IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 LOU/1-99
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Louis, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt., Rear-Admiral (1759-1807)
Date(s): 1796-1806
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Louis | Sir | Thomas | 1st Bt. | 1759-1807 | Rear-Admiral
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Thomas Louis entered the Navy in 1770, was promoted to lieutenant in 1777 and to captain in 1783. In 1794 he took command of the MINOTAUR, one of the ships in Nelson's squadron during the battle of the Nile, 1798; he continued under Nelson's orders in 1799, off the coast of Italy. Promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1804, Louis commanded the blockade off Boulogne, after which he hoisted his flag in the CANOPUS, off Toulon, in 1805. Still in the CANOPUS, Louis was second-in-command of the squadron which destroyed the French fleet at the battle of San Domingo, 1806; for this he was rewarded with a baronetcy. Later in 1806 he took charge of a small squadron in the Eastern Mediterranean and remained there until his death. See H.B. Louis, 'One of Nelson's Band of Brothers: Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, bart' (Malta, 1951).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Thomas Louis, 1796-1806, comprising thirty-eight items relating to the official honours Louis received for his services.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Conditions governing access:
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Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2011-04-19