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Austen family


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 AUS

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Austen family

Date(s): [1786-1852]

Level of description: Collection

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:

See sub-fonds level descriptions for individual biographies.

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 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:

See sub-fonds level descriptions.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diaries | Nonfiction
Maritime warfare | Warfare | Military engineering
Naval history | History
Naval operations | Military operations | Military engineering
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
Slavery | Social structure
Primary documents

Personal names
Austen | Charles John | 1779-1852 | Rear Admiral
Austen | Sir | Francis William | 1774-1865 | Knight | Admiral Of The Fleet

Corporate names
Royal Navy

Places
Mediterranean Sea | Seas
Caribbean
North America