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Byres, James, (1734-1817), architect and virtuoso antiquary

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Surname: Byres
Forenames: James
Gender: Male
Date: 1734-1817
Biography: ODNB link for Byres, James (1734-1817), architect
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P162393 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P48555 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1770: unexecuted designs for Wynnstay
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
Wynnstay MSS and Documents
NRA 30545 Williams-Wynn

See also exhibition catalogue in HMC Williams-Wynn file
2
1766: journal of a tour of southern Italy, Sicily and Malta
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 10339
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3
1774-1817: misc letters and papers of and rel to him
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Dep.184
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
4
1790: notebook of accounts with Patrick Moir
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc. 13900
See Annual Return 2018
5
1774-1817: papers of and concerning Byres
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.14324
See Annual Return 2022