Journals kept by Jane Letitia Trowbridge Alexander, 1851-1862.
Private journals (2 volumes) kept by Jane Letitia Trowbridge Alexander (née Bruce) in the period 1851-1862, see item level records.
Administrative / biographical background
Jane Letitia Trowbridge Bruce was the daughter of Admiral Sir Henry W. Bruce (1792-1863) and his first wife Jane Cochrane. She married John Richard Alexander at Sierra Leone in 1853. At this time Alexander was serving as a lieutenant on HMS PENELOPE (1843), flagship of Commodore Bruce on the west coast of Africa station. She died at Castlerock, Londonderry, in 1904.
Administrative / biographical background
Jane Letitia Trowbridge Bruce was the daughter of Admiral Sir Henry W. Bruce (1792-1863) and his first wife Jane Cochrane. She married John Richard Alexander at Sierra Leone in 1853. At this time Alexander was serving as a lieutenant on HMS PENELOPE (1843), flagship of Commodore Bruce on the west coast of Africa station. She died at Castlerock, Londonderry, in 1904.
Record Details
| Item reference: | AXR/104/1-2 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 2 items |
| Date made: | 1845-1846; 1846- 1850-1851 1851-1853 circa 1851-1857 1851-1862 1854- 1854-1858 1854-1859 circa 1855-1861 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |