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Oliver, Admiral Robert Dudley (1766-1850)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 BEL/1-3

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Oliver, Admiral Robert Dudley (1766-1850)

Date(s): [1798-1806]

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 3 vols, 1 file

Name of creator(s): Oliver | Robert Dudley | 1766-1850 | Admiral

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Oliver entered the Navy in 1779. He served in the West Indies and was promoted to lieutenant in 1790, commander in 1794 and captain in 1796. After the battle of Trafalgar he was appointed to the MARS, whose captain, George Duff, had been killed. He continued to serve until 1814 and was promoted to rear-admiral in 1819, vice-admiral in 1830 and admiral in 1841.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Robert Dudley Oliver. There are three standing order books, one for Plymouth and Spithead, 1798 to 1799, probably when Oliver was Captain of the NEMESIS, and two for the MARS, 1804, 1805 to 1806. There are also two letters written by Nelson to Oliver's father-in-law, Sir Charles Saxton.

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 are part of the Oliver-Bellasis collection placed on permanent loan to the Museum by the late Captain Oliver-Bellasis in 1936.

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) | Wars (events)
Naval operations | Military operations | Military engineering
Ships | Vehicles | Transport

Personal names
Oliver | Robert Dudley | 1766-1850 | Admiral
Saxton | Sir | Charles | 1732-1808 | Knight | Captain

Corporate names
HMS Mars
HMS Nemesis

Places
Plymouth | Devon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe