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Senate House Library, University of London

Lovat and Cromarty Estates


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 118

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Lovat and Cromarty Estates

Date(s): 1755

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Commission and Trustees for the Forfeited Estates in Scotland

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Lord Lovat took part in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and was impeached by the House of Lords. He was executed on Tower Hill, London, on 9th April 1747. His son, whom he had involved in the rebellion was pardoned in 1750 and was granted his father's forfeited lands in 1774.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Report of rentals and tenants of the Lovat Estates, 1755.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

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Related material:

The National Archives of Scotland hold an accountant's report on the forfeited estates and the claims of creditors (Ref: CS96/1455); Inverness Museum and Art Gallery contains family and estate papers of the Fraser family of Lovat.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 2000-02-04 Joseph Gelfer, 2000-05-19 Sarah Aitchison


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Land tenure | Land economics | Agricultural economics

Personal names
Forbes | John | fl 1755 | Captain | factor of the Lovat and Cromarty estates
Fraser | Simon | c 1667-1747 | 12th Baron Lovat x Lovat | 12th Baron

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe