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Roy, William, (1726-1790), Major General Military Engineer and Surveyor

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Surname: Roy
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1726-1790
Biography: ODNB link for Roy, William (1726-1790) Major General Military Engineer and Surveyor
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275391 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P152821 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1755-1993: Ordnance Survey: Miscellanea
The National Archives, Kew
OS 3
2
1755-2020: Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
The National Archives, Kew
OS
3
c1756-91: papers (5 files)
The National Archives
OS 3
4
1773: MS of his Military antiquities of the Romans in North Britain
Society of Antiquaries of London
MS 480
See PJ Willetts, Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000)
5
1773-90: MS of Military Antiquities of the Romans in North Britain, and papers rel to Hounslow Heath, Greenwich and Paris observatories
British Library, Manuscript Collections
King's MSS 247-48, 269, 271-72
6
1765: military description of South-East England (43 leaves)
Durham University Library and Collections
See ex inf University Librarian 1958