Kynynmound, Gilbert Elliot Murray, 2nd Earl Of Minto, Diplomat and Politician, 1782-1859.

The papers, part of the Minto collection, were purchased by Sir James Caird in 1941 from the Earl of Minto. They consist of correspondence and papers covering the period when he was First Lord of the Admiralty. There are forty volumes of in-letters and some draft replies in his own hand including the letters from commanders connected with the events of the Carlist war, 1836 to 1841. There are also loose papers which consist of reports and memoranda and correspondence on a wide variety of naval topics. Further naval papers of the 2nd Earl form part of the Minto collection in the National Library of Scotland.