IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 DIX
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Dixie, Captain Sir Alexander, 9th Bt (1780-1857)
Date(s): [1799-1801]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: I box
Name of creator(s): Dixie | Sir | Alexander | 1780-1857 | Captain
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Dixie entered the Navy in 1795 as a first-class volunteer and was captured by the French in 1797. After ten months in captivity he joined La Pomone, serving in the Mediterranean and then joined the Orion in the West Indies. In 1804 he was with Nelson (q.v.) who confirmed him as a lieutenant; he was present at the battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Until 1814 he was in North America. He retired in 1815 and in 1851 was promoted to captain on the retired list.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Alexander Dixie, consisting of three logs, 1799 to 1801, and twenty-four service documents.
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 purchased from the family in 1953 through the Caird Fund.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26