Record Number: 5542

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: copious annotations throughout text, usually of the form of a marked item within the text followed by annotation in the margin but some are new entries inserted at the appropriate alphabetical slot. Contents vary from simple additions of dates of death, marriage etc to more detailed notes, mainly dated 1836-38. e.g. p. 534 "To Asia/ 8 yrs" [&] " Egypt - Arabia - Turkey - Archipelago" [refers to entry for Major Sir Grenville Temple]; "Ordered by Louis Philippe to quit Bayone in 24 hours for meeting the mercenary ... of the Whigs. Earliest .... = Constructive Treason Jany 37" [refers entry for Viscount Ranelagh]

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 1836 and 1841

Country:

Scotland

Time

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Place:

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Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Ker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

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Religion:

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Country of Origin:

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Country of Experience:

Scotland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

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Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edmund Lodge

Title:

The peerage of the British Empire, as at present existing, arranged and printed from the personal communications of the nobility ? to which is added a view of the baronetage of the three kingdoms

Genre:

Heraldry, Biography, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Fifth edition, London: Saunders and Otley, 1836

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5542

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Lodge, Edmund, "The peerage of the British Empire, as at present existing, arranged and printed from the personal communications of the nobility ? to which is added a view of the baronetage of the three kingdoms", Fifth edition, London: Saunders and Otley, 1836 [DH LIB 1169].

Additional Information:

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Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Lodge, Edmund, "The peerage of the British Empire, as at present existing, arranged and printed from the personal communications of the nobility ? to which is added a view of the baronetage of the three kingdoms", Fifth edition, London: Saunders and Otley, 1836 [DH LIB 1169]., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5542, accessed: 26 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

The item is in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie, Fife The identification of the reader is inferred from evidence used for the tentative identification of the reader of a very similar item in the Library (RED ID=5538). The dates rule out John Drummond Erskine but do allow for Magdalene Sharpe Erskine.