Letter from Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, 1st Lord of the Admiralty, outlining his naval career so far to justify a continued pension.

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ID:	WDG/5/20
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Waldegrave, William
Date made:	1814-05-17 - 1814-05-17; 1814-05-17
Credit:	On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a private lender
Measurements:	1 file
Parts:	Letters from Admiral WIlliam Waldegrave to a series of other people including the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Earl of Liverpool. (Manuscript) Letter to Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, from Lord Hoste, Spithead, has resigned command of the BACCHANTE due to ill health. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/19) Letter from Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, 1st Lord of the Admiralty, outlining his naval career so far to justify a continued pension. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/20) Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 14 June, 24 June 1814, his financial situation, has been relying on prize money from his son Captain Granville Waldegrave, which can't continue. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/21) Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock from Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, Chancellor of the Exchequer, he is not eligible for a pension as has received a peerage for his naval achievements. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/22) Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, from Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, thanking him for his letter regarding Waldegrave's conversations with the Earl of Liverpool regarding his finances. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/23) Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to the Earl of Liverpool, on his financial situation, possibility of receiving a pension as reward for his naval services. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/24) Letters from Admiral William Waldegrave about his meeting with Vansittart. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/25) Contemporary copy of letter from Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to the Earl of Liverpool, on promotions and half-pay in the navy. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/26) Contemporary copy of letter from Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to Viscount Melville, on his son Granville's lack of promotion from midshipman to lieutenant. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/27) Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to the Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister, informing Earl that he had had an audience with the Prince Regent regarding his financial situation and request for a pension. (Manuscript) (WDG/5/28)

Letter from Admiral William Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, 1st Lord of the Admiralty, outlining his naval career so far to justify a continued pension.

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