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WHITEFOORD PAPERS. Vol. 1. (ff. 179). Correspondence and papers of Col. Charles Whitefoord; 1738-1752. He was on active service as Captain of the Royal Irish in Minorca, 1738-1739 ; as Aide-de-Camp to his uncle Lord Cathcart in the West Indies, 1740; as Lieut.-Colonel of the 5th Marines in Cuba, etc., 1741 ; m a Volunteer under Sir John Cope at the battles of Prestonpans and Culloden, 1745-1746; and, finally, as Lieut.-Colonel of the 5th (Irwin's) Regiment of Foot, on the Staff in Ireland, where he died 2 Jan. 1753. Many of the papers relate to the Rebellion of 1745. The names of the writers are given in the Index.

Charles Whitefoord: Corrspondence and papers: 1738-1752.

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f. 1 Lieutenant-General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart: Letter to, from H. Whitefoord: 1737.
f. 1 Hugh Whitefoord: Letter to Lord Cathcart: 1737.
ff. 2-8, 10 b, 14 Hugh Whitefoord: Correspondence with his brother Charles: 1738-1739.
f. 10 Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan: Letter to H. Whitefoord: 1739.
f. 10 Hugh Whitefoord: Letter to, from Lord Cadogan: 1739.
ff. 12, 39 Captain John Dalrymple: Letters to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1739, 1743.
f. 17 Admiral Sir George Rooke: Notes on his expeditions to Copenhagen, Cadiz and Vigo: 1700-1703.
f. 22 James Fergusson: Will: 1741.
f. 25 Hew Dalrymple: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1741.
ff. 27, 43, 43b Lieutenant-General Charles Schaw Cathcart, 9th Baron Cathcart: Correspondence with C. Whitefoord: 1743-1753.
f. 28 Lieutenant John Fergusson: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1743.
f. 31 General Thomas Wentworth: Letter to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1743.
ff. 33, 40 Allan Whitefoord: Letters to, from his brother Charles: 1743, 1744.
ff. 34, 36 Captain Alexander Douglas: Letters to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1743.
f. 37 Captain Toomes Balfour: Letter to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1743.
f. 38 Thomas Corbett: Letter to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1743.
f. 41 Thomas Corbett: Letter, as Secretary to the Admiralty, to the commanding officer of Cochrane's Marines: 1744.
f. 48 Charles Brown, Navy Commissioner at Chatham: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1744.
f. 49 Lieutenant-Colonel William Congreve: Letter to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1745.
f. 51 Captain Burleigh: Letter to, from Col Whiteford: 1744.
ff. 53 b, 134, 139, 143, 145, 168 Sir John Whitefoord: Correspondence with his brother Charles: 1744-1752.
ff. 55-65 Military Tactics: Papers of Col. Whitefoord on the movements in Scotland: in 1745.
ff. 56, 84, 85, 93, 95, 129 Sir John Cope: Correspondence with Col. Whitefoord: 1745-1751.
ff.58,62,63-72 Army; England: Instructions, etc., for the army in Scotland: 1745.
f. 61 Scotland: List of the clans, with the sums they received: temp. Anne.
ff. 63 b, 65, 80, 81 Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire: Order of battle of the royalist troops, return of prisoners, etc., at: 1745.
ff. 68 b, 73, 74 James Murray, Duke of Atholl: Correspondence with Lt.-Col. Wright and the other prisoners after the battle of Prestonpans: 1745.: Copies.
ff. 75, 76 William Drummond, Viscount Strathallan: Passports to Col. Whitefoord, prisoner at Perth: 1745.
ff. 75, 76 Charles Whitefoord: Passports to, when a prisoner at Perth: 1745.
f. 77 'Lord' John Drummond, grandson(?) of the 'Duke' (4th Earl) of Perth: Declaration at Montrose against George II.: 1745.: Copy.
f. 78 William Drummond, Viscount Strathallan: Order to the English prisoners at Perth: 1745.: Copy.
f. 79 Lord George Murray: Letter from the English prisoners at Perth: 1745.
f. 83 Thomas White: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1746.
f. 83 b William Home, 8th Earl of Home: Letter to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1746.
ff. 88, 89 Military Tactics: Disposition of the royalist troops at Culloden: 1746.
ff. 88, 89 Battle of Culloden: Account of, with dispositions of troops: 1746.
f. 92 Lieutenant-Colonel William Wright: Memorial to the Duke of Cumberland: 1746.
f. 95 Sir John Cope: Defence of, by Col. Whitefoord: 1746.
ff. 102, 104 Lieutenant-General John Wynyard: Case of Col. Whitefoord, relating to the regiment of marines under: 1748.
ff. 103, 108 Captain Alexander Wilson: Correspondence with Col. Whitefoord: 1748.
f. 107 James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdate: Power of attorney to Col. Whitefoord: 1748.
f. 110 William Cuninghame: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1749.
f. 112 Michael Malcolm: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1749.
f. 116 John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; Commander in Chief in N America: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1749.
f. 121 Mary Stewart, wife of Colonel John Stewart: Letter to, from Col. Whitefoord: 1750.
f. 123 William Smith, of Leith: Letter to Col. Whitefoord: 1750.
ff. 133, 135, 137, 141, 147 Major John Irwin: Letters to Col. Whitefoord: 1752.
f. 160 George Fotheringham: Letter to, from Col. Whitefoord: circ. 1752.
f. 172 Colonel James Cochrane: Return of officers in his regiment of marines: circ 1750.
ff. 174, 175 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Orders to the troops at Rousselaer and Bellingen: 1708.: Copies.
f. 177 Charles Whitefoord: Statement to Lord G. Sackville of his services: circ. 1752.
f. 179 Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel: Orders to the army in Germany: 1759.: Copy.

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Add MS 36592-36597 : CORRESPONDENCE and papers of the family of Whitefoord, chiefly of (a) Col. Charles Whitefoord (ob. 1753), third son of Sir…

Add MS 36592 : WHITEFOORD PAPERS. Vol. 1. (ff. 179). Correspondence and papers of Col. Charles Whitefoord; 1738-1752. He was on active service…

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1738

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1752

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1738-1752

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Names:

Army of England
Balfour, Toomes, correspondent of Col. Charles Whitefoord, fl mid 18th century
Brown, Charles, Navy Commissioner at Chatham
Burleigh, Captain
Cadogan, Charles, 2nd Baron Cadogan, army officer and politician, 1685-1776
Campbell, John, 4th Earl of Loudoun, army officer, 1705-1782
Cathcart, Charles Schaw, 9th Baron Cathcart, army officer and ambassador, 1721-1776
Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Cochrane, James, Colonel
Congreve, William, Lieutenant-Colonel
Cope, John, of Add MS 36592
Corbett, Thomas, of Add MS 36592
Cuninghame, William, of Add MS 36592
Dalrymple, Hew, correspondent of Colonel Charles Whitefoord, fl 1741
Dalrymple, John, army officer, fl 1739-1743
Douglas, Alexander, army officer and correspondent of Colonel Charles Whitefoord, fl 1743
Drummond, John, 4th Duke of Perth, titular 7th Earl of Perth, army officer and Jacobite, c 1714-1747
Drummond, William, 4th Viscount Strathallan, army officer and Jacobite, d 1746
Fergusson, James, associate of Charles Whitefoord, d 1741
Fergusson, John, army officer, fl 1743
Fotheringham, George
Home, William, 8th Earl of Home
Irwin, John, Major
Maitland, James, 7th Earl of Lauderdate
Malcolm, Michael
Murray, George, of Add MS 36592
Murray, James, Duke of Atholl
Rooke, George, Admiral; of Add MS 36592
Smith, William, of Leith
Stewart, Mary, wife of Colonel John Stewart
Wentworth, Thomas, General; of Add MS 36592
White, Thomas, of Add MS 36592
Whitefoord, Allan
Whitefoord, Charles
Whitefoord, Hugh
Whitefoord, John
Wilson, Alexander, Captain
Wolfenbüttel, Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, army officer, 1721-1792
Wright, William, Lieutenant-Colonel
Wynyard, John, Lieutenant-General; of Add MS 36592

Places:

Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire
Scotland