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Leith, Sir James, (1763-1816), Knight, Lieutenant General, Colonial Governor

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Surname: Leith
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: James
Gender: Male
Date: 1763-1816
Biography: ODNB link for Leith, Sir James (1763-1816) Knight Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P141273 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P17173 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD225
NRA 10212 Leith-Hay

See NRA(S)0132
2
1796-1817: corresp and papers (314 items)
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
GB 133 Eng MS 1307
See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
3
1808-09: corresp with Lord Castlereagh
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D3030
NRA 12865 Stewart
4
1808: corresp with Sir James Willoughby Gordon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
ADD MSS 49486
5
1815: letters (14) to Lord Spencer
British Library, Manuscript Collections
NRA 10410 Spencer