Records of J A & J L Campbell & Lamond, solicitors, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 037/1:/GB/0248/UGD/037/4:/GB/0248/UGD/037/6/1-2
- Dates of Creation:1747-1896
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:2.3 metresThere are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.
Scope and Content
Records of J A & J L Campbell, solicitors:
- Financial records 1769-1833;
- Correspondence 1802-1848;
- Notes and documents relating to legal cases 1810-1889;
Legal case records include:
- Mothie/Somerville family 1750-1852;
- Legal papers relating to Maitland, Marshall, and Armour 1761-1808;
- Legal papers of the Commissioners of the Annexed Estates in Scotland 1764-1809;
- Legal papers of the Easdale Slate Co 1813-1836;
- Legal papers relating to Campbell against Grant 1826-1828;
- Legal papers of Charles Tennant & Co 1831-1859;
- Legal papers of John McNab/John Francis Williams 1846-1848;
- Legal papers of Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway Co 1840-1841;
- Legal papers of Colin Campbell of Jura 1862;
- Extracts, printed proceedings of Court of Session and Teind Court 1809-1824;
- Legal papers of Caledonian Insurance Co 1817-1849;
- Legal papers of The Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society 1847-1848;
- Legal papers of Provident Property Investment Co 1851;
- Extract, account book of shipping company, Leith, Scotland 1811;
- Correspondence and accounts of James Erskine , advocate, Drumseugh, Scotland 1813-1816;
- Legal papers of William Braidwood, Edinburgh 1816-1862;
- The Field newspaper 1870;
Administrative / Biographical History
J A & J L Campbell & Lamond , solicitors, Edinburgh, Scotland, were established at 2 Albyn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. Subsequently they moved to 1 Thistle Court, Edinburgh. The firm acted as agents for, amongst others, the Commercial Banking Company of Scotland , and for the MacDonald family of the Isles of Skye and North Uist, Scotland. From 1958 , they became associated with Thomson, Dickson and Shaw, solicitors, Edinburgh.
Arrangement
This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by function and/or format. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.
Access Information
Open
Acquisition Information
Loan : Thomson, Dickson & Shaw and JA & JL Campbell & Lamond, CS, Edinburgh: 1962
Other Finding Aids
Manual file list level available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1712) and London (NRA21741)
Alternative Form Available
No known copies
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist
Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents
Appraisal Information
This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures
Custodial History
Deposited by Thomson, Dickson & Shaw, WS in 1962 with the Economic History Department, Glasgow University. Management of the collection was transferred to the Glasgow University Archives in 1975.
Accruals
None expected
Related Material
GB 248 UGD 008 The Scottish Railway Collection
GB 248 UGD 194 Records of Halbeith Colliery and Saltworks
See source list on Solicitors available via at Glasgow University Archive Services source list page.
J A J L Campbell & Lamond were solicitors for the following companies whose records survive:
GB 0248 UGD 037/2 Records of the MacDonald family of the Isles of Skye and North Uist, Scotland.
GB 0248 UGD 037/3 Records of Archibald Arrol.
GB 0248 UGD 037/5 Records of Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd.
GB 0248 UGD 037/6/3-4 Records of the Commissioners of the New Edinburgh Gaol and County Court Rooms.
GB 0248 UGD 037/6/5-6 Records of Watkins and A J Penn.
National Archives of Scotland (GB 234) Writs
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Bibliography
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Additional Information
This material is original
Collection catalogued by Alison Jasper, Archives Assistant, June 1998, Jenny Cooknell, Assistant Archivist, 8 November 1999, and Lesley Richmond, Acting Director, 3 March 2000. Catalogue converted to Encoded Archival Description by Andrew Semple, Administration Assistant, 1 August 2002. Edited by Gemma Tougher, Assistant Archivist (Cataloguing), 22 December 2011.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Geographical Names
Easdale Slate Co