Troubridge, Sir Thomas St. Vincent Hope Cochrane, 3rd Baronet, Brevet Colonel, 1815-1867.
The official letters include work concerning the improvement of army uniform, 1856-59 and letters on his award of the Companion of the Bath, 1855. Personal correspondence includes his account of the events leading up to the Battle of Alma and Inkerman, 1854, during the Crimean War. He recounts his time in hospital and being severely wounded at the Battle of Inkerman. Letters also recount his voyage from Southampton to Sevastopol, 1854. Letters also include correspondence with his wife, Lady Louisa Troubridge (nee Gurney) and his children, 1854-67. The family papers had been arranged by a hired researcher prior to being loaned to the museum in 1984.
Object Details
ID: | TRO/200-204 |
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Type: | Manuscript |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 1854-1867 |
Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a private lender |
Measurements: | 5 files |
Parts: |
Troubridge family papers (Manuscript)
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