Various documents relating to family and career including George Flower Herbert's certificates of appointment in the 31st Regiment of Foot.

Press cuttings relating to George Flower Herbert's promotion to Retired Rear Admiral; manuscript account of the life of James Brewridge (born in Devon in 1801, a relation of Admiral Bowen and Rear-Admiral Herbert) no date; notes about G.F. Herbert's family as told to him by his father in about 1832; manuscript copy of a letter to C.E. Trevelyan from G.F. Herbert, regarding levels of destitution in Kenmare, Ireland, 1847; financial statement of the estate of Ann Harding, deceased; a manuscript account of events in July 1810, author unknown; manuscript copy of an extract from the Illustrated London News, 18 February 1882; Admiralty letter to Mrs Mary Herbert, 11 December 1868, regarding her widow's pension; printed and manuscript poems and songs; two vellum documents (Administration of effects) of Richard Harding deceased 1835, and Richard Harding deceased 1805; commission of G.F. Herbert to the rank of Commander, 7 July 1828; certificates of G.F. Herbert's appointment as Ensign in the 31st Regiment of Foot, 1850, and Lieutenant in the same regiment, 1852.

Record Details

Item reference: HRB/2/23
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1810-1882
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London