Primrose, Archibald Philip, 1847-1929 (5th Earl of Rosebery | politician)

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After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.

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After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.

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Primrose congratulates Ewart for his inaugural address at the University of Edinburgh.

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Primrose writes that Ewart has been recommended to the Lord Chancellor as a member of the Commission of the Peace for the county of Midlothian.

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery to Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell, and his wife Mary, from 38 Berkeley Square, [London], 8 & 18 May 1899: “Dear Lyell. I really cannot thank you enough. You could not have pleased me more than by giving me this book (of the very existence of which I was ignorant) about one whose memory I so truly revere [...]” (18 May 1899, to L. Lyell, who had sent him the Memoir of Leonard Horner). – In a secretarial hand: “I am much...

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Contains: a letter from the Home Office offering to suggest Ewart's name to the Queen for the post of Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh. This letter is enclosed in a letter of congratulation from Lord Roseberry at the Home Office.