Hawke, Edward, 1st Baron Hawke, Admiral of the Fleet, 1705-1781.

The collection consists of a virtually unbroken series of letter and order books relating to Hawke's career afloat from June 1743 onwards. The only gap appears in the in-letters between November 1759 and April 1762; otherwise chronological omissions correspond with Hawke's periods ashore. There is nothing relating to his service as First Lord of the Admiralty.

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ID:	HWK
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1721-1781
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 91 cm
Parts:	Hawke, Edward, 1st Baron Hawke, Admiral of the Fleet, 1705-1781. Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1747-1759. (Manuscript) (HWK/1) Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1747-1752. (Manuscript) (HWK/2) Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1755-1756. (Manuscript) (HWK/3) Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1756-1757. (Manuscript) (HWK/4) Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1757-1759. (Manuscript) (HWK/5) Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1760-1761. (Manuscript) (HWK/6) Orderbook containing orders received and issued, 1762. (Manuscript) (HWK/7) Letterbook containing in and out letters, 1743-1745. (Manuscript) (HWK/8) Letterbook containing in and out letters, 1747-1749. (Manuscript) (HWK/9) Letterbook containing in letters, 1749-1758. (Manuscript) (HWK/10) Letterbook containing in letters, 1758-1759. (Manuscript) (HWK/11) Letterbook containing in letters, 1762. (Manuscript) (HWK/12) Letterbook containing out letters, 1747-1758. (Manuscript) (HWK/13) Letterbook containing out letters, 1759. (Manuscript) (HWK/14) Letterbook containing out letters, 1760-1761. (Manuscript) (HWK/15) Letterbook containing out letters, 1762. (Manuscript) (HWK/16) Navigation workbook, 1721. (Manuscript) (HWK/17) Logbook, 1757-1759. (Manuscript) (HWK/18) Ordinary estimates of the Navy for 1768. (Manuscript) (HWK/19) Purser's precedent book, 1730. (Manuscript) (HWK/20) 'Memoirs of the Life and Actions of Lord Hawke' with pedigree and history of the Hawke family, 1779. (Manuscript) (HWK/21) Letters, 1745-1778. (Manuscript) (HWK/22/1-2)

Hawke, Edward, 1st Baron Hawke, Admiral of the Fleet, 1705-1781.

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