IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 HAW/12-13
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Boyles, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles (1756-1816)
Date(s): 1810-1811
Level of description: sub-fonds
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 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:
The papers are part of the Hawker collection, purchased through the Caird Fund from Sotheby's in 1955.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26