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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NRAS2607
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Title
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Gladstone Family of Fasque, Fettercairn, Kincardineshire
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Dates
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1740-1978
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Access Status
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Restricted
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Access Conditions
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These records are held privately. All enquiries should be addressed to:
The Registrar National Register of Archives for Scotland H M General Register House Edinburgh EH1 3YY
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Description
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Titles and legal papers relating to lands in Kincardineshire, 1795-1956, Edinburgh, 1740-95 and Dingwall, 1820-50. Kincardineshire estate papers, 1806-1978, including rentals, 1829-33; correspondence concerning erection of bridge at Whitestone, 1907-38; papers concerning vote creation, 1834-53. Fettercairn Distillery: accounting records, 1890-1928; correspondence, 1887-1953; leases, 1824-1937; plans, 1890-1925. Family correspondence, 1830-1967, including Charles Gladstone's accounts of Sikh War, 1849. Personal and household accounts, 1825-1933. Church papers, 1831-1930: subjects include Fettercairn and Strachan parish affairs, 1831-1930; construction and upkeep of St. Thomas's church and school, Leith, 1829-1931, with letter of Thomas Chalmers on church patronage, 1842; building and consecration of Fasque Chapel, 1844-9, with letter of Dean Ramsay, 1844. Miscellaneous papers including list of bible texts prepared by W E Gladstone as a child, n.d.; letters concerning affairs of Montrose Standard newspaper, 1847; correspondence concerning Balbegno Castle, 1935-54. Plans of lands in Kincardineshire, 1806-1955; architectural plans, 1828- 1946, including plan of Fasque Castle, c.1828.
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Level
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Fonds
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