Kynynmound, Gilbert Elliot Murray, 1st Earl Of Minto, Diplomat and Politician, 1751-1814.

The papers, part of the Minto collection, were purchased by Sir James Caird in 1941 from the Earl of Minto. The collection comprises sixty-two volumes and covers the official correspondence of Lord Minto when he was Commissioner at Toulon and Viceroy of Corsica. In addition, there is an account of the attack and defence of Toulon, 1793, a journal for March 1794, a few loose papers and some correspondence between Elliot, Nelson and Lady Hamilton. Further naval papers of the First Earl form part of the Minto collection in the National Library of Scotland.

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