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Fremantle family papers

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 FRE

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Fremantle family papers

Date(s): [1793-1919]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 244 cms

Name of creator(s):
Fremantle | Sir | Thomas Francis | 1765-1819 | Knight | Vice-Admiral
Fremantle | Stephen Grenville | 1810-1860 | Captain
Fremantle | Sir | Edmund Robert | 1836-1929 | Knight | Admiral
Fremantle | Sir | Sydney Robert | 1867-1958 | Knight | Admiral

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

See subfond level for biographical histories.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Adml Thomas Francis Fremantle. They consist of three logs, 1793 to 1796, two signal notebooks, undated, two memoranda on naval discipline, 1806, and some printed material relating to the French and Spanish navies.

Papers of Cpt Stephen Grenville Fremantle. They consist of logs, 1828 to 1829, 1839 to 1841; letter and order books, 1839 to 1842, 1852 to 1857, and a private record of letters sent and received, 1847 to 1848. There is also a privately-printed statement in answer to the charges made against him as Captain of the JUNO.

Papers of Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle. They cover Fremantle's career well, especially the Maori and Ashanti war periods They include logs, 1849 and 1859, 1856 to 1857 and 1873 to 1881; letterbooks, 1862 to 1876, 1879 to 1880; personal letters written mainly between 1864 and 1866 and papers relating to his commands, 1889 to 1895. There is also a section which deals with his court martial for grounding the Eclipse in 1866.

Papers of Adml Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle. They consist of a memorandum on the war in the Aegean, 1916 to 1917, detailed minutes compiled while he held office as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and other papers relating to this post. There are also collected essays and articles written by Fremantle, 1904 to 1919.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in four sub-fonds.

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 Admiral Fremantle in 1956.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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