IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 BND
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Bond, Francis Godolphin (1765-1839)
Date(s): [1774-1839]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4 files
Name of creator(s): Bond | Francis Godolphin | 1765-1839 | Rear-Admiral
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Bond, whose mother, Catherine, was a half-sister of William (later Admiral) Bligh (1754-1817), entered the Navy as a captain's servant in 1774. In 1779 he was promoted to midshipman and in 1782 to lieutenant. On the recommendation of Bligh he was appointed First Lieutenant of the PROVIDENCE in 1791 and accompanied him on the second breadfruit voyage, 1791 to 1795. He held various further appointments as lieutenant, was made a commander in 1800 and a captain in 1802. He was made a rear-admiral in the general promotion of 1837.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Francis Godolphin Bond comprising forty letters from William Bligh to Bond, twenty-eight of which deal with the voyage of the PROVIDENCE, three with the mutiny on the BOUNTY and the remainder with Bligh's efforts to promote Bond's career. There are also letters from others on the PROVIDENCE and some notes by Bond on the voyage about Bligh .
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were purchased in 1958 through the Caird Fund from Lieutenant-General Sir Leopold Bond.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
The documents have been used in George Mackaness ed., 'Fresh light on Bligh' (published privately, 1953).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26