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Forbes, Duncan, (1685-1747), Lord President of the Court of Session

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Surname: Forbes
Forenames: Duncan
Gender: Male
Date: 1685-1747
Biography: ODNB link for Forbes, Duncan (1685-1747) Lord President of the Court of Session
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P159468 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P10309 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1704-47: corresp and papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.2961-74
2
session papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Adv MS 48 1 21
3
1726-31: corresp with Erskine family
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 5073, 5156
4
1733-47: letters (20) to William Forbes
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
La ii 579
5
1728-47: corresp with Lord Hardwicke
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 35446, 35586, 36137-38 passim
6
letters (68) to Earl of Loudon
Huntington Library
See Guide 1982
7
1714-19: letters to John McFarlane
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.6409-17
8
1742-45: corresp with 4th Marquess of Tweeddale
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 7045-78