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National Records Scotland, (formerly National Archives of Scotland) have acquired the archive of the Melville family. The archive contains records spanning 300 years which include extensive detail of the political world of Scotland, England and Ireland during this period.
The Melville papers, containing around 11,000 records that span 150 years of key historical moments in British history, have been acquired by National Records of Scotland (NRS) with the help of major funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and the Scottish Government.