Austen family

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 AUS
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Austen family
Date(s)	: [1786-1852]
Level of description	: Collection View subfonds/series records
Extent	: 137 cms
Name of creator(s)	: Austen | Charles John | 1779-1852 | Rear Admiral Austen | Sir | Francis William | 1774-1865 | Knight | Admiral Of The Fleet

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

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Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Francis William Austen, 1774-1865, they cover almost all Austen's active service from his entrance into the Royal Naval Academy, 1786, until the end of his commission as Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, 1848, and include official log books, 1795 to 1814; letter books, 1801 to 1814, 1845 to 1848; order books, 1807 to 1813, 1829 to 1848, and loose papers, which are mainly general remarks and notes.

Diaries of Charles John Austen: a complete series of sixty-three diaries kept between 1 January 1815 and 31 December 1852.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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