Correspondence regarding the appointment of a new Governor for the Royal Naval Asylum

Letter to Sir Thomas Thompson from St James’s Palace, informing him that the Prince Regent had decided to appoint Captain Sir Thomas Lavie as the new Governor of the Royal Naval Asylum, rather than the candidate recommended by the Board of Commissioners, Captain Robert Lewis Fitzgerald.

Record Details

Item reference: THM/140/11/6
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 sheet
Date made: 1816-08-02 – 1816-08-05
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London