l/d141: west highland museum papers: nigel banks ......he lived on cameron square in fort william,...

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L/D141: West Highland Museum papers: Nigel Banks MacKenzie papers, 1836-1935

RECORDS’ IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference number: L/D141

Alternative reference number: N/A

Title: Nigel Banks MacKenzie papers

Dates: 1836-1935

Level of description: Fonds

Extent: 0.2 linear metres

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Nigel Banks Mackenzie, his family and others

Administrative history: Nigel Banks Mackenzie (1836-1924), was born on St Kilda, the son of Nigel or Niel MacKenzie, Church of Scotland minister on the island, and his wife Elizabeth Mackenzie, nee Crawford. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, after which he became a solicitor and Writer to the Signet. He joined the British Linen Bank and was appointed manager of its Fort William branch in 1868, aged 32. He also ran a legal practice and land agency, and became factor for several Scottish estates, including Lochiel, Ardgour, Glenfintaig, Glenuig and Kingairloch, as well as a British Linen director. He was extremely active in promoting railways, in particular the West Highland Railway to Fort William and its later extension to Mallaig, served as Provost

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of Fort William for several term, and also as Chairman of the Inverness County Council.

In 1872 he married Lilias Scott MacKenzie (1851/2-1914) and the couple had 11 children, including Nigel Banks MacKenzie Jr, Donald MacPherson MacKenzie, Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie, who married John Frederick Rogers in 1916, Mary Helen MacKenzie, who married Henry Cecil Knox Dick, Agnes Cecelia Jane Mackenzie, who married James Hamilton-Gunn and moved to Canada, Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie, Lilias Kathleen MacKenzie, Edith Mabel MacKenzie, who was confined in the Royal Asylum in Montrose, Frank MacKenzie and Charles Edward Stuart MacKenzie.

He lived on Cameron Square in Fort William, and kept another residence, Camus House or Camusmore in Onich for summer use. He had also a house in Edinburgh, and boat houses at Fort William and Onich, as he was a keen sailor.

Custodial history: Kept at the West Highland Museum, Fort William before being deposited by the Museum with Lochaber Archive Centre on 14 July 2014.

RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Legal and financial papers of Nigel Banks MacKenzie: property valuations 1909-1915; baptisms, marriages and deaths 1836-1916; MacKenzie & Co. papers 1911-1916; marriage of Mary Helen MacKenzie and Henry Cecil Knox Dick 1887-1913; papers regarding insurance and advance loans against Marriage Contract trust 1872-1917; receipts, bills and banker’s drafts 1915-1930; tax affairs 1924; Minutes of Mrs and Mrs Nigel Banks MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees and related papers, 1882-1924; Edith Mabel MacKenzie papers 1934-1935; Opinions of Counsel and related papers 1903-1927; business accounts and

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statements of cost 1906-1930.

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: N/A

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS

Access: Open

Closed until: N/A

Access conditions: N/A

Copying: Allowed, but permission for reproduction must be sought from West Highland Museum

Finding aids: List in search room

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material: N/A

Publication: N/A

Notes: No discernible original order so the order in which papers were arranged by the West Highland Museum has been followed.

Date of catalogue: 14/10/2014

L/D141/1 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: property valuations

1909-1915

L/D141/1/1 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Camusmore, Onich

1915

L/D141/1/2 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Woodside Hotel, Oban; with handwritten valuation dated 19 January 1911 attached

1915

L/D141/1/3 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Ferndale Villa, Fort William

1915

L/D141/1/4 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract 1915

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trust, valuation of property, Palace Hotel, Fort William

L/D141/1/5 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Woodlea, Fort William

1915

L/D141/1/6 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Argyll Hotel, Fort William

1915

L/D141/1/7 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Lochiel Villa, Fort William

1915

L/D141/1/8 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Fassifern Road and Bank Street, Fort William

1915

L/D141/1/9 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, Tennoch Road, Uplanmoor

1915

L/D141/1/10 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, 37 Mayfield gardens, Edinburgh

1915

L/D141/1/11 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, 18 Vessalius Street, Shettleston

1915

L/D141/1/12 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trust, valuation of property, 201 Holmlea Road, Glasgow

1915

L/D141/1/13 Report of Tynecastle feu duties, Edinburgh 1909

L/D141/2 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: baptisms, marriages and deaths

1836-1916

L/D141/2/1 Extract from Register of Baptisms, St Kilda, baptism of Nigel Banks MacKenzie (spelled ‘Niel’), 21 April 1836

1836

L/D141/2/2 Extract from Register of Deaths: death of Lilias Scott MacKenzie, wife of Nigel Banks Mackenzie, 10 July 1914

1914

L/D141/2/3 Extract from Register of Marriages, marriage of Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie, daughter of Nigel

1916

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Banks MacKenzie, to John Frederick Rogers, 15 September 1916

L/D141/3 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: MacKenzie & Co.

1911-1926

L/D143/3/1 MacKenzie & Co. Ltd: Balance Sheet 1911, typed and handwritten copies

1911

L/D143/3/2 MacKenzie & Co. Ltd: Balance Sheet 1912 1912

L/D143/3/3 Letter, Harper Bros & Feather, Chartered Accountants, London, to Lilias Scott MacKenzie, Fort William, concerning capital reduction, MacKenzie & Co.

23 Sept 1913

L/D143/3/4 Letter, Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, Glasgow, to N. B. MacKenzie Jr, Fort William, concerning financial affairs and shareholders of MacKenzie & Co.

6 October 1913

L/D143/3/5 Letter, Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, Glasgow, to N. B. MacKenzie Jr, Fort William, concerning financial affairs and shareholders of MacKenzie & Co.

11 October 1913

L/D141/3/6 Letter, Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, Glasgow, to N. B. MacKenzie Jr, North British Hotel, Glasgow, concerning financial affairs and shareholders of MacKenzie & Co.

16 October 1913

L/D141/3/7 List of ordinary shareholders in MacKenzie & Co. Ltd

n. d.

L/D141/3/8 List of preference shareholders in MacKenzie & Co. Ltd

n. d.

L/D141/3/9 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust: Report by Messrs. Chiene and Tait, C. A., as to the position of MacKenzie & Coy. Ltd, dated 17th June 1926

1926

L/D141/3/10 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust: Report by Messrs. Chiene and Tait, C. A., as to the position of MacKenzie & Coy. Ltd, dated 15th July 1926

1926

L/D141/4 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: marriage of Mary Helen MacKenzie

1887-1913

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and Henry Cecil Knox Dick and associated Marriage Contract trust

L/D141/4/1 Marriage of Mary Helen MacKenzie and Henry Cecil Knox Dick: correspondence—Henry Knox Dick, Edinburgh; Grahams & MacCall, Chartered Accountants, Glasgow; Sibbald & MacKenzie, W. S., Edinburgh; N. B. MacKenzie Jr, Fort William

1887-1913

L/D141/4/2 Monthly Investment List, containing every Security officially quoted on the London Stock Exchange, issued by Pember & Boyle, Stock & Share Brokers

1904

L/D141/4/3 Copy Marriage Contract between H. C. Knox Dick and Mary Helen MacKenzie; with memorandum for Mr N. B. MacKenzie and letter to him from Sibbald & MacKenzie, W. S., Edinburgh dated 17 November 1905

1905

L/D141/4/4 Opinion in case of Henry Cecil Knox Dick vs. Rev, John Baird

1907

L/D141/4/5 Mrs and Mrs Knox Dick’s Marriage trust: Notice of Assignation for Trustees acting under Marriage Contract of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie

1908

L/D141/4/6 Minute by the Trustees acting under the Ante-Nuptial Contract of Mr and Mrs Knox Dick

1908

L/D141/4/7 Memorandum as to Mr Henry C. Knox Dick’s affairs for consideration of his Marriage Contract Trustees

1910

L/D141/4/7 Mr and Mrs Knox Dick’s Trust: Notice for Trustees under ante-nuptial contract of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie

1911

L/D141/5 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: insurance and advance loans against Marriage Contract trust

1870-1924

L/D141/5/1 Intimation of Assignation of Policy of the Scottish Provident Trust Institution by Nigel Banks MacKenzie to the British Linen Company

1870

L/D141/5/2 Antenuptial Contract of Marriage between Nigel 1872

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Banks MacKenzie and Lilias Scott MacKenzie

L/D141/5/3 Notice of Retrocession by the Commissioners for the British Linen Company to Nigel Banks Mackenzie of Policy on his life by the Scottish Provident Association

1877

L/D141/5/4 Notice, the British Linen Bank to the Scottish Provident Institution, of the Assignment of Policy no. 18540, N. B. MacKenzie

1907

L/D141/5/5 Correspondence, Scottish Provident Institution and British Linen Bank, concerning Policy no. 18540, MacKenzie

1907-1908

L/D141/5/6 Scottish Provident Institution: The Scottish Reversionary Co. Ltd, Letters of Obligation regarding custody of assignation of Policy

1909

L/D141/5/7 Intimation, Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees to the Scottish Provident Institution of Assignation of Policy no. 18540 N. B. MacKenzie

1914

L/D/141/5/8 Receipt and Indemnity by Miss Margaret E. MacKenzie and others in favour of F. A. Jones and others (Mr and Mrs MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees) for advances of capital from the marriage Contract Funds (2 copies)

1914

L/D141/5/9 Receipt and Indemnity by Miss L. K. MacKenzie in favour of Joseph Watson and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, for advance of £100 of capital from the Marriage Contract Funds

1916

L/D141/5/10 Receipt and Indemnity by Miss Edith Mabel MacKenzie in favour of Joseph Watson and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, for advance of £100 of capital from the Marriage Contract Funds

1916

L/D141/5/11 Bond and Assignation in Security by Miss Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie in favour of Joseph Watson and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, of the Policy (survivorship) for £200 with the English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Association

1916

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L/D141/5/12 Receipt and Indemnity by Donald M. Mackenzie in favour of Nigel Blair MacKenzie and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, for advance of £200 of capital from the Marriage Contract Funds

1917

L/D141/5/13 Receipt and Indemnity by Miss L. K. MacKenzie in favour of Joseph Watson and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, for advance of £200 of capital from the Marriage Contract Funds

1917

L/D141/5/14 Bond and Assignation in Security by Mrs A. C. J. MacKenzie or Hamilton-Gunn in favour of Nigel Blair Mackenzie and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, of the Policy (survivorship) for £700 with the English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Association

1918

L/D141/5/15 Assignation by Donald MacPherson MacKenzie in favour of N. B. MacKenzie and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, in security of advance of £200 of capital to Miss L. K. MacKenzie

1918

L/D141/5/15 Assignation by Nigel Blair MacKenzie, Banker, Fort William in favour of himself and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, in security of advance of £200 to Miss L. K. MacKenzie from her share of capital

1918

L/D/141/5/16 Assignation by Frank MacKenzie in favour of N. B. MacKenzie and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, in security of advance of £200 of capital to Miss L. K. MacKenzie

1918

L/D141/5/17 Bond and Assignation in Security by Donald M. MacKenzie in favour of Joseph Watson and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, of the Life Policy for £250 with the Prudential Assurance Company

1918

L/D141/5/18 Intimation of Assignation of the Life Policy (survivorship) for £700 with the English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Association by Mrs A. C. J. MacKenzie or Hamilton-Gunn with consent in favour of Nigel Blair MacKenzie and

1918

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others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees); policy attached

L/D141/5/19 Bond and Assignation in Security by Donald M. MacKenzie in favour of Nigel Blair MacKenzie and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, of survivorship Life Policy no. 35875 with the Eagle Star and British Dominions Insurance Co.; policy attached

1919

L/D141/5/20 Receipt and Indemnity by Donald MacPherson Mackenzie in favour of Nigel Blair MacKenzie and others (Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees, for advance of £200 of capital from the Marriage Contract Funds

1919

L/D141/5/21 Assignation by Miss Edith Mabel MacKenzie in favour of John Warren of her rights under Mr & Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust and Trust Disposition and Settlement of Mrs L. S. MacKenzie

1920

L/D141/5/22 Assignation by Frank MacKenzie in favour of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees of Survivorship Policy no. 47034 on his own life as against that of Mr N. B. MacKenzie, for the sum of £200 with the Eagle Star and British Dominions Insurance Co.; policy attached

1921

L/D141/5/23 Memorandum for Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees re repayment of Holding of Exchequer Bonds

1924

L/D/141/5/24 Memorandum for Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees re advance of £150 to Mrs Knox Dick

1924

L/D141/6 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: receipts, bills, banker’s drafts, share certificates

1915-1930

L/D141/6/1 Receipts, bills, banker’s drafts, share certificates: Merchant Company Education Board, Edinburgh; David Spalding & Muir, Chartered Accountants, Glasgow; MacKenzie & Co., London; British Linen Bank, Fort William; Inland Revenue; Prudential Insurance Co., London; Scottish National Insurance Co., Alexander Wilson & Sons,

1915-1930

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Stockbrokers, London; Elliott Young & Co., Stockbrokers, London; London & Lancashire Insurance Co, Glasgow office; British Leather Cloth Manufacturing Co.; Highland Railway Co.; London & North Eastern Railway Co.; feu duty receipts

L/D141/7 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: tax affairs

1924

L/D141/7/1 Tax affairs: Inland Revenue forms and related papers concerning estate duty and other matter arising from the death of Nigel Banks MacKenzie

1924

L/D141/8 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: minutes of Mrs and Mrs Nigel Banks MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees and related papers

1882-1924

L/D141/8/1 Minute of meeting of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs Mackenzie

1882


1898

L/D141/8/3 Mrs and Mrs Nigel Banks MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust: correspondence—Henry Knox Dick; Brownlie, Watson & Beckett, Writers, Glasgow; Nigel Banks MacKenzie Jr; MacKenzie & Watson, estate agents, Fort William; British Linen Bank, Edinburgh

1902-1920

L/D141/8/4 Draft minute of meeting of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs MacKenzie

1904


1904

L/D141/8/6 Minute of meeting of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs MacKenzie

1904

L/D141/8/7 Draft minute of meeting of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs MacKenzie

1907

L/D141/8/8 Minute by the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs MacKenzie

1909

L/D141/8/9 Draft minute of meeting of the Trustees under the Marriage Contract Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie

1910

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L/D141/8/10 Minute of meeting of the Trustees under the Marriage Contract Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie

1910

L/D141/8/11 Minute of meeting of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs MacKenzie

1912

L/D141/8/12 Agenda for meeting of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs MacKenzie

1913

L/D141/8/13 Minute by the Trustees under the Antenuptial Contract of Marriage of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie

1914


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1919

L/D141/8/16 Minute of Resignation by Miss E. M. MacKenzie as trustees in Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust

1920

L/D141/8/17 Minute by the Trustees acting under Mr and Mrs under Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract

1922

L/D141/8/18 Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust: Minute of Meeting

1923

L/D141/8/19 Memorandum by Messrs. Mackenzie & Grieve, Fort William, for consideration of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees

1923

L/D141/8/20 Draft Memorandum for Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees

1923

L/D141/8/21 Memorandum for the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mr and Mrs N. B. Mackenzie

1923

L/D141/8/22 Memorandum for Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees re repayment of Holding of 5 and three quarters percent Exchequer Bonds

1924

L/D141/9 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial 1934-1935

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papers: Edith Mabel MacKenzie papers

L/D141/9/1 Edith Mabel MacKenzie papers: correspondence regarding Kenneth MacKenzie Trust—Stephenson, Harwood and Tatham, solicitors, London; Nigel Banks Mackenzie (Jr).

1934-1935

L/D141/9/2 Edith Mabel MacKenzie papers: bills and receipts—Royal Asylum of Montrose; Century Insurance Company Ltd.; Eagle Star and British Dominions Insurance Co. Ltd; Stephenson, Harwood & Tatham, solicitors, London

1934-1935

L/D141/10 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: Opinions of Counsel and related papers

1903-1927

L/D141/10/1 Mr and Mrs MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust: Scheme of Division of the Residual Estate of the late Kenneth MacKenzie, London

1903

L/D141/10/2 In the matter of the Estate of Kenneth MacKenzie Esq. deceased: William MacKenzie Esq. and others and Peter MacKenzie Esq. and others—Further Deed of Release

1905

L/D141/10/3 Copy Opinion of Counsel re Mackenzie’s trustees 1906

L/D141/10/4 Letter, Smith & Kaye, London, to N. B. MacKenzie, Fort William, concerning case of Mackenzie v. Grant

28 Nov. 1907

L/D141/10/5 Memorial for Nigel Banks MacKenzie and others (Mrs L. S. MacKenzie Trustees): Opinion and Advice of Counsel

1914

L/D141/10/6 Re Kenneth Mackenzie, decd.; re Mrs L. S. MacKenzie, decd.—Case to Counsel to Advise and his Opinion thereon

1914

L/D141/10/7 Copy correspondence between Estate Duty Office, Edinburgh and MacKenzie & Watson, Estate Office, Fort William

1916

L/D141/10/8 Copy letter, Joseph Watson to Gunner John M. MacKenzie, 2/647 NZFA New Zealand Camp No. 11, Codford, concerning Mr and Mrs N. B. Mackenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust

1917

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L/D141/10/9 Supplementary Memorial for Opinion of Counsel, Mrs and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract trustees—Opinion intus

1922

L/D141/10/10 Memorial for Mrs Margaret Elizabeth MacKenzie or Rogers and Opinion of Mr H. P. MacMillan K. C.

1927

L/D141/11 Nigel Banks MacKenzie, legal and financial papers: business accounts and statements of cost

1906-1930

L/D141/11/1 In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Mr Justice Neville re Kenneth MacKenzie deceased: MacKenzie & others v. Grant & another, copy Plaintiff’s Bill of Costs

1906

L/D141/11/2 In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, in the Matter of the Estate of Kenneth MacKenzie deceased: between Lilias Scott MacKenzie & others, Plaintiffs, Peter Grant & another, Defendants copy Certificate of Costs

1907

L/D141/11/3 Account of Charge and Discharge of the Intromissions of Messrs. MacKenzie & Watson, Fort William as Agents in the Marriage Contract trust of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie, from 1st July 1913 to 10th July 1914

1914

L/D141/11/4 Account of Charge and Discharge of the Intromissions of Messrs. MacKenzie & Watson as

as Agents in the Marriage Contract trust of Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie, from10th July 1921 to 10th July 1922

1922

L/D141/11/5 Bsuiness Account incurred to F. M. Littlejohn, Solicitor, 28 Queen Street, Edinburgh, Agent for the First and Third Parties in connection with Special Case for Mrs Lilias Kathleen MacKenzie and others (Marriage Contract Trustees of Nigel Banks MacKenzie and Lilias Scott MacKenzie and others for the Opinion and Judgement of the Court of Session

1928

L/D141/11/6 Account: the Marriage Contract Trustees of Mrs and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie to Layton-Bennett, Chiene & Tait, A. A., Edinburgh

1928

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L/D141/11/7 Business Account, Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust to Mr R. Dow, Solicitor, Fort William

1929

L/D141/11/8 Sheriff Court, Fort William, Sheriff Steedman: Account of Expenses in causa, Petition. Mackenzie’s Marriage Contract Trustees & others

1929

L/D141/11/9 Account, Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Rogers, 7 Park Drive, Glasgow, to Brownlie, Watson & Beckett. Writers

1929

L/D141/11/10 Business Account, Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust per R. Dow Esq., Solicitor, Fort William to F. M. Littlejohn, Solicitor, Edinburgh, Memorial for Opinion of Counsel on Income Tax Question

1929

L/D141/11/11 Bsuiness Account, Robert Dow Esq. to Messrs. Cowan & Delmahoy W. S., Special Case—MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust

1929

L/D141/11/12 Account for professional services, Mrs Knox Dick, Bedford to Robert Dow, Solicitor, Fort William

1929

L/D141/11/13 Account for professional services, Mrs Hamilton Gunn, Canada, to Robert Dow, Solicitor, Fort William

1929

L/D141/11/14 Business Account, Mr and Mrs N. B. MacKenzie’s Marriage Contract Trust to Mr Robert Dow, Solicitor, Fort William

1930

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L/D144: West Highland Museum papers: John Macdonald’s narrative ‘A true and real state of Prince Charles Stuart's miraculous escape after the batle of Cullodden’, c 1746-1750s.




Title: ‘A true and real state of Prince Charles Stuart's miraculous escape after the batle of Cullodden’.

Dates: C1746-1750s


Extent: 1 item

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: John Macdonald, son of Angus Macdonald of Borodale, Jacobite officer, fl. 1730s-1750s

Administrative history: John Macdonald was the youngest son of Angus Macdonald of Borodale, who, in 1745 was was the first person to receive a commission from Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). John Macdonald was sent to be educated at the Scots College, Ratisbon, but returned in 1745 to join Prince Charles, and served during the campaign as lieutenant in Clanranald’s regiment, and was pardoned for his role in the Jacobite rising.

Custodial history: Kept in the West Highland Museum, Fort William before being deposited with Lochaber Archive Centre on 25 August 2014.

RECORDS’ CONTENT

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Description: Manuscript, John Macdonald’s ‘A true and real state of Prince Charles Stuart's miraculous escape after the batle of Cullodden’.

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: N/A


Access: Open

Closed until: N/A




ALLIED MATERIALS


Publication: This narrative was reprinted in the Appendix to Volume 3 of Robert Forbes’s The Lyon in Mourning, ed. Henry Paton, 3 vols., (Edinburgh, Scottish History Society, 1895-1896).

Notes: N/A


L/D144/1 Manuscript, John Macdonald’s ‘A true and real state of Prince Charles Stuart's miraculous escape after the batle of Cullodden’; bound, with a 19th century transcription

c1746-1750s

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L/D145: West Highland Museum papers: Inverness-shire Justices of the Peace, 1877-1935




Title: Inverness-shire Justices of the Peace

Dates: 1877-1945


Extent: 1 volume

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Inverness-shire (Lochaber District) and Argyllshire Justices of the Peace

Administrative history: The Commission of the Peace was originally instituted in Scotland in the 16th century. Initially, Justices were given the task of administering the county within which they resided until this work passed to the County Councils with their establishment in 1888. Justices of the Peace were then left with jurisdiction in the licensing board and minor criminal cases.


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Minute book: minutes of meetings of HM Justices of the Peace for Inverness-shire (Lochaber District), 1977-1935

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: N/A

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Access: Open

Closed until: N/A




ALLIED MATERIALS


Publication: N/A

Notes: N/A


L/D145/1 Minute book: minutes of Special Meetings of HM Justices of the Peace for Inverness-shire (Lochaber District); also includes minutes of a Special Meeting of HM Justices of the Peace for Argyllshire at Fort William for granting Certificates for Licences

1877-1935

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L/D146: West Highland Museum papers: Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd, 1898-1950




Title: Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd

Dates: 1898-1950


Extent: 1 volume, 2 envelopes

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd, Robert Dow & Co., Solicitors, Fort William.

Administrative history: The Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd was founded in 1898 and went into liquidation in 1935-1936, after having been effectively dormant since 1924. It was later succeeded by the Fort William Bowling Club.


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Minute book, 1898-1937; correspondence, 1950; sundry handwritten notes and calculations, c1900.

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: N/A

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Access: Open

Closed until: N/A




ALLIED MATERIALS


Publication: N/A

Notes: N/A


L/D146/1 Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd: minutes

1898-1937

L/D146/1/1 Minute book 1898-1937

L/D146/2 Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd: correspondence

1950

L/D146/2/1 Letter from Robert Dow & Co., Solicitors, Fort William to Messrs. Murray, Beith & Murray W. S. Edinburgh, stating that that Fort William Bowling Club has the right to ground formerly belonging to its predecessor, the Fort William Bowling and Recreational Co. Ltd

1950

L/D146/3 Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd: notes

c1900

L/D146/3/1 Sundry handwritten notes and calculations c1900

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L/D147: West Highland Museum papers: Fort William Subscription Library, 1819-1835




Title: Fort William Subscription Library

Dates: 1819-1835


Extent: 1 volume

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Fort William Subscription Library

Administrative history: The Fort William Subscription Library was formally established on 16 July 1819. A catalogue of its holdings was published by John Smith & Son in 1820.


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Minute book, 1819-1835

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: N/A


Access: Open

Closed until: N/A


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L/D147/1 Fort William Bowling and Recreation Company Ltd: minutes

1819-1935

L/D147/1/1 Minute book 1819-1835

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L/D148: West Highland Museum papers: Sheila Macdonald, c 1928-1932




Title: Sheila Macdonald

Dates: c 1928-1932


Extent: 1 volume

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Sheila Macdonald

Administrative history: Sheila Macdonald was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; in 1927 she became the first woman to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanganyika (today Tanzania) the highest mountain in Africa.


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Diary, c 1928-1932

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L/D148/1 Sheila Macdonald: diary c 1928-1932

L/D148/1/1 Sheila Macdonald: diary, inscribed ’to a brave girl, Sheila Macdonald, a young Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society who in 1927 ascended Kilimanjaro, the highest Mountain in Africa. With respect and admiration from an old fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Baradin, Basses Pyrenees, 10th June 1928’; contains handwritten extracts from Boethius, Adamnan’s ‘Life of St Columba’ and Charles Morgan’s novel The Fountain (pub. 1932).

c 1928-1932

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L/D149: West Highland Museum papers: Fort William Literary Association, 1907-1913




Title: Fort William Literary Association

Dates: 1907-1913


Extent: 1 volume

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Fort William Literary Association

Administrative history: Fort William Literary Association was founded in 1907; it held its meetings in the United Free Church hall in Fort William.


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Minute book, 1907-1913

Appraisal: N/A

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Access: Open

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L/D149/1 Fort William Literary Association: minutes 1907-1913

L/D149/1/1 Minute book 1907-1913

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L/D150: West Highland Museum papers: Macdonald of Glenaladale papers, 1839-1914




Title: Macdonald of Glenaladale papers

Dates: 1839-1914



Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Angus Macdonald, 12th of Glenaladale, his son John Andrew Macdonald, 13th of Glenaladale and various solicitors

Administrative history: John Andrew Macdonald, 13th of Glenaladale (1837-1916), was born on 29 July 1837, the son of Angus Macdonald, 12th of Glenaladale (1793-1870) and Mary Agnes Watson (d.1890). He was educated at Ushaw School, Durham and then began a military career, gaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 3rd (Inverness Militia) Battalion, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders. He was invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1897, and also served as Deputy Lieutenant of Inverness-shire, Justice of the Peace for Argyllshire and Justice of the Peace for Inverness-shire.

He married twice: Helen Mary Chaloner, on 30 July 1862 and Margaret Mary Teresa Blount, daughter of Sir Edward Blount, 8th Baronet, on 13 August 1901. He died on 23 February 1916 at age 78, without issue.

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Description: Legal papers, 1839-1914

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L/D150/1 Glenaladale papers: legal documents 1839-1914

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L/D150/1/1 Legal documents: John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale and Robert Alexander Manford

1859-1861

L/D150/1/1/1 Bond and Disposition and Assignation in Security by John Andrew Macdonald Esq. of Glenaladale in favour of Robert Alexander Manford Esq. for £1200

1859

L/D150/1/1/2 Discharge and Assignation by R. A. Manford Esq. with Consent within mentioned in favour of J. A. Macdonald of Glenaladale

1861

L/D150/1/2 Legal documents: Trustees of John Marshall, Marriage Contract Trustees of James Bulkely, Mrs A. G. Riddell or Bulkeley and Alexander Macdonald of Balranald

1870-1884

L/D150/1/2/1 Bond and Disposition in Security by Alexander Macdonald and others in favour of Marshall’s Trustees

1870

L/D150/1/2/2 Assignation by the original Trustees of Mr John Marshall in favour of the assumed and acting Trustees

1876

L/D150/1/2/3 Assignation by the Trustees of the late John Marshall in favour of (first) the Marriage Contract Trustees of the late T. F. Bulkeley and (second) Mrs A. G. Riddell or Bulkeley, of Bond and Disposition in Security over Glenaladale for £1000

1881

L/D150/1/2/4 Assignation by (first) the Marriage Contract Trustees of the late Theophilus James Bulkeley and (second) Mrs A. G. Riddell or Bulkeley in favour of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Alexander Macdonald Esquire Balranald

1884

L/D150/1/2/5 Assignation by the Marriage Contract Trustees of Alexander Macdonald Esq, of Balranald in favour of Andrew Macdonald as Trustee

1895

L/D150/1/3 Legal documents: John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale and Alexander Campbell

1896

L/D150/1/3/1 Lease between John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale and Alexander Campbell, The Stage

1896

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L/D150/1/3/2 Memorandum of Agreement between John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale and Alexander Campbell, Stage Hotel, Glenfinnan

1896

L/D150/4 Legal documents: John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale and the Lord Howard of Glossop

1900-1908

L/D150/4/1 Contract and Agreement between John Andrew Macdonald CB of Glenaladale and the Lord Howard of Glossop, for erection of Landing Stage and Gangway at Glenfinnan

1900

L/D150/1/4/2 Supplementary Contract and Agreement between Colonel Macdonald CB of Glenaladale and Lord Howard of Glossop, Landing Stage and Gangway at Glenfinnan

1903

L/D150/1/4/3 Agreement between Colonel Macdonald CB of Glenaladale and the Right Honourable Lord Howard of Glossop

1908

L/D150/1/5 Legal documents: John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale, Theodore Francis Brinckman and George Bargate Bainbridge, shooting lease

1901-1914

L/D150/1/5/1 Assignation by Theodore Francis Brinckman with consents, in favour of George Bargate Bainbridge, of remainder of Shooting Lease of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan

1901

L/D150/1/5/2 Lease by John A. Macdonald CB of Glenaladale, in favour of George B. Bainbridge Esq., of Shootings and Fishings of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan

1901

L/D150/1/5/3 Memorandum of Agreement between John Andrew Macdonald CB and George Bargate Bainbridge Esq. as to Glenaladale and Glenfinnan Shootings

1901

L/D150/1/5/4 Copy Letter from Messrs. Macandrew & Jenkins, Solicitors, Inverness to Messrs. Williams & James, Solicitors, London, and their reply

1901

L/D150/1/5/5 Shooting Lease by J. A. Macdonald of Glenaladale in favour of Theodore Francie Brinckman Esq.

1902

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L/D150/1/5/6 Memorial for George B. Bainbridge Esquire, tenant of the Deer Forests of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, for the Opinion of Counsel

1906

L/D150/1/5/7 Copy Renunciation between John Andrew Macdonald CB and George Bargate Bainbridge Esq. of Glenaladale and Glenfinnan Shootings

1914

L/D150/1/5/8 Notes of Dilapidations taken at Glenfinnan House and Steading on 15th November 1914

1914

L/D150/1/5/9 Copy Letter from W. E. Malcolm Esq., W. S., Fort William to J. S. Watson Esq. W. S. m Inverness

1914

L/D150/1/5/10 Valuation of furnishings left in Glenfinnan House by Mr Bainbridge

1914

L/D150/1/6 Legal documents: John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale and Andrew Macdonald

1894-1905

L/D150/1/6/1 Bond and Disposition and Assignation in Security by John Andrew Macdonald Esquire of Glenaladale with consent in favour of Andrew Macdonald, Solicitor, Inverness.

1894

L/D150/1/6/2 Discharge by Andrew Macdonald, Sheriff Clerk, Inverness, in favour of John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale, of Bond and Disposition of £2000 over Glenaladale &c.

1901

L/D150/1/6/3 Discharge by Andrew Macdonald, Sheriff Clerk of Inverness-shire as Trustee in favour of John Andrew Macdonald Esquire of Glenaladale, Bond of £1000 and Disposition in Security over Glenaladale

1903

L/D150/1/6/4 Notice of Intimation of Bond & Disposition & Assignation in Security by John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale and others in favour of Andrew Macdonald as Trustee

1903

L/D150/1/6/5 Discharge and Retrocession by Andrew Macdonald in favour of John Andrew Macdonald

1905

L/D150/1/6/6 Notice of Intimation of Discharge and Retrocession by Andrew Macdonald as Trustee in favour of John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale

1905

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L/D150/1/7 Legal documents: single 1839-1904

L/D150/1/7/1 Discharge and Renunciation by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland in favour of Angus Macdonald Esquire of Glenaladale

1839

L/D150/1/7/2 Discharge and Retrocession by the Standard Life Assurance Company to J. A. Macdonald Esq. of Glenaladale

1870

L/D150/1/7/3 Trust Conveyance by John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale in favour of the Right Reverend Bishop Hugh Macdonald, Aberdeen

1894

L/D150/1/7/4 Lease by John Andrew Macdonald of Glenaladale in favour of Mr Lachlan Grant

1896

L/D150/1/7/5 Minute of Agreement and Reference between J. A. Macdonald and the West Highland railway Co.

1897

L/D150/1/7/6 Bond and Disposition and assignation in Security by John A. Macdonald Esq. of Glenaladale with consent in favour of Andrew Macdonald

1897

L/D150/1/7/7 Minute of Agreement between John Andrew Macdonald CB of Glenaladale and Mrs Gertrude Susan Astley or Nicholson of Arisaig with consent

1904

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L/D151: Rev. Archibald Clerk, Minister of Kilmallie, 1858-1864




Title: Rev. Archibald Clerk

Dates: 1857-1864


Extent: 1 volume

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Rev. Archibald Clerk (1813-1887), minister of Kilmallie

Administrative history: Rev. Archibald Clerk was born at Glen Lonach, near Oban on 26 May 1813, son of Duncan Clerk and his wife Margaret Clerk nee Carmichael (d. 1929). He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Cupar in 1835, after which he became assistant ot the minister at St Columba’s in Glasgow. He was ordained to his first charge at Acharacle in 1838, translated to Durinish in Skye in 1840 and to Ardnamurchan in 1841. In 1844, he became minister at Kilmallie, where he remained until his death on 7 February 1887. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Glasgow in 1872. He married Jessie Macleod (1814-1897) on 13 August 1840, and they couple had 11 children.


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Description: Diary, 1858-1864

Appraisal: N/A

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L/D151/1 Rev. Archibald Clerk: diaries 1858-1864

L/D151/1/1 Diary; includes notes, extracts of Gaelic poetry and proverbs, recipes for paint and cement

1868-1864

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L/D152: 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, 1794-1795




Title: 100th (Gordon Highlanders (Regiment of Foot

Dates: 1794-1795


Extent: 1 volume

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Light Company, 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot

Administrative history: The 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was granted Royal Warrant on 10 February 1794, and first paraded on 24 June 1794, the date that this Orderly Book commences. The first five years of the regiment's service were spent on garrison duties at Gibraltar, Corsica and Elba, and they fought in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In around 1799, they renumbered as the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, and went on to serve in Holland, Egypt, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, France (including at Waterloo), Jamaica, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, Afghanistan and in the First Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, In 1881, they were amalgamated with the 75th Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders.


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Description: Orderly Book, 1794-1795

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L/D152/1 100th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot: Orderly Books

1794-1795

L/D152/1/1 Light Company’s Orderly Book, 100th Regiment of Foot or Gordon Highlanders, commencing at Aberdeen the 20th of June 1794

1794-1795

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L/D155: West Highland Museum papers: Ben Nevis Observatory and Summit Hotel, 1884-2009




Title: Ben Nevis Observatory and Summit Hotel

Dates: 1884-2009


Extent: 1 linear metre

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Management of Ben Nevis Observatory and Summit Hotel

Administrative history: The Ben Nevis Observatory was opened in 1883 and remained in operation until 1904. In around 1894, a small hotel was opened to accommodate visitors, annexed to the main observatory building


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Ben Nevis Observatory: visitors’ books 1884-1961, notes c 2009; Ben Nevis Summit Hotel: visitor’s books 1898, 1905-1914, 1941-1947

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L/D155/1 Ben Nevis Observatory 1884-2009

L/D155/1/1 Ben Nevis Observatory: visitors’ books 1884-

L/D155/1/1/1 Visitors’ book 1884-1888

L/D155/1/1/2 Visitors’ book 1888-1892

L/D155/1/1/3 Visitors’ book 1892-1895

L/D155/1/1/4 Visitors’ book 1895-1898

L/D155/1/1/5 Visitors’ book 1898-1901

L/D155/1/1/6 Visitors’ book; includes Ben Nevis Race record 1939-1963

1902-1904, 1939-1963

L/D155/1/2 Ben Nevis Observatory: notes c 2009

L/D155/1/2/1 Notes: list of visitor’s books; extracts from visitors’ c 2009

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books 1884-1895; mountaineering records in visitors’ books; unrecorded visitors; list of first ascents; Ben Nevis Race records; sundry quotes from visitor’s books; compiled by Dr Chris Robinson

L/D155/2 Ben Nevis Summit Hotel 1898 1905-1914 1941-1947

L/D155/2/1 Ben Nevis Summit Hotel: visitors’ books 1898 1905-1914 1941-1947

L/D155/2/1/1 Visitor’s book [fragmentary, loose pages covering August-October 1898)

1898

L/D155/2/1/2 Visitor’s book 1905-1906

L/D155/2/1/3 Visitor’s book 1906-1908

L/D155/2/1/4 Visitor’s book 1908-1910

L/D155/2/1/5 Visitor’s book 1910-1912

L/D155/2/1/6 Visitor’s book 1912-1913

L/D155/2/1/7 Visitor’s book 1913-1913 1941-1947

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L/D156: West Highland Museum papers: Shielbridge Rainfall and River Gauge, 1912-1916




Title: Shielbridge Rainfall and River Gauge

Dates: 1912-1916


Extent: 1 volume

Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators:

Administrative history:


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Shielbridge Rainfall and River Gauge, 1912-1916; correspondence 1914

Appraisal: N/A

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Access: Open

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Copying: Allowed, but permission for reproduction

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Publication: N/A

Notes: Outsize volume


L/D156/1 Shielbridge Rainfall and River Gauge: bound volumes

1912-1916

L/D156/1/1 Bound volume: Shielbridge Rainfall and River Gauge

1912-1916

L/D156/2 Shielbridge Rainfall and River Gauge: correspondence

1914

L/D156/2/1 Letter from Thomas Armstrong, Ardnamurchan Estate office, to G. Rudd, Bournemouth West, concerning rainfall, establishment taxes and position of ore crusher

9 January 1914

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L/D157: West Highland Museum papers: Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern, Bart., 1775-1813




Title: Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern papers

Dates: 1775-1813



Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and correspondents

Administrative history: Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern, Bart. (1740-1828), was the eldest son of John Cameron of Fassifern ((d. 1785), and the nephew of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, 19th Chief of Clan Cameron. He inherited Fassifern on his father’s death in 1785, having until then lived at Inverscaddle in Ardgour, was curator for his young cousin Donald Cameron of Lochiel, the 22nd Chief of Clan Cameron, and was appointed factor for the Lochiel estates. He married Louisa daughter of Duncan Campbell of Barcaldine, with whom he had three daughters and four sons, one of whom was Colonel John Cameron, killed at the Battle of Quatre Bras in 1815. Ewen Cameron was created a Baronet in 1815 and died in 1828.


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Description: Financial records, 1775-1813; correspondence, 1808-1809

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Access: Open

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Related material: National Library of Scotland, Cameron of Fassifern papers, Acc.9174, Acc.12341, Acc.11910, Acc.11137; Lochaber Archive Centre, Cameron of Fassifern papers in the Cameron of Lochiel collections, CL/B/35, CL/B/38

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L/D157/1 Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern: financial records

1775-1813

L/D157/1/1 Financial records: account books 1783-1813

L/D157/1/1/1 Account book [FRAGILE] 1783-1813

L/D157/1/2 Financial records: accounts, bills and receipts 1775-1812

L/D157/1/2/1 Loose accounts, bills and receipts 1775-1812

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L/D157/2 Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern: correspondence

1808-1809

L/D157/2/1 Letter, Angus Davidson, Fort William, to Ewen Cameron of Fassifern, stating that his family is distressed due to want of sustenance and asking for £1 to be given to bearer

2 July 1808

L/D157/2/2 Letter, Robert Tytler to Ewen Cameron of Fassifern concerning ferry rates at Lochy

28 August 1809

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L/D158: West Highland Museum papers: Colin Livingstone, meteorological readings and sundry papers, 1874-1917




Title: Colin Livingstone, meteorological readings and sundry papers

Dates: 1874-1917



Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Colin Livingstone

Administrative history: Colin Livingstone was Headmaster of Fort William Public School in the later 19th century; when the Observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis was opened in 1883, arrangements were made with him, whereby observations were made five times a day at the Schoolhouse for comparison with those on Ben Nevis.


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Meteorological readings: notebooks, loose and printed, 1874-1917; financial papers, 1899; correspondence 1894; newspaper cuttings, c 1888-1916, printed material, c 1884-1895; poetry, c. 1914-15

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L/D158/1 Colin Livingstone: meteorological readings 1874-1917

L/D158/1/1 Meteorological readings: notebooks 1874-1917

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L/D158/1/1/1 Meteorological readings: notebook 1874-1876






L/D158/1/1/7 Meteorological readings: notebook 1890

L/D158/1/1/8 Meteorological readings: notebook; also contains list of books and writers made in February 1866

1891-1892




L/D158/1/2 Meteorological readings: loose c 1875-1890

L/D158/1/2/1 Rainfall readings at Borrodale, Arisaig in 24 hours, 9 am, 1 January to 31 December 1884

1884

L/D158/1/2/2 Means showing heights above sea level (mean) of various places in the neighbourhood of Ben Nevis observatory

n. d.

L/D158/1/2/3 Sundry handwritten notes and readings c 1875-1890

L/D158/1/3 Meteorological readings: printed 1885-1888

L/D158/1/3/1 Abstracts of meteorological observations made at Kirkham, Babbacombe, Torquay and Leith

1885-1888

L/D158/2 Colin Livingstone: financial records 1899

L/D158/2/1 Financial records: bills 1899

L/D158/2/1/1 Bills: R. W. Hunter, Theological and General Bookseller, Edinburgh

1899

L/D158/3 Colin Livingstone: correspondence 1894

L/D158/3/1 Letter from ‘John’ to Colin Livingstone, returning 3 October 1894

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Declaration signed by him and witnessed by a JP

L/D158/4 Colin Livingstone: newspaper cuttings c 1888-1916

L/D158/4/1 Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow Herald, The Scotsman and the Inverness Courier concerning the proposed West Highland Railway, the Andromeda meteor shower and the Battle of Verdun

c 1888-1916

L/D158/5 Colin Livingstone: printed material c 1884-1895

L/D158/5/1 Diagram and Notice of a Greenstone Boulder excavated in North Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, by David Milne Home

1884

L/D158/5/2 The Shelly Clays and Gravels of Aberdeenshire, article from the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society

1895

L/D158/5/3 A year’s Mercies, Sorrows and Sins, for the New Year, by the late Rev. Norman Macleod DD

n. d.

L/D158/6 Colin Livingstone: poetry c 1899-1901

L/D158/6/1 Handwritten poem about Boer War battles c 1899-1901

L/D158/6/2 Handwritten Gaelic poem n. d.

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L/D159: West Highland Museum papers: Archibald McMaster, Crofter at Drimarbin, 1892-1930




Title: Archibald McMaster, Crofter at Drimarbin

Dates: 1892-1930



Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Archibald McMaster and correspondents

Administrative history: Archibald McMaster (fl. 1892-1930) was a crofter at Drimarbin


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Financial records, 1892-1921; legal/official papers, 1894-1895; correspondence, 1893-1930; map, newspaper cuttings, photograph, sundry.

Appraisal: N/A

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L/D159/1 Archibald McMaster: financial records 1892-1921

L/D159/1/1 Financial records: account books 1896-1908

L/D159/1/1/1 Payment book for Hire of a Singer Sewing Machine

1896-1904

L/D159/1/1/2 Account book 1907-1908

L/D159/1/2 Financial records: bills and receipts 1892-1921

L/D159/1/2/1 Sundry bills and receipts 1892-1921

L/D159/1/3 Financial records: Subscription List n. d.

L/D159/1/3/1 Subscription List in aid of Mr Archibald McMaster, Crofter, Drimarben, who has lost two cows and has also had his dwelling house and outhouses considerably damaged owing to the effect of the Lightning during the recent Thunderstorm

n. d.

L/D159/2 Archibald McMaster: legal/official papers 1894-1895

L/D159/2/1 Callander and Oban Railway (Ballachulish, Fort William and Banavie Extension): Application to

1894

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Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of Property intended to be taken

L/D159/2/2 West Highland Railway: Application to Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of Property intended to be taken

1895

L/D159/3 Archibald McMaster: correspondence 1893-1930

L/D159/3/1 P. Sinton, Glen Nevis, Fort William to Archibald McMaster, Drimarbin, concerning sheep and Drimarbin Wintering

21 July 1893

L/D159/3/2 P. Sinton, Glen Nevis, Fort William to Archibald McMaster, Drimarbin, concerning sum paid for Drimarbin Wintering

08 Nov 1893

L/D159/3/3 Testimonials and references for Dudley Macdonell, Keeper at Inverailort, from James Head, London, and Glencripesdale Estate

25 May 1898, 29 August 1902

L/D159/3/4 Alexander McMaster, Alexander Munro and Dugald Cameron, crofters at Drimarbin, to Archibald McMaster, Drimarbin, authorising him to purchase a Highland bull for the township of Drimarbin

23 May 1903

L/D159/3/5 Archibald McMaster, Drimarbin, to Mr Campbell, thanking him for cheque for £7 and requesting further outstanding payment

17 Dec 1917

L/D159/3/6 George Weir, Coruanan, Fort William, to Archibald McMaster, Drimarbin, inviting him and his family to a party and dance

9 January 1920

L/D159/3/7 Letter from Shanghai Club, Shanghai, to Sir Charles Otley, giving information about puppies sired by a dog sold by Sir Charles to the correspondent

29 May 1925

L/D159/3/8 Inland Revenue Valuation Dept. to Messrs. Malcolm and Cuthbert, W. S. Fort William, concerning settlement made with Archibald McMaster

7 April 1930

L/D159/3/9 Advertisement for let of the wintering of Drimarbin by Archibald McMaster in the North British Agriculturalist

n. d.

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L/D159/4 Archibald McMaster: newspaper cuttings n. d.

L/D159/4/1 Newspaper cuttings, mostly Gaelic song lyrics n. d.

L/D159/5 Archibald McMaster: maps and plans n. d.

L/D159/5/1 Plan of unknown area, labelled ‘Plan No. 3’, showing proposed south drift, proposed north drift, proposed tunnel and supposed line of vein

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L/D159/6 Archibald McMaster: photographs n. d.

L/D159/6/1 Photograph of man in kilt standing outdoors, in registered letter envelope

n. d.

L/D159/7 Archibald McMaster: sundry n. d.

L/D159/7/1 Handwritten doggerel poem or riddle n. d.

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L/D160: West Highland Museum papers: Copy documents and transcriptions from PRO relating to the 1715 Jacobite Rising, 1715



Alternative reference number: SP54/8, SP54/9, SP54/10 and SP55

Title: 1715 Jacobite rising

Dates: 1715



Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Sir Robert Pollock, Bart. of that Ilk John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend.

Administrative history: Sir Robert Pollock, Bart., of that Ilk (c 1665-1735) was Governor of Fort William from 1714 to 1725; John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680-1743) commanded the government forces against the Jacobites during the 1715 rising; Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674-1738) was Secretary of State for the North from 1714 to 1716.

Custodial history: Copied from originals in the Public Record Office, London (today the National Archives) and kept in the West Highland Museum, Fort William before being deposited with Lochaber Archive Centre on 25 August 2014.

RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Copy letters and transcriptions relating to the 1715 Jacobite rising, written by Sir Robert Pollock, Bart., of that Ilk, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Charles Townshend, 2nd

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Viscount Townshend, 1715

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: N/A


Access: Open

Closed until: N/A




ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material: Originals in TNA State papers collections SP54/8, SP54/9, SP54/10 and SP55

Publication: N/A

Notes: N/A


L/D160 Copy documents and transcriptions from PRO relating to the 1715 Jacobite Rising

1715

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L/D160/1 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: rebels are to rendezvous at Glenorchy [TNA ref. SP54/8/62]

14 Sept 1714

L/D160/2 Transcription, Secretary Townshend to Sir Robert Pollock: no instructions for him at this time [TNA ref. SP55]

24 Sept 1715

L/D160/3 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: concerning movements of Glengarry and his men and commenting on the poor state of the defences of Fort William; copy letter from Glengarry dated 24 September 1714 attached [TNA ref. SP58/8/94]

24 Sept 1714

L/D160/4 Transcription, Secretary Townshend to Sir Robert Pollock, acknowledging receipt of letter of the 24th September, which he has laid before the King [TNA ref SP55]

1715

L/D160/5 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: Clanranald and Glengarry have joined the Earl of Mar and Sir John Maclean, Lochiel and Stewart of Appin are to march to the camp. No provisions can be obtained by land and communications with the lowlands have been stopped [TNA ref SP54/9/30]; with transcription

9 October 1715

L/D160/6 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: rebels moving out of the Fort William area [TNA ref SP/54/9/50]; with transcription

16 October 1715

L/D160/7 Transcription, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: Lochiel has now marched and all rebels have now departed, Fort William blocked by land and in great measure by sea and rebels have taken several government posts [TNA ref SP55)

20 October 1715

L/D160/8 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: rebels all departed from Fort William area, garrison in health and good heart [TNA ref. SP54/10/10]

3 Nov 1715

L/D160/9 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: part of the land bastions of Fort William have fallen down; Earl of Islay has been informed and hopefully a frigate will be sent for

5 Nov 1715

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their defence [TNA ref. SP54/10/23]

L/D160/10 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: on efforts to make Fort William secure [TNA ref. SP54/10/27]

7 Nov 1715

L/D160/11 Copy letter, Sir Robert Pollock to Secretary Townshend: on his efforts to mend the breach in the walls of Fort William [TNA ref. SP54/10/52]

15 Nov 1715

L/D160/12 Copy of portion of letter, Duke of Argyll to Secretary Townshend: demanding reinforcements if he is to have any chance of holding Scotland [TNA ref. SP54/8/80A]

21 Sept 1715

L/D160/13 Copy of portion of letter: Deputy Lieutenants of Sutherland to Secretary Townshend. On need for regular troops in the county [TNA ref. SP54/10/4]

2 Nov 1715

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L/D161: West Highland Museum papers: Copy documents relating to the 1745 Jacobite Rising and Jacobite affairs, 1747-1760




Title: 1745 Jacobite rising and Jacobite affairs

Dates: 1746-1760



Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Charles O'Brien, styled 6th Viscount Clare and 9th Earl of Thomond Bishop Robert Forbes, Colonel Humphrey Bland.

Administrative history: Ewen Macpherson of Cluny (1706–1764) was 12th Chief of Clan Macpherson and a Jacobite army officer during the 1745 rising; after living in hiding for 9 years, he went to France where he died.

Donald Cameron of Lochiel (c1700-1748) was 19th Chief of Clan Cameron and a Jacobite leader during the 1745 rising; escaped to France after the failure of the rising, where he died.

Charles O’Brien styled 6th Viscount Clare and 9th Earl of Thomond (1699–1761), was the son of an Irish Jacobite exile and an officer in the French army.

Robert Forbes (bap. 1708, d. 1775), was a Jacobite annalist and Scottish Episcopal bishop of Ross and Caithness and also

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compiler of The Lyon in Mourning.

Colonel Humphrey Bland (1685/6–1763), was a British army officer in Scotland during the 1745–6 rising, commanding the cavalry and leading the pursuit immediately after Culloden, and was at the army's Fort Augustus encampment formed that summer. When Cumberland departed Scotland in July 1746, Bland was left in command of one of the four military districts into which that country was then divided, running southwards from Stirling and including Edinburgh.


RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Copy letters by Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Charles O'Brien, styled 6th Viscount Clare and 9th Earl of Thomond Bishop Robert Forbes, Colonel Humphrey Bland, 1746-1760.

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: N/A


Access: Open

Closed until: N/A




ALLIED MATERIALS


Publication: N/A

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L/D161 Copy documents relating to the 1745 Jacobite Rising and Jacobite affairs

1746-1760

L/D161/1 Copy letter, Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, Blair Atholl, to his brother Donald Macpherson; asking him to provide quarters for 1500 men, and stating intention to march to join the Prince

23 March 1746

L/D161/2 Copy letter, Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Loch Arkaig, to unknown correspondent, preparations for summer campaign

13 May 1746

L/D161/3 Copy letter, Donald Cameron of Lochiel to ‘Gentlemen’ concerning affairs and progress of the Jacobite rising

25 May 1746

L/D161/4 Copy letter, Donald Cameron of Lochiel to unknown correspondent: discussing actions to be taken in aftermath of failure of the rising

1746

L/D161/5 Copy letter, Ludovic Cameron of Torcastle, acknowledgement of receipt of £100 from Ewen Macpherson of Cluny

2 April 1746

L/D161/6 Copy letter, Charles Edward Stuart: pass for Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, asking that anyone concerned will ‘give Entier credit to every thing the bearer says to you from me’

29 Feb 1748

L/D161/7 Copy letter, ‘Donald Hatebreeks’ [Bishop Robert Forbes] at ‘Tartanhall’ to Janet Macpherson nee Fraser, wife of Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, concerning the expected death of the Duke of Cumberland

5 August 1751

L/D161/8 Copy letter, Colonel Humphrey Bland, Edinburgh, to Major Webb, ordering all ships to be strictly searched for French agents or escaping Jacobites

7 January 1748

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L/D161/9 Copy letter, Colonel Humphrey Bland, Edinburgh, to Major Adams: customs house officers to assist in the searching of ships for French emissaries and escaped Jacobites

16 January 1748

L/D161/10 Copy letter, Colonel Humphrey Bland, Edinburgh, to Major Webb: as hostilities by land and sea have now ended, weekly reports and reports need no longer be sent

14 May 1748

L/D161/11 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, Versailles, to Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, concerning his commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Scotch regiment of the French army and other appointments requested by Macpherson

31 October 1755

L/D161/1/12 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, Versailles, to Ewen Macpherson of Cluny: Macpherson’s commission has been drawn up and 6000 livres have been granted him

1 Feb 1756

L/D161/1/13 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, Paris, to Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, forwarding his commission

11 Feb 1756

L/D161/1/14 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, Paris, to Ewen Macpherson of Cluny: has delivered his thanks and is always happy to serve him

12 April 1756

L/D161/15 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, letter regarding ‘Memoire’ concerning Ewen Macpherson of Cluny and events of the Jacobite rising of 1745-6; in French, ‘Memoire’ attached

7 May 1757

L/D161/16 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, Paris, to Ewen Macpherson of Cluny: he will have satisfaction from the minister if the matter depends on Thomond

8 June 1757

L/D161/17 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, Montpellier, to Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, concerning the unhappy circumstances that Macpherson and his family are now in and what can be done to help

7 Nov 1759

L/D161/18 Copy letter, Charles O’Brien, Earl of Thomond, 2 January 1760

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Montpellier, to Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, concerning the possibility of a pension for Macpherson

L/D161/19 Copy letter, John Gibson, London, to unknown correspondent, concerning the forthcoming execution of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat

9 April 1747

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L/D162: West Highland Museum papers: Cnoc Breac collection—salt sales register, Loch Shiel Royal Mail Service parcels cash book and SS Clanranald II sailings log books, 1896-1920




Title: Cnoc Breac collection

Dates: 1896-1920



Format: paper

RECORDS’ CONTEXT

Names of creators: Royal Mail Service, Loch Shiel

Administrative history: N/A

Custodial history: Cnoc Breac collection kept in Acharacle before being transferred to the West Highland Museum, Fort William after which it was later deposited by the Museum with Lochaber Archive Centre on 15 September 2014.

RECORDS’ CONTENT

Description: Cnoc Breac collection—salt sales register, 1896-1903; Loch Shiel Royal Mail Service parcels cash book 1918-1920 and SS Clanranald II sailings log books, 1902-1919 (with lacunae)

Appraisal: N/A

Accruals: Further Cnoc Breac material expected from depositor


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Access: Open

Closed until: N/A




ALLIED MATERIALS


Publication: N/A



L/D162/1 Cnoc Breac collection: Salt sales, Moidart L/D162/1/1

L/D162/1/1 Register, stocks of salt held at station and record of salt sold

1896-1903

L/D162/1 Cnoc Breac collection: Loch Shiel Royal Mail Service

1902-1920

L/D162/1/1 Cnoc Breac collection: Loch Shiel Royal Mail Service: financial records

1918-1920

L/D162/1/1/1 Financial records: cash books 1918-1920

L/D162/1/1/1/1 Parcels cash book 1918-1920

L/D162/1/2 Cnoc Breac collection: Loch Shiel Royal Mail Service: SS Clanranald II log books

1902-1919

L/D162/1/2/1 SS Clanranald II log book: inward and outward sailings

1902


1905

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1906


1908-1909


1912-1913


1914-1915


1918-1919

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