IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 HUS/4-
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Huskinsson, Captain Thomas (1784-1844)
Date(s): [19th century]
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: q.v
Name of creator(s): Huskinsson | Thomas | 1784-1844 | Captain
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Thomas Huskinsson was a younger brother of William Huskinsson (1770-1830) the statesman. He entered the Navy in 1800 and served during the Napoleonic wars, being promoted to lieutenant in 1806 and captain in 1811. In March 1827 his brother appointed him Paymaster of the Navy and when this post was abolished in 1830 he was appointed one of the captains of Greenwich Hospital.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Cpt Thomas Huskinsson. Most of the collection relates to his son, John Huskinsson , there is also an account of the early service of Thomas Huskinsson.
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 by Miss M Wight in 1964.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 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