IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 BUR/1-3
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Burton, Alfred (1787-1840)
Date(s): 1811-1834
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Burton | Alfred | 1787-1840 | Captain (Royal Marines)
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Burton was commissioned as first lieutenant in the Royal Marines in 1806. From 1811 to 1812 he served in the ROTA in the Channel. He was promoted to captain in 1827 and served in the Mediterranean in the ALFRED, 1831 to 1834.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Capt Alfred Burton, comprising letters, 1811 to 1812, 1831 to 1834, including a series of twenty-nine to his mother for the latter period.
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 for the Museum in 1957 by Sir Eric Miller from a dealer, Edward Hall of Gravesend.
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