Skene, James, 1775-1864

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Epithet: of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001be

Scottish landowner; linguist; patron of the arts.

From the description of Papers, 1796-1833. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878767

Epithet: Lieutenant; RN

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001bd
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referencedIn Thomson, Thomas, fl. 1854-1876. Letter: 1874 Oct. 8, Spylaw Bank [Edinburgh] to David Laing. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection, 1505-1957 (inclusive), 1702-1854 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol.CCIII(ff.380). May-Nov. 1843.includes:ff. 1, 187-191 b Sir George Sinclair, of Ulbster, 2nd Baronet (1835): Correspondence with Lord Aberdeen: 1842-1844.f. 4 William Sim, formerly Provost of Montrose: Letter to Lord Aberdeen: 1843.ff. 6, 145... British Library
creatorOf Skene, James, 1775-1864. Letter: 1830 June 28, Edin. to David Laing / James Skene. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Skene, James, 1775-1864. Letter: 1855 Jan. 7, Oxford, to David Laing / James Skene. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Skene, James, 1775-1864. Letter: 1830 Mar. 1, to David Laing / James Skene. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Papers of James Skene of Rubislaw, Aberdeen, 1800 - 1830 University of Aberdeen
creatorOf Macmath, William, 1844-1922. William Macmath Scottish ballad transcripts, 1873-1896. Houghton Library
referencedIn Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, extra-illustrated, 1668-1866 (inclusive);, 1738-1836 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Todd, James Henthorn, 1805-1869. Letter: 1842 Dec. 22, Tr. Coll. [Dublin] to David Laing / J.H. Todd. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Skene, James, 1775-1864. Letter: 1829 Mar. 3, to David Laing / James Skene. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. Autograph letter signed : Castle Street, [Edinburgh], to James Skene, [1823?]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Vol. VI. (ff. 373). 20 May, 1810-2 Jan. 1821, and undated letters.includes:ff. 1, 92, 94 Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, 7th Baronet of Coul; FRS: Letters to Sir J. Banks: 1810, 1815. ff. 3, 4 Alexander W-Court: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1810. ff. 7, ... British Library
creatorOf Skene, James, 1775-1864. Letter: 1833 Jan. 23, 46 Moray Place [Edinburgh] to David Laing / James Skene. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Skene family. Bills, 1782-1833. Winterthur Library
referencedIn English-language manuscript verse in the Houghton Library: First-line index, ca. 1000-ca. 1820. Houghton Library
creatorOf Skene, James, 1775-1864,. Scottish ballads : manuscript, [after 1803] Houghton Library
referencedIn Todd, James Henthorn, 1805-1869. Letter: 1842 Sept. 15, Trin. Coll. [Dublin] to David Laing / J.H. Todd. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Vol. XIV. (IT. 574). Sey-Sy.includes:f. 1 Lieutenant Edward William Seymour, RN: Biographical notes: 1846.f. 5 Comm. Francis Edward Seymour, RN: Biographical notes: 1844.f. 9 Comm. George Alexander Seymour R.N., RN: Letter to W. R. O'Byrne: 184... British Library
referencedIn Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn William Macmath Scottish ballad transcripts, 1873-1896. Houghton Library
referencedIn Black, Adam, 1784-1874. Letter: 1870 Dec. 20, to David Laing / A. W. Black. University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
creatorOf Skene, James, 1775-1864. Papers, 1796-1833. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk). Houghton Library
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associatedWith Boswell, James, 1740-1795 person
associatedWith Child, Francis James, 1825-1896, person
associatedWith Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857 person
associatedWith Gordon, Charles. person
associatedWith James Skene of Rubislaw, Aberdeen, 1775-1864 person
associatedWith Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 person
associatedWith Macmath, William, 1844-1922. person
associatedWith Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. person
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Birth 1775-03-07

Death 1864-11-27

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