Loudoun papers : Scottish, 1510-1839 (bulk 1697-1780).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Loudoun papers : Scottish, 1510-1839 (bulk 1697-1780).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122499668

The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of the 3rd and 4th Earls of Loudoun. The earlier papers deal with the families of Campbell and Mure of Rowallan. comprises requests for political patronage, preferment in the army, and various civil posts as well as political gossip, discussion of European affairs, particularly in France and Sweden, local Ayrshire politics, and personal matters. Included are letters discussing the Jacobite rebellion, requests to intercede on behalf of Jacobite prisoners, and papers relating to a troop of dragoon raised in Ayrshire for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion. Correspondents include Charles Cathcart, Sir David Dalrymple, Sir Hew Dalrymple, James Lindsay earl of Balcarres, John Ersine, earl of Mar, and others. Also included are the items dealing with the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland. cover the period from 1741 and consist of chiefly of military records, including accounts, muster rolls, casualty lists, etc. of the regiments under his command, particularly Loudoun's Highlanders and 3rd Foot Guards. Included are materials related to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and the campaigns in Flanders and Portugal. Also included are correspondence and papers documenting the 4th earl's activities in improving the grounds around Loudoun Castle in Ayrshire.

Approx. 7,500 pieces.48 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6736957

Related Entities

There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Cathcart, Charles, Lord, 1686-1740

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv5w2h (person)

Great Britain. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p884pf (corporateBody)

Whitmore was govenor of Cape Breton Island and the Island of St. John (Prince Edward Island). From the description of Receipt for wages paid for labor in the Cape Breton colliery : manuscript, 1760. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812416 Administrative history unavailable. The University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections has a mandate to acquire military papers. From the description of Great Britain Army collection. [1800-1941]. (University o...

Balcarres, James Lindsay, Earl of, 1691-1768

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ff3qzq (person)

Campbell family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg7vvc (family)

Dalrymple, Hew, Sir, 1652-1737

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf1d4w (person)

Loudoun, John Campbell, Earl of, 1705-1782

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k65b23 (person)

Born in 1705. Entered army in 1727. Commissioned major general in 1755, and appointed the following year as commander-in-chief of British forces in America during the French and Indian War, and named titular governor of Virginia. Died at Loudoun Castle, the family seat in Ayrshire, in 1782. From the description of Memorandum book, 1757 Jan. 1-Apr. 1 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122612272 John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 - 27 Apr. 1782) was the...

Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot Guards, 3rd

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d0m3r (corporateBody)

Mar, John Erskine, earl of, 1675-1732

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j11f6 (person)

Loudoun, Hugh Campbell, Earl of, -1731

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wh3gbg (person)

Hugh Campbell (d. 20 Nov. 1731) was the eldest son of James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun (d. 1684), and Lady Margaret Montgomery (n.d.). He succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Loudoun upon James's death in 1684 and took his seat in Scotland's parliament on 8 Sept. 1696. Upon the recommendation of the Earl of Argyll, Campbell was appointed Extraordinary Lord of Session by King William in 1699. Under Queen Anne Campbell held the offices of Commissioner of the Treasury, joint Secretary of State fo...

Church of Scotland. General Assembly

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr5n6p (corporateBody)

Mure family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tf9079 (family)

Great Britain. Army. Earl of Loudoun's Regiment on Foot (1745-1748)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w43mzd (corporateBody)

Dalrymple, David, Sir, ca. 1665-1721

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw3vcw (person)