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	1755-2024: 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: mss 'The Military Antiquities of the Romans in North Britain'	Society of Antiquaries of London	ROY	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