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Businesses (4)
- Bank of British North America London
- Baring Brothers & Co Ltd, merchant bank London
- Blake & Redden, solicitors London
- Blundell, Rainford & Co, merchants Liverpool, Lancashire
Organisations (23)
- 78th Highland Regiment of Foot or Ross-shire Buffs
- Canada Club, London London
- Halifax Dockyard Halifax, Nova Scotia
- HMS Assistance (1850)
- HMS Belliqueux (1780)
- HMS Borer (1802)
- HMS Bristol (1711)
- HMS Colborne (1838)
- HMS Columbia (1829)
- HMS Horatio (1807)
- HMS Hydra (1797)
- HMS Inconstant (1836)
- HMS Landrail (1860)
- HMS Nile (1839)
- HMS Northumberland (1798)
- HMS Pegasus (1779)
- HMS Resolute (c1850)
- HMS Rinaldo (1860)
- HMS Shannon (1855)
- HMS Sphynx (1846)
- HMS Victory (1765)
- John Calcraft, Regimental Agent
- Royal Highland Emigrants (84th Foot)
Persons (180)
- Aitken, William Maxwell, (1879-1964), 1st Baron Beaverbrook, newspaper proprietor
- Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, (1891-1969), 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Field Marshal
- Alexander, Sir James Edward, (1803-1885), Knight, General
- Anderson, Patrick John Mcallister, (1915-1979), Author and Poet
- Archibald, Sir Edward Mortimer, (1810-1884), Knight Consul at New York
- Arthur, Sir George, (1784-1854), 1st Baronet Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
- Babtie, Sir William, (1859-1920), Knight, Lieutenant General, Director of Army Medical Services India
- Bagot, Sir Charles, (1781-1843), Knight, diplomat, Governor General of Canada
- Barrie, Sir Robert, (1774-1841), Knight Rear Admiral
- Barrington, William Wildman, (1717-1793), 2nd Viscount Barrington, statesman
- Belaney, Archibald Stansfeld, (1888-1958), impostor and conservationist
- Belcher, Sir Edward, (1799-1877), Knight Admiral
- Bell, James Mackintosh, (1877-1934), Geologist
- Bell, Thomas, (fl 1753-1760), ADC to General Wolfe
- Bisshopp, Cecil, (1783-1813), Lieutenant Colonel
- Blake, Edward, (1833-1912), MP
- Bonar, James, (1852-1941), political economist
- Bowker, John, (1770-? 1850), Naval Captain
- Bowyer, Henry, (d 1808), Lieutenant General
- Braddock, Edward, (1695-1755), Major General
- Brassey, Thomas Allnutt, (1863-1919), 2nd Earl Brassey
- Brock, Sir Isaac, (1769-1812), Knight Major General
- Bruce, James, (1811-1863), 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India
- Bryce, James, (1838-1922), Viscount Bryce of Dechmount, statesman
- Buckingham, James Silk, (1786-1855), author, traveller and MP
- Bulger, Andrew, (1789-1858), Colonial Governor
- Buller, Charles, (1806-1848), politician
- Burton, Sir Francis Nathaniel, (1766-1832), Knight Colonial Administrator
- Butler, Sir William Francis, (1838-1910), Knight Lieutenant General Author
- Bythesea, John, (1827-1906), Rear Admiral
- Calcraft, John, (1716-1772), politician and regimental agent
- Campbell, Alexander Dugald, (1834-1911), surgeon
- Campbell, Sir Archibald, (1769-1843), 1st Baronet, General, colonial governor
- Campbell, Sir Colin, (1776-1847), Knight Colonial Governor
- Campbell, Colin Yorke, (1812-1893), Admiral
- Campbell, Donald, (1778-1856), Rear Admiral
- Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland, (1845-1914), 9th Duke of Argyll, Governor General of Canada
- Campbell, Lord William, (d 1778), Governor of South Carolina and Nova Scotia
- Carleton, Guy, (1724-1808), 1st Baron Dorchester, General
- Cavendish, Henry, (1731-1810), Natural Philosopher
- Chapman, Henry Samuel, (1803-1881), Colonial Judge Economist
- Cheadle, Walter Butler, (1835-1910), Physician Traveller and Author
- Chipman, Ward, (1754-1824), Administrator of New Brunswick
- Colborne, John, (1778-1863), 1st Baron Seaton, Field Marshal
- Colebrooke, Sir William Macbean George, (1787-1870), Knight General Colonial Governor
- Cook, James, (1728-1779), Captain RN Explorer
- Cyriax, Richard Julius, (1897-1967), Author
- Davison, Frank Cyril Shaw, (1893-1960), novelist
- Denny, William, (d 1886), Colonel
- Desbarres, Joseph Frederick Wallet, (1722-1824), Colonel Military Engineer Colonial Governor
- Douglas, Sir Charles, (d 1789), 1st Baronet Rear Admiral
- Douglas, Sir Howard, (1776-1861), 3rd Baronet General and Colonial Governor
- Douglas, Thomas, (1771-1820), 5th Earl of Selkirk
- Drummond, Sir Gordon, (1771-1854), Knight General Colonial Administrator
- Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, (1748-1817), 1st Baronet Admiral
- Dunn, Thomas, (1729-1818), Administrator of Lower Canada
- Ellice, Edward, (1781-1863), merchant and politician
- Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert John, (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto, Viceroy of India
- Enys, John, (d1818), Lieutenant Colonel
- Fanning, Edmund, (1737-1818), General Colonial Governor
- Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith, (1845-1927), 5th Marquess of Landsdowne, statesman
- Fitzroy, Sir Charles Augustus, (1796-1858), Knight Colonial Governor
- Fox, Henry, (1705-1774), 1st Baron Holland, statesman
- Fox, Henry Stephen, (1791-1846), diplomat
- Freeling, Arthur Henry, (1820-1882), Baronet Major General
- Fulford, Reginald Baldwin, (1851-1886), Naval Officer and Arctic Explorer
- Gage, Thomas, (1721-1787), General Governor of Massachusetts
- Galt, John, (1779-1839), novelist
- Gordon, John Campbell, (1847-1934), 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
- Gourlay, Robert, (1778-1863), Author
- Grant, Charles, (1746-1823), statesman and philanthropist
- Grant, Charles, (1778-1866), Baron Glenelg, politician
- Grey, Albert Henry George, (1851-1917), 4th Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada
- Grey, Charles, (1804-1870), General, Private Secretary to Prince Albert and Queen Victoria
- Grey, Sir Edward, (1862-1933), Viscount Grey of Falloden, statesman
- Grey, Henry George, (1802-1894), 3rd Earl Grey, statesman
- Hamilton-Gordon, Ishbel Maria, (1857-1939) Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, author, philanthropist and advocate of women's interests
- Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Frederick Temple, (1826-1902), 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, diplomat
- Harmsworth, Sir Robert Leicester, (1870-1937), Knight Politician
- Hart, Henry Chichester, (1847-1908), Botanist
- Harvey, Sir John, (1778-1852), Knight Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
- Harvey, Sir John Martin-, (1863-1944), Knight and actor manager
- Hayward, Richard Benjamin, (1874-1961), musician
- Head, Sir Edmund Walker, (1805-1868), 8th Baronet, colonial governor
- Herbert, Ivor John Caradoc, (1851-1933), Baron Treowen, Major General
- Hincks, Sir Francis, (1807-1885), Knight Colonial Governor
- Howe, Joseph, (1804-1873), Nova Scotian statesman
- Hunter, Peter, (1746-1805), Major General Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
- Hutchinson, Thomas, (1711-1780), Governor of Massachusetts Bay
- Hutton, Sir Edward Thomas Henry, (1848-1923), Knight Lieutenant General
- Illsley, Percival John, (1865-1924), composer and organist
- Inglis, Charles, (1734-1816), Bishop of Nova Scotia
- Irvine, Matthew Bell, (1832-1893), Commissary General
- Kellett, Sir Henry, (1806-1875), Knight Vice Admiral
- Kempt, Sir James, (c1775-1854), Knight, General Governor General of Canada
- Labouchere, Henry, (1798-1869), 1st Baron Taunton, statesman
- Lamb, William, (1779-1848), 2nd Viscount Melbourne, statesman
- Lambton, John George, (1792-1840), 1st Earl of Durham, statesman
- Lawrence, Charles, (1709-1760), Governor of Novia Scotia
- Lay, Horatio Nelson, (1832-1898), Inspector General of Chinese Customs
- Lee, John, (1783-1866), antiquary and astronomer
- Lefroy, Sir John Henry, (1817-1890), Knight, General, colonial governor
- Legge, Francis, (1719-1783), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- Legge, William, (1731-1801), 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, statesman
- Lilly, Christian, (d 1738), Military Engineer
- Logan, Sir William Edmond, (1798-1875), Knight Geologist
- Macarmick, William, (1742-1815), General Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton MP
- Macdonald, Sir John Alexander, (1815-1891), Knight, Prime Minister of Canada
- Macdonell, Miles, (1767-1828), Governor of Assiniboia
- Mackenzie, Alexander, (1764-1820), Knight, North American Explorer
- Mackenzie, Frederick, (d 1824), Deputy Adjutant General
- Maitland, Sir Peregrine, (1777-1854), Knight, General, colonial governor
- Manby, Thomas, (1769-1834), Rear Admiral
- Markham, Violet Rosa, (1872-1959), Liberal activist and public servant
- Mascarene, Paul, (1684-1760), Governor of Nova Scotia
- Mathews, Robert, (fl 1760-1814), Lieutenant Colonel
- Maxse, Sir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, (1832-1883), Knight Lieutenant Colonel Colonial Governor
- May, Walter William, (1830-1896), Captain RN Arctic Explorer and Painter
- McClintock, Francis Leopold, (1819-1907), Knight Admiral Arctic Explorer
- McGillivray, Simon, (1783-1840), Businessman
- McKinlay, William Laird, (1888-1983), Arctic explorer
- McNab, James, (1810-1878), horticulturist
- Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus, (1785-1846), 1st Baron Metcalfe, Colonial Governor
- Milnes, Sir Robert Shore, (1746-1837), 1st Baronet Colonial Governor
- Monck, Charles Stanley, (1819-1894), 4th Viscount Monck, Governor General of Canada
- Monckton, Robert, (1726-1782), Lieutenant General MP
- Monk, Sir James, (1745-1826), Knight Administrator of Lower Canada
- Montgomery, Sir James William, (1721-1803), 1st Baronet Lord Advocate of Scotland
- Murray, James, (? 1719-1795), General Colonial Governor
- Nares, Sir George Strong, (1831-1915), Knight Admiral Arctic Explorer
- Newenham, Sir Edward, (1732-1814), Knight, politician
- Newton, Eric, (1893-1965), Art Critic
- Nicolls, Gustavus, (1780-1860), General
- Parkin, Sir George Robert, (1846-1922), Knight Educationalist and Imperial Federationist
- Parry, Sir William Edward, (1790-1855), Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer
- Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph, (1791-1865), surgeon and antiquary
- Prescott, Robert, (1725-1816), General Colonial Governor
- Prevost, Sir George, (1767-1816), 1st Baronet Lieutenant General Colonial Governor
- Primrose, Archibald Philip, (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman
- Pringle, Henry, (fl 1747-1799), Captain 27th Regiment
- Rae, John, (1813-1893), Arctic explorer
- Roebuck, John Arthur, (1801-1879), politician
- Ross, Sir John, (1777-1856), Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Navigator
- Rowe, Richard, (1804-1877), Shipowner
- Rowe, Richard Charles, (1853-1884), Mathematician
- Russell, Peter, (1733-1808), Colonial Administrator
- Ryland, Herman Witsius, (1760-1838), Canadian Statesman
- Saunders-Dundas, Robert, (1771-1851), 2nd Viscount Melville, statesman
- Scholes, Percy Alfred, (1877-1958), musicologist
- Sewell, Jonathan, (1766-1839), Chief Justice of Lower Canada
- Sharpe, Joshua, (fl 1750-1786), barrister
- Shepherd, Sir Samuel, (1760-1840), Knight Lawyer
- Sherbrooke, Sir John Coape, (1764-1830), Knight General Colonial Governor
- Smart, Elizabeth, (1913-1986), author
- Smith, Donald Alexander, (1820-1914), 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, Canadian financier
- Smithers, Sir Alfred Waldron, (1850-1924), Knight MP
- Stanhope, Sir Henry Edwyn, (1754-1814), 1st Baronet Admiral
- Stuart, Sir Campbell, (1885-1972), Knight, newspaper manager
- Swayne, Hugh, (d 1836), Brigadier General Colonial Administrator
- Taylor, Sir Henry, (1800-1886), Knight Author
- Temple, Henry John, (1784-1865), 3rd Viscount Palmerston, statesman
- Thring, Henry, (1818-1907), 1st Baron Thring, lawyer and jurist
- Townshend, George, (1724-1807), 1st Marquess Townshend, Field Marshal
- Townshend, Henry Dives, (1795-1882), General
- Townshend, Thomas, (1733-1800), 1st Viscount Sydney, statesman
- Turnor, Philip, (d 1800), Surveyor
- Tyler, Sir Henry Whatley, (1827-1908), Knight, MP and railway engineer
- Walsh, Edward, (1756-1832), Army Surgeon
- Warre, Sir Henry James, (1819-1898), Knight General
- Watkin, Sir Edward William, (1819-1901), 1st Baronet, MP, Railway Promoter
- White, Sir John Chambers, (c1770-1845), Vice Admiral
- Whittaker, John William, (? 1790-1854), Vicar of Blackburn Theologian
- Whitworth-Aylmer, Matthew, (1775-1850), 5th Baron Aylmer, General
- Willson, Beckles, (1869-1942), Journalist and Author
- Wimperis, Harry Egerton, (1876-1960), aeronautical engineer
- Winton, Sir Francis Walter de, (1835-1901), Knight, Major General, colonial administrator
- Wolfe, James, (1729-1759), Major General
- Wragge, Edmund, (1837-1929), civil engineer
- Wright, William Elliott, (1785-1869), Captain RN
- Young, John, (1807-1876), Baron Lisgar, politician
Diaries (7)
- Anderson, William Stuart, (1894-1979), Observer Sub-lietenant, Royal Naval Air Service
- Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, (1795-1885), Admiralty Surveyor United States of America;Canada
- Budd, Gilbert, Surgeon Quebec, Canada
- Douglas, William, (fl1756-1763), Captain, Royal Marines Martinique;Guadaloupe
- Nares, George E, (fl 1896-1905), Lieutenant
- Trevan, Henry, (1815?-1880), Surgeon
- Wingfield, David, (fl 1813-1863), Lieutenant
Families (6)
- Campbell family of Achanduin and Barbreck Achanduin, Argyllshire;Barbreck, Argyllshire
- Campbell family, Dukes of Argyll Achalick, Argyllshire;Barbreck, Argyllshire;Campbeltown, Argyllshire;Craignure, Argyllshire;Glenure, Argyllshire;Inveraray, Argyllshire;Kintyre, Argyllshire;Lismore, Argyllshire;Mull, Argyllshire;Tiree, Argyllshire;Castle Campbell, Clackmannanshire;Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire;Rosneath, Dunbartonshire;Kinlochmoidart, Inverness-shire;Duddingston, Midlothian;Holyrood House, Midlothian;Whim, Peeblesshire;Whitton, Middlesex;Chirton, Northumberland;Adderbury, Oxfordshire
- Fox family, Barons Holland Ampthill, Bedfordshire;Kensington, Middlesex;Chertsey, Surrey;St Ann's Hill, Surrey;Foxley, Wiltshire
- Legge family, Earls of Dartmouth Swallowfield, Berkshire;Wokingham, Berkshire;Bradwell, Buckinghamshire;Olney, Buckinghamshire;Warrington, Buckinghamshire;Wolverton, Buckinghamshire;Pleasley, Derbyshire;Chilanga, Rhodesia;Basingstoke, Hampshire;Chineham, Hampshire;Crondall, Hampshire;Blackheath, Kent;Godmersham, Kent;Lewisham, Kent;Wigan, Lancashire;Foxton, Leicestershire;Gumley, Leicestershire;Kentish Town, Middlesex;Westminster, Middlesex;Albrighton, Shropshire;Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire;Handsworth, Staffordshire;Patshull, Staffordshire;Pattingham, Staffordshire;Sandwell, Staffordshire;Smethwick, Staffordshire;West Bromwich, Staffordshire;Occold, Suffolk;Worplesdon, Surrey;Racton, Sussex;Farnley Tyas, Yorkshire;Honley, Yorkshire;Morley, Yorkshire;Slaithwaite, Yorkshire;Woodsome, Yorkshire;Mountjoy, County Tyrone
- Sherbrooke family of Oxton Oxton, Nottinghamshire;Brassington, Derbyshire;Duffield, Derbyshire;Hackney, Middlesex;Arnold, Nottinghamshire;Car Colston, Nottinghamshire;Calverton, Nottinghamshire;Southwell, Nottinghamshire
- Townshend family, Marquesses Townshend Calverton, Buckinghamshire;Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire;Ely, Cambridgeshire;Fordham, Cambridgeshire;Soham, Cambridgeshire;Ashbourne, Derbyshire;Walton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire;East Donyland, Essex;Great Bentley, Essex;Wivenhoe, Essex;Kempsford, Gloucestershire;Amwell, Hertfordshire;Balls Park, Hertfordshire;Bengeo, Hertfordshire;Gorhambury, Hertfordshire;Wigston Magna, Leicestershire;London;Canonbury, Middlesex;Clerkenwell, Middlesex;Binham, Norfolk;Coxford, Norfolk;East Raynham, Norfolk;Great Yarmouth, Norfolk;Helhoughton, Norfolk;Horsham St Faith, Norfolk;Langham, Norfolk;Morston, Norfolk;Oxwich with Pattesley, Norfolk;Raynham Hall, Norfolk;Stiffkey, Norfolk;Weasenham, Norfolk;Wellingham, Norfolk;West Rudham, Norfolk;Elkington, Northamptonshire;Tamworth, Staffordshire;Tettenhall, Staffordshire;Akenham, Suffolk;Great Thurlow, Suffolk;Kentford, Suffolk;Rendlesham, Suffolk;Flecknoe, Warwickshire;Lea Marston, Warwickshire;Wellesbourne, Warwickshire;Hannington, Wiltshire;Inglesham, Wiltshire;Ramsbury, Wiltshire;Risby, Yorkshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (9)
- NRA 25948 Major-General Sir Isaac Brock: misc corresp and papers
- NRA 25949 Lt-General Sir Archibald Campbell: corresp as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick
- NRA 25950 General Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke: corresp and papers as lieutenant-governor of New Brun
- NRA 25952 Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth: corresp and papers as governor of Newfoundland
- NRA 10477 John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen: Canadian papers
- NRA 10620 John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham: Canadian papers
- NRA 25410 Legge family, Earls of Dartmouth: corresp and papers rel to Canada
- NRA 28104 Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck: personal and family corresp
- NRA 16706 Sir George Robert Parkin, educationalist and imperial federationist: corresp and papers