Papers of Andrew Monro Lang
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1697
- Dates of Creation:1990-1998
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:10 boxes
Scope and Content
Box 1:
File - Correspondence, general
File - DNB entries - Craufurd, and Dempster
File - Agriculture
Folder - Correspondence, Dempster permissions from various institutionsBox 2:
File - Banking, Fisheries, Roads
File - Boswell and Burke
File - Haldane, Brodie
Bundle of loose papers - Papers in St. Andrews University LibraryBox 3:
File - Transcripts of letters (2) - William Smith, Sam Heming, Henry Dundas, Gilbert Elliot, Laing mss, Carlyle, Thorkelin
File - Letters of George Dempster to Sir Adam Fergusson, 1756-1813
Bundle of loose papers - Blair Adam munimentsBox 4:
File - Transcripts of letters (3) - British Fishery Society, Dr. Iain Boyle, Saltoun
File - Dempster, Chapters 0-8
File - Dempster, Chapters 9-19
File - George Dempster, Skibo talkBox 5:
File - George Dempster, Toronto letters I, Vols.1-4
File - George Dempster, Toronto letters III, Vols.7-19
File - Dundee, Forfar, Skibo, and Rogers
Bundle of loose papersBox 6:
File - East India Company, Secondary sources
File - East India Company, India Office and Jamaica
File - Enlightenment / Universities, ClubsBox 7:
File - History of Parliament, Debates
File - Other House of Commons, Harris Debates, Namier and Brooke
File - House of Commons Politics I (Secondary sources), Administrations
File - House of Commons Politics IIBox 8:
File - Scotland and America, Emigration
File - 'The Scots Magazine'
File - Reading lists etc
Bundle of loose papersBox 9:
File - Miscellaneous I
File - James Ker, John Leslie
File - Letham Archive, Lunan and Vinney Minutes, HMC Reports
File - Correspondence, Edwin Mellen Press, DNBBox 10:
File - Politics I
File - Politics II
File - Politics IIIAdministrative / Biographical History
Andrew Monro Lang was a career architect at the Scottish Office. In 1979 he was awarded the degree of M.Phil. (Edinburgh University) for his work, The role of the planner in Scottish local government. Then, in 1996 he obtained his Ph.D. (also at Edinburgh University) for his research on George Dempster of Dunnichen, the 18th century politician and improver.
Lang wrote the biography of George Dempster of Dunnichen (1732–1818) for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), and in 1998 A life of George Dempster, Scottish M.P. of Dunnichen (1732-1818) published by Lewiston, N.Y. and the Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter.
Andrew Monro Lang died suddenly in 2000.
Access Information
Access should be unrestricted but please check in advance of any consultation.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 2001. Accession no: E2001.30.
Archivist's Note
Catalogue updated by Graeme D. Eddie 16 December 2015
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