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Heron-Allen, Edward (1861-1943)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 HER

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Heron-Allen, Edward (1861-1943)

Date(s): 1695-1839

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 vols

Name of creator(s): Various

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943) was a marine biologist and zoologist.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Edward Heron-Allen consisting of engraved portraits and autographed letters from about fifty naval officers, 1695 to 1839. Many of the most notable figures in naval history are represented by a single letter. Those represented by two include Admirals Alexander Cochrane (1758-1832), 1809 and 1810; Lord Duncan, 1796 and 1802; Lord Hood, 1792 and 1797; Lord Keith, 1792 and 1807; Sir Sidney Smith, 1801; and Edward Pellew, Lord Exmouth, 1797. There are three written by Lord St Vincent, 1777, 1797 and 1822.

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:

Presented in 1938.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Naval history | History

Personal names
Cochrane | Sir | Alexander Forrester Inglis | 1758-1832 | Knight | Admiral
Duncan | Adam | 1731-1804 | 1st Viscount Duncan | Admiral
Elphinstone | George Keith | 1746-1823 | 1st Viscount Keith | Admiral
Hood | Samuel | 1724-1816 | 1st Viscount Hood | Admiral
Jervis | John | 1735-1823 | Earl of St Vincent | Admiral of the Fleet
Pellew | Edward | 1757-1833 | 1st Viscount Exmouth | Admiral
Smith | Sir | William Sidney | 1764-1840 | Knight | Admiral

Corporate names
Royal Navy

Places