand (1873-75) and Bombay (1888-85) [most of Sir James's Indian papers were deposited with the India Office Library in 1955 (Mss.Eur.E.214)], Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1886-91) and Postmaster General (1891-92), including correspondence with Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Benjamin Disraeli, W E Gladstone, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Lord Kimberley, 1st Earl of Lytton, Lord Ripon, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Lord Cranbrook, Lord Randolph Churchill, Arthur J Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Field Marshall Lord Roberts, 1869-92; correspondence with family and friends, 1856-1903, including letters to his wife Lady Edith Fergusson while he was travelling in Canada and the United States of America, 1861, and letters from Arthur S Sullivan, 3rd Marquess of Bute, Walter Severn.
Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire estates: rental of lands of Highgate and Clongill, 1683-1779; leases, 1756-57; memorandum of writs, 1729-34; estate and household accounts, 1726-55, 1812-15; garden and tree-planting accounts etc, 1813-76; alterations and decoration of Kilkerran House, 1744, 1815-75; furnishings, 1685-91, 1815-18; expenditure on Edinburgh house, 1756-58; administrative papers on farming, coal and limestone, estate marches, and roads and bridges in Ayrshire, 1736-1827, Dailly church and stipend, 1674-1843, 1776-1812; weather reports on Moorstoun, 1748-49; photographs of Kilkerran House and estate, n.d., 1907-43.
Rozelle estate, Jamaica: accounts, 1771-1813; administrative correspondence, 1776-1836.
Carrick estate, Tobago: accounts, 1785-87; correspondence on purchase and administration, 1770-1800.
Papers of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Bt: correspondence on public matters (mostly churches and schools), 1839-47.
Papers of Sir James Fergusson, 6th Bt: letters from the Crimea, 1854-55, including description of battle of Inkerman; papers concerning his appointments as Governor of South Australia and of Bombay, India, 1872-85; letters from family and friends, 1850-94.
Papers of General Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Bt: diary and letters as commander of 10th & 15th Sudanese battalions, and adjutant-general, Egyptian Army, 1895-1903; letters and papers as major-general, Irish Command, and commander 5th division, 1914, with correspondence and papers of Sir James Fergusson, 8th Bt, regarding Curragh incident, n.d., 1954-64; diaries, papers and family correspondence as lieutenant-general, 5th division, and commander 2nd & 17 Army Corps in France, 1914-19; papers and correspondence as Governor-General of New Zealand, 1924-30; personal diaries of Sir Charles and Lady Alice Fergusson, 1907-1955; and family correspondence, 1866-1911, 1915-50, including childhood letters of Sir James Fergusson, 8th Bt, and Sir Bernard Fergusson, KT, 1st Baron Ballantrae; Masonic papers, 1921-29.
Papers of Sir James Fergusson, 8th Bt: letters to his wife and papers relating to his time at the BBC, 1940-43; letters from family and friends, 1917-73, including his brothers Major Simon Fergusson, with the Sudan Defence Corps and in Germany, 1937-47, and Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson, 1st Lord Ballantrae, with the Black Watch in India and Burma, 1942-44, and as Governor-General of New Zealand, 1963-68. Other correspondents include Eric Linklater, Walter Elliot, Neil Gunn, Sir John Boyd Orr, and Mrs Thomas Hardy.
Papers of Sir James Fergusson (1904-1973), 8th Bt. Personal diaries, 1944-72; scripts of broadcast talks etc, 1941-67, including his anti-Nazi propaganda BBC 'Listening Post' radio broadcasts, 1941-44; literary and research papers, including short stories, plays, historical and other articles, 1940s-60s; papers relating to his career as Keeper of the Records of Scotland, his duties as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and other appointments; correspondence and notes on Scottish history, the Fergusson family and Kilkerran estate; personal and family correspondence, 1864-1971; legal papers, 1754-1989; photographs of the Fergusson of Kilkerran family, 1867-1927, and Boyle family, earls of Glasgow, 1892-1956.
Legal, business and private correspondence of Sir John Fergusson (c.1653-1729), 1st Bt, 1707-29, Sir James Fergusson (1688-1759), 2nd Bt, Lord Kilkerran, 1715-52, including notes on Scots law, 1720-21, and Sir Adam Fergusson (1733-1813), 3rd Bt, 1764-1808, including letters from his brother Charles Fergusson (1740-1804) regarding the failure of his wine business in London, 1764-1804, and private accounts, 1769-1812. Correspondence and papers of Sir James Fergusson (1904-1973), 8th Bt, relating to his research and publications, c.1930-72, including agreements with publishers, and broadcasts of BBC 'Listening Post', 1941-44. Family legal papers, including wills, marriage contracts, bonds etc, 1739-1971. Household and estate accounts of Lady Jean Wemyss (d.1717), Countess of Angus, Lady Strathnaver, House of Preston, Berwickshire, 1656-68. Glencairn peerage case, 1797-1820, 1959-91.
Kilkerran estate, Ayrshire. Writs and legal papers, 1438/9-1908; rentals, 1685-1932; estate and household accounts, 1804-1879, including vouchers, 1816-36; factorial accounts, 1816-35, 1877, 1890-94, 1940-50; statute labour and Property Tax accounts, 1771-1810; memoranda on agricultural improvements by Robert Maxwell (1695-1765), 1705-35; correspondence, 1814-15, 1838-78; leases, 1663-1911; employees' wages etc, 1894-1952; heritors' papers for the Ayrshire parishes of Straiton, Kirkoswald, Kirkmichael, Maybole, Barr, Ballantrae, 1756-1846, and Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, 1775-1808; estate plans etc, 1725-1951.
West Indian estates. Title deeds and maps of Rozelle estate, Jamaica, 1764-77; titles and papers relating to claim of Sir Adam Fergusson to the Carrick estate, Tobago, 1773-1783.
New Zealand estates. Correspondence concerning the estates of Taotaoroa (Gorton) and Manugatautari estates, Auckland, 1875-84.
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Fonds
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Related Material
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Maps & Plans related to the survey are available in the National Archives of Scotland references RHP6690-RHP6693 RHP14268 (Photocopy)
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