Playfair, Lyon, (1818-1898), 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews, chemist

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Surname:	Playfair
Forenames:	Lyon
Gender:	Male
Date:	1818-1898
Title:	1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews
Biography:	ODNB link for Playfair, Lyon (1818-1898) 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews, chemist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P126306 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23013 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Lyon Playfair

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1839-98: corresp and papers	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	L. Playfair	NRA 11556 Playfair See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989
2	corresp and papers	Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3	index to the playfair corespondence owned by Sir Edward Playfair (copy)	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS PLAY	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
4	1862: lecture notes	Strathclyde University Archives		NRA 9394
5	1851-90: corresp with Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37194-99 passim
6	1842-89: corresp with Sir Edwin Chadwick	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	CHADWICK	NRA 21653 Chadwick
7	1852-70: corresp with Sir Henry Cole	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library		NRA 13466 V & A Museum
8	1853-58: corresp with George Combe	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 7335-7373 Passim
9	letters (10) to Sir Henry De la Beche	National Museum of Wales		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
10	1859-73: letters to James Forbes	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep7	NRA 13132
11	1860-85: letters (16) to Alexander Campbell Fraser	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Dep.208
12	1859-96: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 44280
13	1853-1867: letters to Lord Granville	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Former ref PRO30/29
14	1861-97: letters (12) to Thomas Huxley	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	B/HUXLEY	NRA 8194 Huxley
15	1840-73: letters (41) to J von Liebig	Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian State Library)		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16	1842-50: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40518-603 passim
17	1837-54: letters (47) to Sir Andrew Ramsay	Imperial College Archives and Corporate Records Unit	KGA/RAMSAY	NRA 29646
18	1841-43: letters (66) to Sir Andrew Ramsay	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 11574
19	1839-1896: misc corresp mainly with Lord Rosebery	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9813-9814, 10075-10162, 10777 Passim
20	1845-82: corresp with James Young	Strathclyde University Archives	T-YOU	NRA 37301 Strathclyde Univ
21	letters (19)	Royal Institution of Great Britain		NRA 9522
22	1854-1856: out letter book as secretary, Science Division, Department of Science and Art	Science Museum Library and Archives	Z 77	See Annual Return 2005