Correspondence and papers of the Fairfax, Greig, Somerville and Williamson Ramsay families

Title

Correspondence and papers of the Fairfax, Greig, Somerville and Williamson Ramsay families

Shelfmark

Dep. b. 232b

Summary

(formerly part of Dep. b. 232)

Comprises:

Folder MS3FP-1: letter from Mary to [her future sister in law], Montgomery Williamson, welcoming her into the family, 18 Oct [1829]

Folder MS3FP-2: letters from Mary to Sarah, Lady Fairfax [her sister in law and her brother's second wife], regarding the illness and death of Henry, Lord Fairfax, 1860. (One letter dated 25 Jan 1859 should be 1860.)

Folder MS3FP-3: letter from Henry, Lord Fairfax, to his son, Henry, 1 Mar 1852; letter from Mary to her nephew, [Thomas Fairfax], 25 Nov 1870

Folder MS3FP-4: letter from Mary to Elizabeth [Williamson] Ramsay, 7 Sep 1866

Folder MS3FP-5: letters from [Mary's brother], Henry, to Montgomerie [Williamson], later his wife, 1829, and a Form of Proclamation of marriage, also recording their marriage, 10 and 15 Jan 1830

Folder MS3FP-6: letters from Henry Fairfax to his sisters in law, Elizabeth and Jane [Williamson] Ramsay, [1851?]-1852 and n.d.

Folder MS3FP-7: letters received by Elizabeth [Williamson] Ramsay from Woronzow and Agnes Greig, 10 Apr 1857 and 5 Jul 1861

Folder MS3FP-8: letters from Elizabeth Mary [Fairfax] to her brother, Henry, 1853 and n.d.; letter from Henry [Fairfax] to his father, [Sir Henry], 23 Dec 1856

Folder MS3FP-9: letters received by [Henry Fairfax] from Elizabeth and Jane [Williamson Ramsay], n.d. [1856?]. (One incomplete.)

Folder MS3FP-10: letters from Thomas [Williamson] Ramsay, probably to E[lizabeth Williamson Ramsay], 1 Nov 1864, and to Sir William Fairfax, 16 Sep 1865

Folder MS3FP-11: letter from [?] Buchan to Thomas Williamson, offering himself as a prospective son in law, 20 Aug 1829

Folder MS3FP-12: letter from Julia V. Head, [Lady Head], to Jane Williamson Ramsay, 7 Oct [1850]

Folder MS3FP-13: correspondence and papers relating to Fairfax genealogy, 1888-1893 and n.d.

Folder MS3FP-14: letters received by Woronzow Greig from his aunt, Julia, and his cousins, Julia and Jane, in St Petersburg, 1852-1853

Folder MS3FP-15: notebook kept by [Mary's mother, Margaret Charters Fairfax], 1812-1822

Folder MS3FP-16: 'Short Memorandum of the Services of the late Vice-Admiral Sir William George Fairfax', n.d. [c.1836]; certificate of probate of the will of Sir William George Fairfax, 8 Mar 1814

Folder MS3FP-17: letters from [Sir] H[erbert] Taylor, [Military Secretary and later Private Secretary to William IV], to Lt Col [Henry] Fairfax, regarding promotion and the possible award of a baronetcy, 1827-1835

Date

1812-1893 and n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (17 folders)