Bax Family Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 BAX
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Bax Family Papers
Date(s)	: [1844-1894]
Level of description	: Collection View subfonds/series records
Extent	: 6 vols
Name of creator(s)	: Bax | Robert Nesham | 1875-1969 | Admiral Bax | Henry Bonham | 1798-1869 | Commander (H.E.I.C.) Bax | Bonham Ward | 1837-1877 | Captain RN

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Bonham Bax was in the Navy from 1813 to 1817, after which he entered the service of the East India Company. In 1844 he became an Elder Brother of Trinity House. See Arthur Nesham Bax, A Bax family of east Kent (published privately, 1951).

Captain Bonham Ward Bax was the son of Henry Bonham Bax (q.v.). He entered the Navy in 1851 and specialized in surveying. From 1871 to 1875 Bax commanded the survey ship DWARF on the China Station and published an account of the voyage. From December 1876 until his death in July 1877, he commanded the SYLVIA, also on the China Station. He published The Eastern Seas (London, 1875).

Robert Nesham Bax was the son of Bonham Ward Bax (q.v.). He joined the Britannia in 1889, rose to captain in 1913 and saw active service in World War One. He was promoted to admiral on the retired list in 1932.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Admiral Robert Bax, Henry Bonham Bax and Captain Bonham Ward Bax.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 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