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Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Admiral Sir William Cornwallis
Alexander, Jane Letitia Trowbridge
Alexander, John Richard
Austen, Francis William
Austen, Robert
Barlow, Charles James
Barlow, Robert
Bedford, Edward James
Bedford, Frederick George Denham
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer
Berry, Edward
Bethune, Henry Leonard
Bigge, Arthur John
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Bridger, Catherine
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Browning, Montague Edward
Brownrigg, Douglas Egremont Robert
Burchett, Josiah
Burgess, Boughey
Cary, Anthony
Chatfield, Alfred Ernle Montacute
Chicheley, John
Christian, Hood Hanway
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Cochrane, Alexander Forrester Inglis
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Cockburn, George
Coffin, Isaac
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Colpoys, John
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Curzon-Howe, Assheton Gore
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Frank C. Strick & Co Ltd
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Gambier, James
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Gretton, Peter William
Grey, George
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HM Dockyard, Chatham
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HMS Mercury
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Hornby, Phipps
Horton-Smith, Lionel Graham Horton
Houblon, John
Hulbert, George Redmond
Ince, John Matthew Robert
Jervis, John
Kelly, William Archibald Howard
Kendall, James
Lee, Thomas
Lewis, Michael Arthur, Professor
Lickis, Thomas Richardson
Limpus, Arthur Henry
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Lowndes, William
Lowther, John
Lubbock, Alfred Basil
Lutwidge, Charles Skeffington
Markham, Albert Hastings
Markham, John
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Miles, Geoffrey John Audley
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Mitchell, David
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Naval Manuscripts, Royal United Service Institution
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New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
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Norris, David Thomas
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Onslow, Richard
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Owen, John Hely
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Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge
Prince Line Ltd
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Rich, Robert
Rooke, George
Rowley, Bartholomew Samuel
Rowley, Joshua
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Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Porter
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The Royal Indian Navy Association
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Toyne, Carter & Co Ltd
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Vashon, James
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Murray, Polyphemus, Table Bay to Markham, (2 pages), problems of Blenheim and Java, fear for Troubridge, recapitulate letters sent, expense of provisions, costs for hospital compared with Malta, [continued 29 March], ship movements, St Helena for water, end of the expedition, bad season to arrive at Rio de Plata, health of the troops (Manuscript)
1807
MRK/101/4/67
Murray, Portsmouth to Markham, on picking up coals, wood to be got at P[ort] J[ackson], stores for the transports, request for the sounding machines, especially when reach destination, availability of salt meat at B[uenas] A[ires]where there is plenty of cattle, not received any charts, have French Neptune and Captain Heywood has Dalrymple’s charts, need for a caulker for Camel as bread may be damaged (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/4/42
Lord Keith, East cliff, to Markham, (copy), (Private) on the rendezvous for the armed boats, enclosing extracts from his general order, intentions when any embarkation of the enemy is seen, and extracts of orders to sea fencibles. (Manuscript)
1804
MRK/101/3/101
Christian, Sir Hugh Cloberry, Rear-Admiral, 1747-1798. (Manuscript)
1798-02-26 - 1798-11-04
CHN/1-9
Lubbock (Manuscript)
LUB
Elphinstone, George Keith, 1st Viscount Keith, Admiral 1746-1823. (Manuscript)
1772-1816
KEI
Jamaica Banana Producers Steamship Co. Ltd., managed by Kaye, Son and Co. Ltd. (Manuscript)
c.1920s-1970s
JBP
Uncatalogued: Papers of Sir Percy Loraine. (Manuscript)
1867-1883
MSS/70/114
Volumes consisting of letterbooks, 1804 to 1807, 1815 to 1816, order books, 1810 to 1814, admiral's journals, 1804 to 1807, 1815, and promotion lists, 1804 to 1809. (Manuscript)
1757-1833
PEL/1
Captain Murray, the London, to Captain Markham, angry at recommendation of Smith, a boatswain, who carried liquor into Haslar hospital; promote those recommended by fellow officers, what a fleet is this & how scattered – we don’t seem to know who we belong to ‘…’my only hope is peace for I long to be clear of ships’…’notwithstanding we used to growl sometimes at the Earl [St Vincent] ..they would be very glad to have him here’ (Manuscript)
1801
MRK/101/4/3
Uncatalogued: Chamberlain, W. C. Rear-Admiral, 1818-1878 (Manuscript)
1830-1870
MSS/82/088
Hawke, Edward, 1st Baron Hawke, Admiral of the Fleet, 1705-1781. (Manuscript)
1721-1781
HWK
Pole, Sir Charles Morice, 1st Baronet, Admiral of the Fleet, 1757-1830. (Manuscript)
1769-1831
WYN/101-109
Lord Keith to Markham enclosing a letter from Mr Whidby, (MRK/101/3/70) on his suitability to see boats (such as coal and lime sloops, carron smacks, and Kingsham passage boats) for fitting out, small fishing boats not suitable; most ships ready but heard of no mischief, ship aground and another needing repair (Manuscript)
1803
MRK/101/3/69
Admiral Vashon, Leith, to Admiral Markham, on the difficulty of getting fishermen and other seamen from the Orkney Islands who resist service; the need of the regulating officer, Lieutenant Scot for a tender; suggesting a search of the Scottish coast to stop claims of exemption and escape from the press; In Fifeshire the men are concealed until merchant ships are procured; failed to get any men from the returning Greenland ships (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/2/9
Oliver, Sir Henry Francis, Admiral of the Fleet, 1865-1965. (Manuscript)
1869-1965
OLV
Journal kept by John Richard Alexander, 1854-1864. (Manuscript)
1845-1846
AXR/102/5
Journal kept by Jane Letitia Trowbridge Alexander, 1853-1862. (Manuscript)
1845-1846
AXR/104/2
Foley, Sir Thomas, Admiral, 1757-1833. (Manuscript)
1800-1833
FOL
Loraine, Sir Lambton, 11th Baronet, Rear-Admiral, 1838-1917. (Manuscript)
1866-1961
LNE
Owen, HMS Clyde, off Boulogne, to Markham, on enemy knowledge of ship movements, on expectations of the Cabinet of the rockets, (annotated: 25 August 1806, Admiralty, I communicated to Lord H[owick] the fears which you entertain that precipitancy in the attack may render it fruitless, he agrees with you…there can be no eagerness in the cabinet on this head’ (Manuscript)
1806
MRK/101/7/63
Fremantle, The Hon. Sir Edmund Robert, Admiral, 1836-1929. (Manuscript)
1849-1918
FRE/101-142
Chatfield, Alfred Ernle Montacute, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1st Baron, 1873-1967. (Manuscript)
1873-1967
CHT
Cockburn, Sir George, 10th Baronet, Admiral Of The Fleet, 1772-1853. (Manuscript)
1772-01-01 - 1853-12-31
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