Memorials (testimonies) and letters recommending George Flower Herbert for promotion; various other documents.

Draft memorial by Mary Herbert on behalf of her husband George Flower Herbert 1st Lieutenant HMS JAVA, 27 August 1827, sent to with additions to his List of Services up to 1840, and a copy of the response received from George B. Hamilton (Royal Secretary); memorial of his own services by G.F. Herbert, sent to the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Admiral, in January 1828, with a letter of recommendation from Captain W. J. Carroll of the JAVA; notes regarding G.F. Herbert's various promotions from 1807-1846; copy of a letter to the Duke of Clarence from Edward Repton making a case for the promotion his brother-in-law (G.F. Herbert), 1828; drawings of the rudder of the CORNWALL, made in Barbados by G.F. Herbert, 14 February 1811; a note titled Royal Asiatic Society for March 1832 on the subject of Burmese crafts; a note titled To Preserve Milk for Sea Voyages, 1821; a sketch of a plan for hanging curtains; printed medical leaflet with suggested remedies for various ailments; calling card of Lady Stewart.

Record Details

Item reference: HRB/2/3
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1811-1846
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London