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Fraser, Sir William, (1816-1898), Knight, genealogist and antiquary

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Surname: Fraser
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1816-1898
Title: Knight
Biography: ODNB link for Fraser, Sir William (1816-1898) Knight Genealogist and Antiquary
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P132729 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P10659 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1861-83: notebooks
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.8902-8906
2
1590-1850: MS collection
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.90, 118, 137, 1031-1035
3
1840: jottings on his first visit to London
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD237/21/58
NRA 32483 Tods
4
1837-38: lecture notes
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Dc 2 62
5
notes on deputy keepers of the records of Scotland and papers relating to patents of peerage and Berwickshire families
Lyon Office Library
MS 95, 104
NRA 43280 Lyon
6
1859-77: corresp and papers rel to Douglas Barony
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS859
NRA 10169 Douglas-Home
7
1870-98: corresp as HMC inspector
The National Archives
HMC1
8
1887-98: corresp and related material
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD397
NRA 17159 Fraser
9
transcripts of Argyll muniments
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS1209
NRA 9955 Campbell

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [13a]
10
collection of deeds and papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD86
NRA 30540 Fraser
11
corresp with the Duke of Buccleuch
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD224/197, 1003
NRA 34806 Buccleuch
12
1857-95: corresp with WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 44388-521 passim
13
1851-76: corresp with David Laing (23 items)
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La IV 17
14
1860-99: corresp with Lord Lothian etc
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD40/9/431, 454, 462
NRA 10737 Kerr
15
1849-62: letters (13) to Lord Polwarth
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD157
NRA 32440 Hepburne-Scott
16
1879-86: letters to Lord Tweeddale
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 14465
NRA 13563 Hay
17
1864-1897: misc corresp incl Lord Rosebery
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 9657, 10013-173, 10962 Passim