Scott, Sir Walter, (1771-1832), 1st Baronet, poet and novelist

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Surname:	Scott
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Walter
Gender:	Male
Date:	1771-1832
Title:	1st Baronet
Biography:	ODNB link for Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 1st Baronet poet and novelist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P164332 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P25593 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Walter Scott

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1825-34: personal accounts and papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.10270
2	corresp, literary MSS and papers	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La III 498, 584	See Index to MSS 1964, suppl 1981; Annual Return 1993
3	printer's MS of Kenilworth	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MS 1661	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
4	literary MSS	London University: Senate House Library	SL V 24 SL V 25 SL V 26 SL V 27
5	1817-23: letters (8)	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	E95.16, 17, 29, 32, 40, 41, 42, 63	See Annual Return 1995
6	1814-30: letters (5), MS of 'Helvellyn'	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections		See Accessions to Repositories 1991
7	1800: MS of "The House of Aspen"	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11772	See Annual Return 1999
8	1812-31: letters and papers, mostly rel to trust administering his business affairs	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11878	See Annual Return 2000
9	1816: annotated draft of 'The Pibroch of Donuil Dhu'	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.13426	See Annual Return 2013
10	1803-31: literary MSS and letters (c110 items)	Huntington Library		See NUC MS 62-356
11	1828-29: History of Scotland (3 vols)	Huntington Library		See Guide to British MSS 1982
12	literary MSS	The King's School, Canterbury	WALPOLE	NRA 15260
13	letters, MSS, etc	Writers' Museum		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
14	papers	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
15	literary MSS	Signet Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	letters (4) and an assignment of copyright	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
17	manuscripts	Manchester Archives and Local Studies		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
18	1800-29: letters, mostly rel to his work as sheriff	Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre	SC/S/12/19	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
19	1814-30: letters (17)	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
20	1806-26: letters to Lady Abercorn	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D623; T2541	NRA 15790 Hamilton
21	1817-1831: letters (c50) to William Adam	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1454	NRA 9954 Adam
22	1808-28: corresp with Joanna Baillie (66 items)	Royal College of Surgeons of England		See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
23	c1826-1827: letters to James Ballantyne	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	GD224	NRA 6184 Montagu-Douglas-Scot See NRAS1275
24	1802-31: corresp with James Ballantyne (copies)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc 6080/18; MSS 21053-21060	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
25	1808-26: letters (66) to James Ballantyne and others	Signet Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
26	1805-30: letters to Blackwoods	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 4001-4028, 4937	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
27	c1818-23: letters to Edward Blore	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3029	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
28	c1807-29: letters (235), mostly to Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Montagu	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD224/32-3	NRA 34806 Buccleuch
29	letters to Buchanan and Edmonston families	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS353	NRA 11636
30	1812-17: letters to Lord and Lady Byron	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Dep Lovelace Byron	NRA 21980
31	corresp with Robert Cadell	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 742-45, 15980
32	1809: letters (10) to Sir Ilay Campbell	Glasgow City Archives	TD219	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
33	1788-1827: letters (14) to William and Sir George Clerk	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD18	NRA 29182
34	1796-1831: corresp with Archibald Constable, Robert Cadell and others	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.319-334, 668-684, 742-745, 789-803, 7200, 8991, 15980, 21001-21069, 23230-23234, 23618-23620
35	1816-26: letters (30) to George Craig	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See Annual Report 1976-77
36	1804-9: letters to Lady Frances Douglas	Trinity College: Watkinson Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
37	1804-09: letters to Lady Frances Douglas (copies)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.7042	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
38	letters (33) to Maria Edgeworth	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See Accessions to Repositories 1972
39	1803-32: letters (31) to Maria Edgeworth and others	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La III 585	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
40	1801-09: letters to George Ellis (copies)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.1750	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
41	1800-26: letters (105) to Charles Erskine	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.15971	See Annual Report 1973-74 p46, 1975-76 p49
42	letters to General Fairfax	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD300	NRA 10206 Johnston See NRA(S)1236
43	1778-1802: letters to Sir William Forbes	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.4796
44	1826-31: letters to John Gibson (copies)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.6080/19	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
45	1825-31: letters (10) to Rachel Jobson and others (copies)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.15555	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
46	1802-31: letters to William Laidlaw	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 860, 969	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
47	1810-31: letters (48) to David Laing	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La IV 1
48	corresp with Sir TD Lauder (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	M/615	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
49	1823-24: corresp with Lady Anne Lindsay	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3897-3899	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
50	1805-31: corresp with JG Lockhart	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 924-927, 930-935, 1750-1753	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
51	1803-12: letters (12) to Longman & Rees	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections		See Friends of National Libraries Annual Report 1994 pp9-10
52	1803-25: letters (10) to Marquesses of Lothian	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD40/9/229, 323	NRA 10737 Kerr See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
53	1822-32: letters to Robert Lundie	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.1676	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
54	1807-25: corresp with Henry Mackenzie	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 3876-3901	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
55	1806-28: letters to Lord Minto	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 11909-11914, 13408	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
56	1793-1832: letters (19), mostly to Patrick Murray (copies)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.8494
57	1809-30: letters (c100) to Lady Northampton	Castle Ashby	vol 5, 1357	NRA 21088 Compton
58	letters (8) to Oliver & Boyd	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.5000	NRA 10785
59	1811-30: letters (37) to Charlotte Champion Pascoe, Robert Pitcairn and others	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.5317	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
60	1822-29: corresp with Sir Robert Peel (14 items)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40350-99
61	1810-30: letters (10) to John Richardson	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11245	See Annual Return 1995
62	1797-1815: corresp with his wife, Charlotte Mary	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.1549-1551
63	1803-32: corresp with Hugh and Harriet Scott	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD157/2011-2012, 2015, 2017	NRA 32440 Hepburne-Scott See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
64	letters to John Scott of Gala	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD477	NRA 10544 Scott
65	1795-1831: letters to William Scott	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 2889-2890	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
66	1802-08: letters to A Seward	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 37425 ff97-116
67	letters to Sir Cuthbert Sharp	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	13 theta 114	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
68	1802-1831: letters (67) to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe	Hornel Library	NRA(S)0118	NRA 10173 Hornel Library
69	1792-1831: letters to Shortreed family	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.8993
70	letters to Sir John Sinclair	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS189	NRA 10552
71	1805-31: letters (92), mostly to James Skene	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.965	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
72	letters to Mary, Thomas and William Somerville	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Somerville Collection dep c 369, 372	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
73	1783-1830: corresp with Lady Louisa Stuart	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS859	NRA 10169 Douglas-Home
74	1808-30: letters to Louisa Stuart (copies)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett c 392	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
75	1806-23: letters (28) to Robert Surtees	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.9308
76	1808-26: letters to Lady Sutherland	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Dep.313	NRA 11006
77	letters to John and Archibald Swinton	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS200	NRA 10561
78	letters to John Taylor	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD240/19/3	NRA 34966 Bruce & Kerr
79	1805-21: letters to G Thomson	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 35263-65 passim
80	1791-1831: letters to Thomas Thomson	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3134	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
81	1814-29: letters to Joseph Train (copies)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3277
82	1806-c1815: letters (12) from William Wordsworth	Wordsworth Trust		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
83	papers	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division	Berg Collection	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
84	papers	The Morgan Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
85	papers	New York University: Fales Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
86	misc items	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)	D/DL
87	1807-16: (copies) misc letters	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 175
88	1815-1839: literary ms, corresp	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library	Manuscript Collection MS-3753
89	1820: portion of the original ms of Kenilworth	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89229	See Annual Return 2017
90	1820: leaves from the manuscript of Kenilworth	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89485	See Annual Return 2022
91	manuscripts from the Library of Honresfield House	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.14410	See Annual Return 2022
92	1828-1831: letters of Sir Walter Scott to Alexander Macdonald	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.14459	See Annual Return 2023

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Lockhart, Charlotte Sophia, (d 1837), wife of John Gibson Lockhart	daughter/father		Family
2	Scott, Charlotte Mary, (c1781-1826), noblewoman	wife/husband		Family