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GB 0103 MS DIPLOM 3 · 1674

Charter giving James De Douglas command of a company, formerly under the command of Lt Col Maccay, for the defence of the Netherlands, comprising one folio bearing text in a 17th-century hand, and a second folio, dated 1674, bearing text in another hand.

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Cook Navigation Manuscript
GB 0103 MS ANGL 7 · c1760

Manuscript, c1760, entitled 'Directions for sailing from the harbour of Halifax to Quebec, by James Cook, Master of His Majesty's Ship Northumberland'. The text is written in Cook's hand throughout. Pasted into the manuscript are a table showing latitude and longitude of capes etc (f 17r) and a list of names, mostly of native chiefs encountered in the Pacific on Cook's first and second voyages (f 18r).

Cook , James , 1728-1779 , explorer
Horsley Papers
GB 0103 HORSLEY · 1790-1965 (predominant 1863-1916)

Papers of and relating to the Horsley family, comprising papers of Sir Victor Horsley; papers of Eldred, Lady Horsley; papers of Siward Horsley and of Oswald Horsley; papers of Pamela, Lady Robinson, including items relating to the Babies Club in Chelsea; papers of Stephen Paget, author of Victor Horsley's biography; photographs and postcards. Victor Horsley's papers include large sections on his medical career, his service in the army during the Great War, and his political and social interests, including his involvement in the temperance movement and the Medical Defence Union, support for the suffragettes and for Home Rule for Ireland, and his role in the reform of the bodies representing the medical profession: the General Medical Council, the British Medical Association, and the Royal College of Surgeons. His personal papers reflect his interest in archaeology and genealogy.

Horsley , Sir , Victor Alexander Haden , 1857-1916 , Knight , Professor of Clinical Surgery Horsley , Lady , Eldred , fl 1887-1916 , wife of Sir Victor Horsley Horsley , Siward Myles , 1891-1920 , son of Sir Victor Horsley Horsley , Oswald , 1893-1918 , son of Sir Victor Horsley Robinson , Lady , Pamela Comfrey , b 1895 , née Horsley , daughter of Sir Victor Horsley Paget , Stephen , fl 1911-1920 , biographer of Victor Horsley