Uncatalogued: Hewitt, John Gorham, Rear-Admiral, 1858-1913

Papers, with a number of letters to John Gorham, Naval Instructor in the EAGLE, 1845-1848, from members of his family:

Letters from Hewitt to his family, circa 1873-1885, in the NORTHUMBERLAND, ROVER, THUNDERER, IRIS, REPULSE, HELICON and other vessels.
Photographs of Hewitt and his brothers, Edward, and photographs of naval vessels.
Notebook containing newscuttings and notes re: the loss of HM gun vessel LILY, 1889.
Programme of events and list of officers: 'visit of the French Fleet', August 1905.
A narrative of the loss of the ROYAL GEORGE, Portsea, 1841.
Cruise of the Cleopatra, 1892-1895 by William Tait.
Framed watercolours of naval vessels, some attributed to W. Sutton.
Letters from John Gorham, BA, Naval Instructor in HMS EAGLE, 1845-1848, from members of his family.
Volume containing journal of HMS WARSPITE, 14 February 1890 - 24 June 1893 and HMS SIRIUS, 4 December 1893 - 26 July 1895, with a 'Narrative of the circumstances attending the loss of HM gun vessel LILY on the Labrador Coast, September 1889.'
Service certificates, 1877-1899.
Newscuttings relating to the appointment of Hewitt to the NORTHUMBERLAND, n.d. and to his death, 1913.
Three photographs taken in HMS CALEDONIA, 1900.
Documents relating to the Aytoun family of Kirkcaldy, Fife, 1851, 1855 and 1864.
Commissions of John. G. Hewitt as Lieutenant, Commander and Captain, 30 June 1882; 31 December 1894 and 5 October 1901 respectively.
Letter from Hewitt in HMS LILY icebound off Canada to his mother, n. d.

Object Details

ID: MSS/86/044
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hewitt, John Gotham
Date made: 1845-1903; 1848-01-01 - ?
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 1 box
Parts: Manuscript