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HOUG/D/D/40/4
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Letter from Archibald Campbell Swinton to Lord Houghton
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- 30 Jul. 1871 (Creation)
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9 East Links, N[orth[ Berwick]. - Sir William Stirling Maxwell has passed on Houghton's enquiry about surviving pallbearers of Sir Walter Scott: his sons, son-in-law [John Gibson Lockhart], grandson, Lord Polwarth, William Scott of Raeburn, Robert Rutherford, Sir James Russell and William Keith. Has enquired of Mrs Peat about Scott's cousins Charles and James Scott. Scott's great granddaughter Miss Hope Scott is the only surviving descendant; the nearest male relative, General Scott, lives abroad and cannot attend the banquet. Postscript: Suggested toast for proposal by Houghton is 'The Roof tree of Abbotsford: Stirling-Maxwell can explain its Scottish significance if necessary.
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- Swinton, Archibald Campbell (1812-1890), advocate and jurist (Subject)
- Maxwell, Sir William Stirling (1818–1878), 9th Baronet, art historian, historian, and book collector (Subject)
- Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 1st Baronet, poet and novelist (Subject)
- Scott, Sir Walter (1801-1847), 2nd Baronet, army officer (Subject)
- Scott, Charles (1805-1841), diplomatist (Subject)
- Lockhart, John Gibson (1794–1854) writer and literary editor (Subject)
- Lockhart, Walter Scott (1826-1853), army officer (Subject)
- Scott, Hugh Hepburne- (1758-1841), 6th Lord Polwarth, politician (Subject)
- Scott, William (1773-1855), 6th laird of Raeburn (Subject)
- Rutherford, Robert (1790-1866), writer to the Signet and deputy keeper of the Abbey of Holyrood. (Subject)
- Russell, Sir James (1781-1859), knight, army officer (Subject)
- Scott, Mary Monica Maxwell (1852-1920), née Hope Scott, author (Subject)