sub-fonds GB 0117 MS 374 - Laing, Alexander Gordon (1794-1826)

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GB 0117 MS 374

Title

Laing, Alexander Gordon (1794-1826)

Date(s)

  • 19th century (Creation)

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sub-fonds

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2 boxes and 2 notebooks

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Biographical history

Born, 1794; educated, Edinburgh University; commissioned in the Prince of Wales's Edinburgh volunteers, 1810; went to Barbados, 1811; appointed ensign in the York light infantry, a corps which served in the West Indies, 1813; promoted lieutenant, 1815; exchanged into the 2nd West India regiment in Jamaica; posted to Sierra Leone, 1820; captain to the Royal African Colonial Corps, 1822; two successive missions to Forecariah in the coastal country (later Guinea) north of Sierra Leone; transferred to the Gold Coast, 1823; official mission to seek the mouth of the Niger, 1824; died on the mission in 1826.

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GB 0117 MS 374 19th century Sub-fonds 2 boxes and 2 notebooks Laing , Alexander Gordon , 1794-1826 , traveller

Born, 1794; educated, Edinburgh University; commissioned in the Prince of Wales's Edinburgh volunteers, 1810; went to Barbados, 1811; appointed ensign in the York light infantry, a corps which served in the West Indies, 1813; promoted lieutenant, 1815; exchanged into the 2nd West India regiment in Jamaica; posted to Sierra Leone, 1820; captain to the Royal African Colonial Corps, 1822; two successive missions to Forecariah in the coastal country (later Guinea) north of Sierra Leone; transferred to the Gold Coast, 1823; official mission to seek the mouth of the Niger, 1824; died on the mission in 1826.

His papers were sent, after his death, to Sir Edward Sabine, and came to the Society some time after Sir Edward's death.

Letters and papers of Alexander Gordon Laing chiefly relating to his last and fatal expedition to Timbuktoo.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. Laing , Alexander Gordon , 1794-1826 , traveller African history Geography Geographical exploration Timbuktu Mali West Africa Africa National history

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His papers were sent, after his death, to Sir Edward Sabine, and came to the Society some time after Sir Edward's death.

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Letters and papers of Alexander Gordon Laing chiefly relating to his last and fatal expedition to Timbuktoo.

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Open

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Royal Society

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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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  • English

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