View archival description

Collection NRAS2177 - Douglas-Hamilton Family, Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon
Reports

Identity area

Reference code

GB 800001 NRAS2177

Title

Douglas-Hamilton Family, Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon

Date(s)

  • c1276-1983 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

n/a

Context area

Name of creator

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This is a rich and extensive collection of papers and correspondence relating to Robert Brown’s role as factor of the Seaforth estate on Lewis and also his involvement in the Uist and Barra estates where he was a trustee and advisor to the troubled Clanranald estates. Brown, although latterly in the employment of the Duke of Hamilton, continued an extensive correspondence with the financially troubled Seaforth estate in an advisory capacity up until the 1830s.

These papers for part of the papers of the Douglas-Hamilton family, Dukes of Hamilton and Brandon

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Language of material

  • English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Paper records

Finding aids

Full catalogue available through National Register of Archives for Scotland online catalogue at http://www.nas.gov.uk/nras