Boyles, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles (1756-1816)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 HAW/12-13
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Boyles, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles (1756-1816)
Date(s)	: 1810-1811
Level of description	: Subfonds View parent record
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 & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

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 are part of the Hawker collection, purchased through the Caird Fund from Sotheby's in 1955.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 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