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Limpus, Sir Arthur Henry, Admiral (1863-1931)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 LIM

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Limpus, Sir Arthur Henry, Admiral (1863-1931)

Date(s): 1878-1916

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 36 boxes and 4 separate items

Name of creator(s): Limpus | Sir | Arthur Henry | 1863-1931 | Knight | Admiral

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Limpus entered the Navy in 1876. He served in the ALEXANDRA, in the Mediterranean, 1878 to 1879, in the BACCHANTE, Detached Squadron, 1880 to 1882, and the ALBACORE, again in the Mediterranean, 1884 to 1885. He was made a lieutenant in 1885 and a commander in 1898. He took a prominent part in the relief of LADYSMITH when he was second-in-command of the Naval Brigade during the Boer War. He was specially promoted to captain in 1900 for his efforts. In 1910 he was made rear-admiral, hoisting his flag in the JUPITER, Home Fleet. Between 1912 and 1914 he was Naval Adviser to Turkey and was made vice-admiral in the Turkish Navy. Between 1914 and 1916 he was Admiral Superintendent at Malta and was much concerned with the organization of supplies to the Dardanelles. He was President of the Shell Committee at the Admiralty in 1917 and retired in 1919.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sir Arthur Henry Limpus, including official service documents; logs, 1878 to 1879, 1880 to 1882, 1884 to 1885; notes, photographs and diaries for the Boer War period; an official out-letterbook, 1912 to 1913; a diary kept by Limpus's wife during their stay in Turkey and letters from Limpus to his wife, 1912 to 1916. There are also letters concerning the Dardanelles Campaign from Admirals de Roebeck (1862-1928) and Wemyss (1864-1933) and Field-Marshal Methuen (1845-1932), Governor of Malta.

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 acquired in three parts. The first was presented by Mrs Le Geyt in 1972 and the other two were purchased at Sotheby's in 1975.

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
Naval operations | Military operations | Military engineering
Second Boer War, 1899-1902 | Wars (events)
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Limpus | Sir | Arthur Henry | 1863-1931 | Knight | Admiral
Methuen | Paul Sanford | 1845-1932 | 3rd Baron Methuen | Field Marshal
Robeck | Sir | John Michael | de | 1862-1928 | 1st Baronet | Admiral
Wemyss | Rosslyn |1864-1933 | Admiral

Corporate names
Royal Navy

Places
Turkey | Middle East