Landed Families and Estates
Archives of the landed families and their estates are among the most valuable we hold and include a wide variety of subjects and type of record, including the following: titles and other legal papers; rental rolls; personal family correspondence; estate accounts, including records of foreign estates, such as Jamaica; witchcraft; tobacco lords; maps and plans; records of local and national affairs; and very many others.
The Family and Estate Archives include the following:
- Colquhoun of Luss, 1188-20th century
- Maxwells of Pollok, Glasgow and Renfrew, c1200-1975
- Stirling of Keir, Keir and Cadder, 1338-c 1940
- Speirs of Elderslie, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire, 1561-1999
- Lennox Family of Woodhead, Dunbartonshire, 1421-1960
- Islay Estate, Islay, 1741-1966
- Ramsay of Kildalton, Islay, 1707-1984
- Shaw Stewart Family of Ardgowan, Greenock and Renfrewshire, 1250-1966
- Cochrane-Baillie of Lamington, Lanarkshire, 19th-20th century
- Crum Family Papers, Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, 1782-1960
- Blythswood Estate, Glasgow and Renfrew, 1662-20th century
- Campbell of Succoth and Garscube, 1533-1965
- Houston of Johnstone, Renfrewshire, 1664-1951
- Hamilton Family of Barns, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, 1537-1827