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Abercromby, James, (1776-1858), 1st Baron Dunfermline, Speaker of House of Commons

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Surname: Abercromby
Forenames: James
Gender: Male
Date: 1776-1858
Title: 1st Baron Dunfermline
Biography: ODNB link for Abercromby, James (1776-1858) 1st Baron Dunfermline, Speaker of House of Commons
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P128907 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P42 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1819-58: political and family corresp and papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.24725-24774
NRA 29896
2
1819-46: political memorandum book
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.10655
See Annual Return 1992
3
1857: letters (73) from his son and his wife
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.12859
4
1811-36: corresp with John Allen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 52182
5
1833-47: letters to Anne, Lady Baird
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.20079
6
1830-33: letters (34) to James Brougham
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
BROUGHAM BL, HB
NRA 31344
7
1837-1857: letters to John Hill Burton
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS.9403
8
1836-56: corresp with George Combe
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 7279-7392 passim
9
1816-58: letters to 6th Duke of Devonshire
Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
/1
NRA 20594 Cavendish
10
1828-53: letters to 2nd Baron Dunfermline
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 13172
NRA 10476 Minto
11
1838: corresp (60 items) with Edward Ellice
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.15001-15195
NRA 883
12
1846-54: corresp with the Haldane family
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 6097-9
13
1807-44: corresp with Lord Holland
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 51574-75
14
1823-36: corresp with Lord Jeffrey
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 24761
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
15
1812-50: corresp with TF Kennedy
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS136
NRA 10208
16
1810-41: letters to James Loch
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD2/117
17
1840-51: letters (20) to James Loch
Duke University: William R Perkins Library
See Guide, 1980, p1
18
1823-57: letters 2nd Earl of Minto
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.11800
NRA 10476 Minto
19
1835-58: letters (119) to Lord Panmure
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD45
NRA 17164

See NRA(S)0805
20
1824-42: corresp with Sir Robert Peel
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 40364-506
21
1834-54: corresp with Lord John Russell
The National Archives
PRO30/22
22
1832-46: letters to Andrew Rutherfurd
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.9686