IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 CAL/1-7
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Osborn, Henry (1694-1771)
Date(s): 1730-1757
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 6 vols
Name of creator(s): Osborn | Henry | 1694-1771 | Admiral
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Osborn served in the Mediterranean before becoming a lieutenant in 1717. In 1718 He took part in the action off Cape Passaro in the Mediterranean and the following year served in a squadron on the north coast of Africa. His first command was the SQUIRREL in 1728. In 1734 he commanded the PORTLAND in the Channel and in 1738 the SALISBURY in the Mediterranean. He was appointed to the PRINCE OF ORANGE in 1740, returning to England in the CHICHESTER in 1741, when he moved to the PRINCESS CAROLINE, Channel, until 1743. Osborn was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1747 and in 1748 was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands; in the same year he became a Vice-Admiral. He was promoted Admiral and appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, in 1757 but after blockading the French fleet in 1758, he suffered a stroke and saw no more active service. Osborn was Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire, 1758 to 1761.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Henry Osborn comprising five logs, 1730 to 1742, and an order book, 1747 to 1757.
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 by Mrs C.B.S. CaldweIl in 1938 (Sir Benjamin Caldwell (q.v.) married Osborn's daughter).
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26