Letters and miscellaneous printed material.

Small red notebook; ticket to the launch of HMS BELLEROPHON, 27 July 1907; copper plate for William Waddy's card; Royal Charter for the Grand Priory of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John, Jerusalem, 1926; pamplet with photographs of the Chapel of St. Michael and St. George, 1927, and an appeal to members of the order for funds for its improvement; two documents regarding ceremonial dress for Investiture to the Order, 1916; letters to Sir James Porter, 1910; a telegram; a table plan; two pages from a diary or journal; newspaper cuttings concerning Naval Appointments and a royal garden party; a page from the British Medical Journal, 1913; section of The Morning Post, 20 May 1911; a typed letter to Mrs Porter, 1908; a portrait photograph of an Admiral; various letters to Sir james Porter and Lady Porter, 1909-1919; an invitation to an Afternoon Party at Buckingham Palace, 1911; a letter from Sir James to Lady Porter, 1911, from the Grand Hotel, Plymouth, and another 1914 from Earl's Court; ticket to the unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial, 1911; an invitation to His Majesty's Yacht, 1902; a letter granting Sir James the dignity of a Companion (Military Division) of the Order of Bath, 1904, and a further invitation to be invested with the Insignia, 1910; various other newspaper cuttings.

Record Details

Item reference: PTR/17/6
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1902-1927
Creator: Porter, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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