Yule family and Napier of Magdala papers Letters and papers of the Yule family, Tarradale House, Ross and Cromarty (1850-1890): Sir Henry Yule, his brother Robert Yule, and daughter Amy Frances Yule, including papers relating to the death of Robert Yule; Biographical studies of Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, including record of his military career (c. 1880); Letters and papers of Robert Cornelis Napier, including a number of letters to his mother Catherine, his first wife Anne, and to Amy and Henry Yule (1838-1889). The collection also includes a number of military reports, including a manuscript copy of an account of the siege and defence of Lucknow (1857), a report on army reorganisation (1881) and a memorandum concerning the British military position in India (1875). 1838-1890