Playfair, Sir Robert Lambert, (1828-1899), Knight, author and colonial administrator

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Surname:	Playfair
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Robert Lambert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1828-1899
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Playfair, Sir Robert Lambert (1828-1899) Knight Author and Administrator
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P126389 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23016 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	18th cent-20th cent: additional personal and family papers	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate	msdep14	See Annual Return 2007
2	1874: Ellen Cobden's journal of journey with Playfair in Algeria	West Sussex Record Office	Cobden papers	NRA 10616 Cobden
3	1864-97: letters (58) to Albert and RWT Gunther	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS GUNTHER COLL (16)	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
4	1878-79: letters etc to duchesse de Talleyrand-Perigord	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 64075