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First two pages are jottings of names of consorts of the Argylls. Murders and polygamy: some actions of Ranald MacDonald 1st of Benbecula, who died in 1636, from the General Register of Hornings, Edinburgh.

Roughly scribbled drafts of various Campbell pedigrees, for revision and transfer to more formal notebooks.

Entire bundle is wrapped within a printed memo, presumably for the perusal of the Cabinet, dating from after 7 Feb 1872, concerning the appointment of the auditorship of the home accounts of the Indian Gov

1. 5 Nov 1871: Lowe: Sets out reasons for his belief that the appointment of the auditorship of the home accounts of the Indian Gov should rest with Chancellor of the Exchequer rather than Sec of State for India
2. 5 Nov 1871: Lowe: Copy of letter above
3. 7 Nov 1871: Argyll to Gladstone: copy of letter in which Argyll sets out his countervailing reasons for believing appointment should lie with the Sec of State
4. 7 Nov 1871: Argyll to Lowe: on auditor question – ‘The position is anomalous, I admit, whichever way you take it. But so are all our relations with India, and all our machinery for administering it’
5. 10 Nov 1871: Gladstone: Auditor question: takes A’s view of the matter
6. 10 Nov 1871: Lowe: Auditor question: will listen to Gladstone’s view of the matter, but is unwilling to be bound by it
7. 10 Nov 1871: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
8. 11 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question: fears that appointment lies with Chancellor of the Exchequer; Education of Muslims
9. 16 Nov 1871: Lowe: Auditor question: convinced in his view that he alone possesses power of appointment
10. 16 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question
11. 21 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question: confirms that he holds to his former view
12. 21 Nov 1871: Argyll to Lowe: copy of letter concerning auditor question
13. 26 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question; Recommendation of Sir L Mallet for the Council
14. 20 Dec 1871: Lowe: Recommends Mr Blackwood for position of auditor
15. 20 Dec 1871: Lowe: Copy of letter above
16. 21 Dec 1871: Merivale: Auditor question
17. 21 Dec 1871: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
18. 22 Dec 1871: Lowe : Auditor question: refuses to refer it to Cabinet
19. 23 Dec 1871: Benthall: Auditor question
20. 24-25 Dec 1871: Argyll to Queen Victoria: draft letter concerning auditor question and asking her to withhold her warrant for present
21. 24 Dec 1871: Argyll to Queen Victoria: copy letter of above
22. 25 Dec 1871: Argyll to Queen Victoria: copy letter of above
23. 25 Dec 1871: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
24. 25 Dec 1871: Argyll: Copy of letter above
25. 25 Dec1871: Ponsonby: Confirms that Queen will withhold warrant until she hears from Gladstone
26. 25 Dec 1871: Ponsonby to Gladstone: copy of letter confirming Queen’s withholding of warrant
27. 27 Dec 1871: Lowe: Auditor question
28. 27 Dec 1871: Halifax: Governorship of Madras; Auditor question. [1 enclosure - letter from Childers concerning appointment]
29. 27 Dec 1871: Gladstone to Queen Victoria: Auditor question
30. 27 Dec 1871: Gladstone: Auditor question: ‘Lowe really has not a leg to stand upon’; Life of Lee
31. 28 Dec 1871: Gurdon: Auditor question
32. 30 Dec 1871: Merivale: Auditor question: provides snippet from Hansard in support of Argyll’s case
33. 4 Jan 1872: Halifax: Auditor question
34. 5 Jan 1872: Broughton (Chancellor of the Exchequer’s private sec) to Benthall: pension list and auditor question
35. 6 Jan 1872: Merivale: Auditor question and payment of pensions
36. Jan 1872: Sir Erskine Perry: Memo on clauses of 1858 Gov of India act concerning the counter-signature of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
37. Jan 1872: Lowe: Printed Cabinet memo on auditor question
38. 9 Jan 1872: Argyll: Printed Cabinet memo on auditor question
39. 10 Jan 1872: Lowe: Auditor question and will defer signing pension warrant
40. 11 Jan 1872: Sir E Perry: Auditor question
41. 12 Jan 1872: Argyll: Printed Cabinet memo on countersignatures by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Indian acts
42. 15 Jan 1872: Broughton to Benthall: Auditor question
43. 16 Jan 1872: Broughton to Benthall: Auditor question
44. 17 Jan 1872: Benthall to Broughton: Auditor question
45. 22 Jan 1872: Lowe: Auditor question
46. 24 Jan 1872: Argyll: Memo concerning countersignatures of Chancellor of the Exchequer
47. 24 Jan 1872: Argyll: Memo concerning countersignatures of Chancellor of the Exchequer
48. 28 Jan 1872: Argyll to Grant Duff: Auditor question
49. 30 Jan 1872: Lowe: Proposes Mr Blackwood as auditor
50. 31 Jan 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question – says Lowe’s actions are contrary to the decision of the Cabinet which deemed the appointment of the auditor to lie with the Sec of State
51. 1 Feb 1872: Lowe: Auditor question – explains that ‘deadlock’ has been reached in that, whilst Cabinet recognised the right of Argyll to present the nomination to the Queen alone, it did not give him the sole right to choose the person to be nominated
52. 2 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
53. 2 Feb 1872: Argyll: Memo on auditor question
54. 3 Feb 1872: Hartington: Auditor question
55. [undated]: Lord Chancellor: Auditor question
56. [undated]: [Cabinet member]: Auditor question – part of letter missing
57. 6 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
58. 6 Feb 1872: C. Rivers Wilson to Benthall: returns pension warrant countersigned by Mr Lowe
59. 6 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: proposes Mr Drummond for office of auditor
60. 6 Feb 1872: Lowe: Objects to Drummond’s nomination
61. 7 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question – ‘I must therefore conclude from the correspondence to which you refer to me, either that you will object to every candidate named by me: or that you will object to every man who has been in either the Civil or Military Services of State’
62. 24 Feb 1872: Gladstone: Question as to whether he will serve as arbiter in the auditor question
63. 26 Feb 1872: West? to Benthall: Lowe will accept no arbiter
64. 29 Apr 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Suggests Sir C. Jackson as nominee for auditor
65. 10 May 1872: Lowe: Willing to accept Jackson

1. 9 Feb 1874: Liet.-Col. A. Strange: Application for post of Permanent Under-Sec of State for India
2. 9 Feb 1874: Maine to Lord Halifax: Application for post of Permanent Under-Sec of State for India
3. 10 Feb 1874: Algernon West: Application for post of Permanent Under-Sec of State for India. [1 enclosure - Argyll’s response to letter, 16 Feb. 1874]
4. 10 Feb 1874: Sir Louis Mallet: Application for post of Permanent Under-Sec of State for India
5. 10 Feb 1874: Colvin: Applications for post of Permanent Under-Sec of State for India from West and Mallet; Gauge question on Punjab Northern railway; Need for Argyll’s recommendation for honours to be given to Mr Secombe
6. 10 Feb 1874: Mrs Romaines to Sir Henry [Rawlinson?]: requests post of Permanent Under-Sec for her husband
7. 11 Feb 1874: Henry Danby Seymour: Application for post of Permanent Under-Sec
8. 11 Feb 1874: Mr Claude Erskine: Application for post of Permanent Under-Sec of State for India
9. 16 Feb 1874: Argyll to Secombe: copy letter in response to Secombe’s application for the post of permanent under-sec at the India Office

1. 12 Dec 1868: Benthall: MS. memo regarding the attendance of secretaries of departments at the India Office – not to remain beyond 5pm unless instructed
2. Post Sep 1868: List of members of Indian legislative council in the United Kingdom
3. 1 Jan 1869: Northbrook: Recommends General Balfour
4. Mar 1869: Argyll: MS. note on proposed clause for laying orders before parliament
5. 9 Nov 1869: Kaye: Seeking resolution of outstanding questions between India Office and FO
6. Jun/Jul 1871: Foreign Office: Printed draft order in council from the Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to constitute a uniform body of Writers, transferrable as the needs of the public service may require
7. 29 Jul 1871: C. Rivers Wilson [priv sec to Robert Lowe] to Benthall: Mr Lowe hopes that the new rules as to Writers will be adopted at the India Office
8. Jul 1871: Benthall: MS. memo on the India Office establishment, together with the likely effects of Lowe’s proposed alterations, and Benthall’s own views on what is wanted for the India Office
9. 4 Aug 1871: Benthall to Wilson: Expresses Argyll’s reservations as to the applicability of certain parts of the new draft order as to Writers in connection with the India Office
10. 14 Aug 1871: Benthall: MS. memo on proposed future arrangements of the revenue department following the death of Mr Prideaux
11. 21 Aug 1871: Mr Phillimore: Resolves to resign following the decision to amalgamate the revenue department with that of the judicial and public following Mr Prideaux’s death
12. 23 Aug 1871: Mr Merivale: Proposal to appoint a Chief Clerk to the revenue department
13. 28 Aug 1871: Benthall: Forwards with remarks a memorial (not extant) signed by senior and junior clerks from the India Office against A’s proposed introduction of an outsider into the revenue department to fill roles of sec and assistant to revenue department
14. 28 Aug 1871: Merivale: Pension arrangements for Mr Phillimore, and the arrangements for filling up the office
15. 30 Aug 1871: Merivale: Forwards office memorial described above, objecting to the proposed introduction of an outsider into the revenue department. [3 enclosures - said memorial, plus two notes from Benthall concerning the memo of Stafford Northcote referred to in the memorial]
16. 28 Aug 1871: John S. Oliphant [clerk of India Office] to Benthall: Forwards copy of office memorial described above
17. 1 Sep [1871]: H.L. Anderson to Merivale: Offers suggestions to possible rearrangements of office -recommends amalgamation of the public and judicial departments, as not enough to keep two assistants occupied and then recommends personnel for various offices
18. 2 Sep 1871: Merivale: Concerning a letter in The Times referring to the proposals for alterations in the revenue department of the India Office
19. 5 Sep 1871: Merivale: Sends apology from Mt Philipps, junior clerk, for the letter to The Times
20. 30 Oct 1871: Junior clerks of India Office: MS. memorial objecting to the promotion of only one clerk from the junior to senior class when 5 retirements are to take place. [2 enclosures: statements showing the names, ages and service of all junior and senior clerks in the correspondence department, and a note by Benthall with remarks on the same]
21. 1 Nov 1871: Mr Markham: Request to be transferred to the revenue department
22. 15 Nov 1871: Grant Duff: Retirement and proposed pension for Mr Forsyth; Case of Mr Shadwell’s possible retirement. [1 enclosure concerning Mr Forsyth]
23. 17 Nov 1871: Mr Forsyth: Appeals against his proposed dismissal and pension
24. 20 Nov 1871: Merivale: Difficulties connected with Mr Forsyth’s case
25. Nov 1871: MS. statement showing the financial results of the rearrangements made in office
26. 23 Jul 1872: Sir J Kaye/Mr Thornton: On appointment of Mr Secombe as Assistant Under-Sec of State for India
27. 24 Jul 1872: Grant Duff: Expressing doubts as to Argyll’s proposed letter to Kaye and Thornton concerning Secombe’s appointment – A has made annotations in red ink: ‘Kaye and Thornton have no right to demand such explanations but I always think it wise to treat men in a conciliatory spirit when they even think they have grounds of complaint’
28. 24 Jul 1872: Benthall: Concerning Grant Duff’s letter described above and the appointment of Mr Secombe
29. 25 Jul 1872: Argyll to Kaye: copy letter concerning Secombe’s appointment – Argyll has marked up the draft with red annotations, presumably in response to Grant Duff’s reservations (see above)
30. 26 Jul 1872: Mr Thornton: On appointment of Mr Secombe
31. 26 Jul 1872: Argyll to Thornton: copy letter concerning Secombe’s appointment – ‘Selection and not seniority is the principle of all appointments in this office. This ought to be a reality and not a name. No man is a judge in his own case; and, therefore, I hold that those who do not happen to be selected cannot complain because they are not considered as the fittest for any appointment…I think you ought no more to be aggrieved at this than I ought to be aggrieved if I were told that, though fit for the India Office, I am not so well fitted for the Home Office – which would be quite true’
32. 27 Jul 1872: Mr Secombe to Benthall: Service and salary of Establishment Clerks and Extra Clerks under the East India Company
33. 10 Oct 1873: Grant Duff: Agricultural and Commercial department; Case of Mr Elliott
34. 29 Dec 1873: Merivale: Question as to whether Sir F Currie’s dissent to the railway gauge despatch of 20 Nov. 1873 need be recorded
35. 12 Jan 1874: Merivale: Power of members of Legislative Council to record dissents
36. 9 Feb 1874: Argyll: Memo on his opinion of the proposals recommended by the Committee on the Revenue Department esp. concerning the amalgamation of the Revenue and Judicial secretariat

Photocopies of material relating to the Jacobite Rising of 1715, including two letters from Argyll to Lord Orrery; List of the freeholders and heritors of Argyllshire who declare their readiness to take up arms against the Pretender, 1715 (photocopy); Photocopies of documents relating to the 3rd duke of Argyll in the Bute MSS collection [NRAS631] - sent by Catherine Armet, Mount Stuart, to Mary Cosh, 1977

Transcripts concerning the political background to the Jacobite Rising of 1715; Conduct of the 2nd duke of Argyll as commander of the government army in Scotland

Letter from Ian Campbell, 11th duke of Argyll, to Mary Cosh, 1 February 1972. The letter is on headed paper belonging to "The Travellers", 25, Avenue des Champes Elysees, 75-Paris 8e. It runs:

      'Dear Mary- The sanguinary part about being even this remote from house is that I can't remember where everything is! Of course you, K. Croft and Dunbar can look at anything you want. Only warn Ken Short when you're going!
 There's a chap writing about Adderbury, but his name is in limbo, & I suspect that Walter Buccleuch's librarian may have some unexplored dope [?] about it. I "imagine" that No 2 left it to his eldest daughter. Mathilda's urging me to write a Campbell history, on the dubious grounds that I know more about it than anyone else! The only thing that might justify it is that there are still 4 unused M.S.'s in the vault, dating from 1672, to 1810.
 The Ancient Monts. boys have now satisfied themselves that Innischonnel is the 2nd oldest castle in Scotland, 25 to 50 years younger than Castle Sween (between 1175 & 1225), and we know that the earliest Campbell on written record was 1266. So there may be a ghost of truth in the more "recent" parts of Niall's mythological pedigrees!
 When you do a job on The Fire try to find Archie's caricature of Lorne carrying the housekeeper through the Flaming Hall. It used to be in a cupboard next fireplace in guide's room. I "think" there are some press accounts in the attic corridors among No 8's big cutting volumes - S.W. side.
 Sudbrook is a mystery to me. Coombe bank is a nursery, I lent 'em a little engraving of it from the big scrap book in the green library.     Love Ian.'

Also in this file: 2 pages of typed transcripts from letters discussing the restoration of Inveraray Castle after the fire in 1877. The transcripts were made by Niall, 10th duke of Argyll, and include a letter from the 8th duke to his son, Lord Archie, dated from Rosneath, 12 Aug 1878:

'My dear Archie, We must not cover the wall wholly with Trophies. I want room for pictures. The Muskets and Bayonets are Historical and characteristic. But made up "Trophies" can be made up by any cockney and are very apt to look vulgar. Besides I want to have pictures - not only Birds, but also Family Pictures. We have too little room as it is . . .'

A chart of the Islands of Orkney with the adjacent part of the coast of Scotland. Surveyed and accurately delineated by George Eunson, Kirkwall. Published 5 Apr 1790.

A chart of the Islands of Orkney with the adjacent part of the coast of Scotland. Surveyed and accurately delineated by George Eunson, Kirkwall. Published 5 Apr 1790.