Letter from Mr Musgrave describing how the Queen has ordered his case looked into, but the Lord High Admiral reports that there is no precedent for a flag officer receiving half pay where they have not acted in that capacity, April 1708.

Letter from Mr Musgrave [secretary to the Lord High Admiral, Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, who replaced Prince George as Lord High Admiral, at death of the former], describing how the Queen has ordered his case looked into, but the Lord High Admiral reports that there is no precedent for a flag officer receiving half pay where they have not acted in that capacity, April 1708.

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Item reference:	FFX/3/3/13; MS1981/116
Catalogue section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 item
Date made:	1708-04 - ?
Creator:	Fairfax, Robert
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Hierarchy

Fairfax, Robert, Rear-Admiral, 1666-1725. (Manuscript) (FFX)
- This series features correspondence between Fairfax and the various offices of the Admiralty, as well as a series of memorials. (Manuscript) (FFX/3)
  - Memorials written by Fairfax seeking half pay and promotion after his promotion to vice Admiral of the Blue was revoked following the death of Sir Cloudsley Shovell (1707). (Manuscript) (FFX/3/3)

Letter from Mr Musgrave describing how the Queen has ordered his case looked into, but the Lord High Admiral reports that there is no precedent for a flag officer receiving half pay where they have not acted in that capacity, April 1708.

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