This material is an addition to the existing collections of papers of those members of the Phipps Hornby family who had naval careers, which were presented to the National Maritime Museum at various dates. The collection contains items, including journals, official and private letters, and newspaper cuttings, relating to all of the above members of the family (See individual biographical entries for further details of their careers).

Related Material
The naval papers of the Wrey family are catalogued separately under the name of Wrey, although some items relating to Commodore Wrey are included in this collection. The acquisition also included six printed books titles, which have been catalogued as Library books.

Administrative / biographical background
See the biographical details under the other sub-collection records.