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Add MS 38681
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- 040-002057995
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- 032-002057994
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LETTER-BOOK AND ORDER-BOOK of Vice-Admiral George Darby, vol. I; Aug. 1780-Apr. 1782.
Navy; England: Letter-book and Order-book of Vice-Adm. G. Darby: 1780-1782.
Vice-Admiral George Darby: Letterbook and Order-book: 1780-1782.
Philip Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780, 1781.: Copies.
Admiral Sir Thomas Pye: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780, 1781.
Vice-Admiral Molyneux Shuldham, Baron Shuldham: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780, 1781.: Copies.
George Jackson, 1st Baronet 1791; afterwards Duckett; Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty: Letters to Vice-Adm. G. Darby: 1780, 1781.: Copies.
includes:
- f. 1 Vice-Admiral Hon Samuel Barrington: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 1b Admiral Sir Francis Geary: Letter to Vice-Adm. Barrington: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 2, 2 b Captain Sir Richard Pearson, RN: Letter, etc., to Adm. Geary: 1780.: Copies.
- f. 7 Rear-Admiral Robert Digby: Letter to Adm. F. Geary: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 8 b Benjamin Hughes, Captain of the privateer 'Amazon.': Letter to Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 8, 37, 47 b, 57, 59, 60 b, 91 Admiral Charles Middleton, Baronet 1781 1st Baron Barham 1805: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780-1781.: Copies.
- ff. 14, 28, 46, 50 Philip Justice, Storekeeper at Plymouth Yard: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copies.
- f. 15 Captain James Cranston, RN: Letter to the Admiralty: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 16 b, 30 Captain George Ourry, RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: copies.
- ff. 16 b, 32 b Captain John Dalrymple, RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copies.
- f. 17 Samuel Lott, Postmaster of Honiton: Letter to the Postmaster of Dartmouth: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 17, 18, 40 Captain Peter Foulkes, RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copies.
- ff. 18, 35, 41, 75 b, 91 b Rear-Admiral Robert Digby: Letters to Vice-Adm. 0. Darby: 1780, 1781.: Copies.
- ff. 18 b-38 passim Digory Tonkin, Agent-Victualler, Plymouth: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780, 1781.: Copies.
- f. 19 General Alexander Ross, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance: Letter to Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 20 b Captain Taylor Penny, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 20 b John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 20, 20 b, 28 b Captain Samuel Wallis, RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copies.
- f. 21 Captain Sir William Chaloner Burnaby, Baronet RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 21, 40 Captain John Stanton, RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copies.
- ff. 21 b, 32, 34 b, 40 b, 41 b, 42 b, 44 Captain Joseph Peyton, RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copies.
- f. 22 b Captain John Macartney, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 23, 33 b Captain Charles Saxton, 1st Baronet 1794 RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copies.
- f. 26 b. 22 Captain Henry Collins, RN: Letter to the Admiralty: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 28 Captain Philip Patton, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 29 b Captain John Bourmaster, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 30 b Captain Sir Richard Pearson, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 38 b Captain Hon Thomas Windsor, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 38 b Admiral William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 39 Francis William Drake, Rear-Admiral: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 42 Lieutenant David Knox, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 44 b Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 46 Samuel Cranston Goodall, Admiral: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 46 b Captain Samuel Marshall, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 48 Captain Paul Henry Ourry, Commissionerresident, Plymowh Yard: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- f. 54 b Captain Robert Man, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
- ff. 56, 67, 68 Captain Hyde Parker, Baronet (1782) and (1780) Vice-Admiral: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780, 1781.: Copies.
- ff. 58, 62 b Captain Charles Inglis, Rear-Admiral 1790: Letters to P. Stephens: 1781.: Copies.
- f. 63 John Robinson, Secretary to the Treasury: Letter to Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- ff. 63 b, 76 b, 77 b, 78, 80, 81 Captain Charles Inglis, Rear-Admiral 1790: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copies.
- f. 66 b Army; England: List of officers ordered to join their corps at Gibraltar and Minorca: 1781.
- f. 67 b Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough; 1st Marquess of Downshire: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 68 b Captain Henry Martin, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- ff. 70, 80 b, 93 b Captain Henry Lloyd, RN: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copies.
- ff. 71, 73 b Captain Herbert Sawyer, RN: to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copies.
- ff. 71 b, 74 b, 75 Rear-Admiral John Evans: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copies.
- f. 75 Commodore George Johnstone, R Governor of W Florida, etc: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 75 b Lieutenant George Robertson, RN: Letter to Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 76 Captain William Bennett, R N: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 77 b William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 78 Lieutenant John Robson, RN: Letter to Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 78 b William Dickaon, Customs officer at Cove, county Cork: Letter to capt. C. Inglis: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 79 C- Powel, Collector at Limerick: Letter to the Commissioners of Customs: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 79 b Captain Harry Harmood, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- ff. 80 b-87 George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copies.
- ff. 82-86 passim Rear-Admiral Sir John Lockhart Ross, 6th Baronet: Letters to Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copies.
- ff. 84, 84 b, 86 J- A- Pownoll, naval officer at Gibraltar: Letters to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copies.
- f. 85 John Udny, Consul at Venice, and afterwards at Leghorn: Letter to Gen. G. A. Eliott: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 91 Captain Charles Fielding, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 95 b Admiral John Elliot, Governor of Newfoundland: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 96 Captain William Hotham, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 96 Sir George Home, 7th Baronet; Admiral 1797: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 97 Lieutenant Rowland Cotton, RN: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1781.: Copy.
- f. 153 Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt: Letter to Vice-Adm. Darby: 1780.: Copy.
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Add MS 38681 : LETTER-BOOK AND ORDER-BOOK of Vice-Admiral George Darby, vol. I; Aug. 1780-Apr. 1782.Navy; England: Letter-book and Order-book… - Hierarchy:
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- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1782
- Date Range:
- Aug 1780-Apr 1782
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- Army of England
Barrington, Samuel, Royal Navy officer, 1729-1800
Bennett, William, Captain; R N
Bourmaster, John, Captain; RN
Burnaby, William Chaloner, Baronet, Captain; RN
Collins, Henry, Captain; RN
Cotton, Rowland, Lieutenant; RN
Cranston, James, Captain; RN
Dalrymple, John, naval officer, d 1798
Darby, George, Vice-Admiral
Dickson, William, customs officer and correspondent of Captain Charles Inglis, fl 1781
Digby, Robert, naval officer and politician, 1732-1815
Drake, Francis William, naval officer, 1724-1788
Eden, William, 1st Baron Auckland, statesman, 1744-1814
Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield
Elliot, John, naval officer and Governor of Newfoundland, 1732-1808
Evans, John, Rear-Admiral
Fielding, Charles, naval officer, 1738-1783
Foulkes, Peter, Captain; RN
Geary, Francis, Admiral; of Add MS 38681
Goodall, Samuel Granston, naval officer, d 1801
Harmood, Harry, Captain; RN
Hill, Wills, 1st Marquess of Downshire, politician, 1718-1793
Home, George, 7th Baronet, Admiral 1797
Hotham, William, Captain; RN
Hughes, Benjamin, Captain of the privateer 'Amazon.'
Inglis, Charles, Captain; Rear-Admiral 1790, fl 1790
Jackson, George, 1st Baronet 1791, afterwards Duckett; Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty
Jervis, John, Earl of St Vincent
Johnstone, Commodore George, R Governor of W Florida, etc
Justice, Philip, Storekeeper at Plymouth Yard
Kempenfelt, Richard, Rear-Admiral
Knox, David, Lieutenant; RN
Lloyd, Henry, Captain; RN
Lott, Samuel, Postmaster of Honiton
Macartney, John, Captain; RN
Man, Robert, Captain; RN
Marshall, Samuel, Captain; RN
Martin, Henry, Captain; RN
Middleton, Charles, Baronet 1781, Admiral; 1st Baron Barham 1805
Navy of England
Ourry, George, Captain; RN
Ourry, Paul Henry, Captain; Commissionerresident, Plymowh Yard
Parker, Hyde, Baronet (1782), Captain; and (1780) Vice-Admiral
Patton, Philip, Captain; RN
Pearson, Richard, Captain; RN
Penny, Taylor, Captain; RN
Peyton, Joseph, Captain; RN
Phipps, Constantine John, 2nd Baron Mulgrave
Powel, C-, Collector at Limerick
Pownoll, J- A-, naval officer at Gibraltar
Pye, Thomas, Admiral; of Add MS 38681
Robertson, George, Lieutenant; RN
Robinson, John, politician, 1727-1802
Robson, John, Lieutenant; RN
Ross, Alexander, General Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
Ross, John Lockhart, 6th Baronet, Rear-Admiral
Sawyer, Herbert, Captain; RN
Saxton, Charles, 1st Baronet, Royal Navy officer, 1732-1808
Shuldham, Molyneux, Baron Shuldham, Vice-Admiral
Stanton, John, Captain; RN
Stephens, Philip, Secretary of the Admiralty
Tonkin, Digory, Agent-Victualler, Plymouth
Udny, John, Consul at Venice, and afterwards at Leghorn
Waldegrave, William, 1st Baron Radstock, Admiral, 1753-1825
Wallis, Samuel, Captain; RN; of Add MS 38681
Windsor, Thomas, Captain; RN