Protest against Mr. Stewart, 4th October 1763..
Robertson, William,writer in Edinburgh.
Stewart, Andrew,writer to the Signet.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1763]
Caption title.
Caption title at head of page 3: Mr. Stewart's Answer, 11th October, 1763. Answer to the protest taken by William Robertson, Writer in Edinburgh, as procurator for Archibald Douglas of Douglas, Esq; and his Curators, against Andrew Stewart, Writer to the Signet, tutor to George-James Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, and to Lord Douglas Hamilton, &c. Dated 4th October 1763.
Caption title at head of page 18: Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.
Concerns the dispute over the succession to the Douglas title.  Archibald Stewart was eventually declared to be Earl of Douglas rather than his rival James Duke of Hamilton.
This item is part of a volume received as part of a manuscript collection; former manuscript shelfmark was Acc.1237.
ESTC
Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of, 1755-1769
Douglas of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Baron, 1748-1827
Inheritance and succession