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Woodriff, Commander John Robert (1790-1868)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 WDR/100-112

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Woodriff, Commander John Robert (1790-1868)

Date(s): 1802-1867

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Woodriff | John Robert | 1790-1868 | Commander

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

JR Woodriff, second son of Daniel Woodriff, entered the Navy in 1802, became a lieutenant in 1811 and served on the Channel and Cape Stations between 1812 and 1814. From 1836 until 1848, when he was promoted to commander, he was attached to the Weymouth District of the Coast Guard.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Robert Woodriff, consisting of personal and service documents, 1802 to 1867, including a letter of 1842 from John Robert's brother, Commander Daniel Woodriff (1789-1860), whose papers are in the National Library of Australia at Canberra.

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 presented in 1973 by Miss O.M. Brodie.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Oct 2011.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Naval affairs | Military affairs | Military science | Social sciences
Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Service records | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources

Personal names
Woodriff | Daniel | 1756-1842 | Captain
Woodriff | John Robert | 1790-1868 | Commander

Corporate names
Royal Navy

Places