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Hamilton, Captain Henry George (1808-1879)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 HTN/91-94

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Hamilton, Captain Henry George (1808-1879)

Date(s): 1822-1843

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Hamilton | Henry George | 1808-1879 | Captain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Hamilton entered the Navy in 1822 and became a lieutenant in 1829. Between 1826 and 1830 he served in the CAMBRIAN in the Mediterranean and on the South American Station. From 1839 he spent four years sheep farming in Australia. He was promoted to captain on the retired list in 1856.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Captain Henry George Hamilton, consisting of official service documents, letters to his family, 1822 to 1830, and from Australia, 1839 to 1843.

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 Jean Hamilton in 1957.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 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 affairs | Military affairs | Military science | Social sciences

Personal names
Hamilton | Henry George | 1808-1879 | Captain

Corporate names

Places
Australia | Oceania