Stuart, Lord William, Captain (1778-1814)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 BRA/1
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Stuart, Lord William, Captain (1778-1814)
Date(s)	: 1799-1814
Level of description	: Subfonds
Extent	: 2 1/2ft; 76cm
Name of creator(s)	: Stuart | Lord William | 1778-1814 | Captain RN

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Stuart was a lieutenant in 1797, was promoted to commander in 1798 and to captain in 1799. As Senior Officer he served at Gibraltar in LE GRENIER, 1800, and then successively in the CHAMPION, Adriatic, 1801 to 1803, and off Flushing in the CRESCENT, 1804 to 1806. He was in the LAVINIA from 1806 to 1810, during which time the frigate squadron under his command during the Walcheren expedition contributed to the surrender of Flushing, 1809. Stuart was Member of Parliament for Cardiff from 1802 to 1814. His last service was in the CONQUISTADOR, in home waters from 1811 until 1814

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Capt Lord William Stuart. They consist of order books, 1799 to 1810 and 1811 to 1814; logs, 1811 and 1813 to 1814; in and out-letterbooks, 1809 to 1814, and loose papers, which are mainly orders received from the Admiralty, Ordnance, Navy and Victualling Offices and various senior officers, 1811 to 1814. There are also requests for surveys, returns and other administrative ships' papers, 1811 to 1814.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were presented by the British Records Association in 1936.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jul 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