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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/700
TitleSylvester Douglas to James Beattie from Bedford Square [London]
Date16 November 1793
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistorySylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie [1743-1823] He became Lord Glenbervie in 1800. He was student at King's College where he graduated with an MA in 1765. He took another degree in Leyden in 1766 before he moved to London where he had a distinguished career in law, politics and goverment. He married Lord North's daughter in 1789 and became a Lord of the Treasury. He was close friend to Beattie in the 1760s, and the two remained occasional correspondents after Douglas moved to London
DescriptionWants Beattie to recommend a schoolmaster for James Gordon Wordhouse's son going as a midshipman to Mediterranean. Must be skilled in mathematics and navigation
Access StatusOpen
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