IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 SMI
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Smithett, Sir Luke (Master, Packet Service), (c 1800-1871)
Date(s): 1825-1854
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 vol
Name of creator(s): Smithett | Sir | Luke | c 1800-1871 | Master, Packet Service
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Smithett joined the packet service in 1814 and was on the Dover Station from 1821 to 1825, when he went to the Port Patrick (SW Scotland) service. He returned to Dover in 1831 and was still there in 1837 when the operation of the mail steam vessels was transferred from the control of the Post-Master General to that of the Admiralty; he continued to serve at Dover until 1855, when another change in policy led to the substitution of contract packets; the naval connection was formally ended in 1860. Smithett subsequently held occasional employment as a pilot for the Royal Yacht but no record can be found of any further service after 1857. He was knighted in 1862.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Luke Smithett, 1825-1854, principally orders, appointments and testimonials.
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 through the Caird Fund in 1954 from Messrs Elkin Matthews.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26