BAX, Bonham Ward (1837-1877)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 BAX/101-102
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: BAX, Bonham Ward (1837-1877)
Date(s)	: 1871-[1877]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds) View parent record
Extent	: 3 vols
Name of creator(s)	: Bax | Bonham Ward | 1837-1877 | Captain RN

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Bax was the son of Henry Bonham Bax (q.v.). He entered the Navy in 1851 and specialized in surveying. From 1871 to 1875 Bax commanded the survey ship DWARF on the China Station and published an account of the voyage. From December 1876 until his death in July 1877, he commanded the SYLVIA, also on the China Station. He published The 'Eastern Seas' (London, 1875).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Captain Bonham Ward Bax comprising his logs of the HMS DWARF, 1871 to 1874, and his letterbook in the HMS SYLVIA.

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 Admiral R.N. Bax in 1964.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry transcribed from the National Maritime Museum online catalogue by Sarah Drewery, May 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:
May 2011