IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 CAL/201-206
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Abdy, Sir William, 6th Bt., Captain (1733-1803)
Date(s): 1750-1797
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 5 vols
Name of creator(s): Abdy | Sir | William | 1733-1803 | 6th Baronet | Captain, Royal Navy
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Abdy began his career by serving in the East India Company's ships TRUE BRITON, 1750 to 1752, on a voyage to China and Stafford, 1753, to India. He then entered the Navy and was commissioned as lieutenant in 1758. He was promoted to commander in 1761 and served in the BEAVER, 1761 to 1766, in home waters and then in the West Indies. In 1766 he was promoted to Captain of the ACTEON in the West Indies, but he returned home before the end of the year and did not serve again because of ill-health.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Willam Abdy, comprising logs, 1750 to 1753, and two combined letter and order books, 1761 to 1766. There are also copies, made by Abdy in his retirement, of despatches describing actions, 1778 to 1782 and 1793 to 1797, and of the Agamemnon's log, 1782 to 1783.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Please contact the Archive for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
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Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers are part of the Caldwell collection presented by Mrs C.B.H. Caldwell in 1938.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26