Boyles, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles (1756-1816)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0064 HAW/12-13 |
Held at | : National Maritime Museum Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ › |
Full title | : Boyles, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles (1756-1816) |
Date(s) | : 1810-1811 |
Level of description | : Subfonds
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Extent | : 2 vols |
Name of creator(s) | : Boyles | Sir | Charles | 1756-1816 | Knight | Vice-Admiral |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Boyles became a lieutenant in 1777 and a captain in 1790. During the French wars he served in the West Indies, the Channel and the Mediterranean. He became a rear-admiral in 1809 and from 1810 to 1812 served in the Mediterranean, in the TRIDENT and the CANOPUS. He became a vice-admiral in 1814.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Charles Boyles comprising an out-letterbook, 1810 to 1811, and copies of letters to the Sicilian court, 1811.
Access & 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 are part of the Hawker collection, purchased through the Caird Fund from Sotheby's in 1955.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
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
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