Brownrigg, Sir Robert, (1759-1833), Knight, 1st Baronet General Governor of Ceylon

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Surname:	Brownrigg
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Robert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1759-1833
Title:	Knight
History:	General Sir Robert Brownrigg: Military Secretary to the Commander in Chief, 1795-1803; Quartermaster General, 1803-1811; and Governor of Ceylon, 1811-1820.
Biography:	ODNB link for Brownrigg, Sir Robert (1759-1833) 1st Baronet General Governor of Ceylon
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275581 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P135073 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1792-1820: War Office: General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Military Secretary to Commander in Chief, Quartermaster General and Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WO 133
2	1792-1820: letterbooks and papers	The National Archives	WO 133	See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
3	1803-11: papers as Quartermaster-General	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	6911/4	NRA 18641 Nat Army Mus misc
4	1796-97: corresp with Earl of Chichester	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 33101-05 passim
5	1811-17: corresp with Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 56367	NRA 6238 Giffard
6	1795-99: corresp with 1st Earl Grey	Durham University Library and Collections	Grey of Howick collection	NRA 6228 Grey
7	1809: corresp with Sir J W Gordon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 49505; 49517 K-M Passim
8	1796-1810: letters to Lord Hardwicke	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35642-733 passim
9	1813-19: letters to Lord Hastings	Bute Archive at Mount Stuart	NRAS631	NRA 15459 Crichton-Stuart
10	1809-10: letters to Sir John Hope	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS888	NRA 17684 Hope
11	1800-20: corresp with William Huskisson	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38736-42 passim
12	1798-1811: corresp with Lords Melville	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD51	NRA 10188 Dundas
13	1812: corresp with Earl of Minto	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 11675	NRA 10476 Minto
14	letters (32) to Sir James Murray-Pulteney	The Morgan Library	MA487,297,1260-90	NRA 30863 Murray-Pulteney
15	corresp with Sir George Nugent	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	6807/173-83	NRA 20793 Nugent
16	1798-1804: corresp with Richard Vyse	Buckinghamshire Archives	D/HV; D121	NRA 7840 Howard-Vyse