Correspondence and related papers, 1947-1977

Includes envelope containing correspondence regarding Anne Nelson and her illegitimate son. Also A4 lever file titled "Bosanquet" containing correspondence with Captain Bosanquet Royal Navy.

Related materials: see BOS Collection (Bosanquet, Henry Theodore Augustus, Captain, 1870-1959), which includes seven volumes of personal papers and newspaper cuttings 1879 to 1955. Bosanquet's service afloat is covered by logs and watchbills, 1883 to 1894.

Administrative / biographical background
Anne Nelson (1760-1783), Nelson's sister, was apprenticed at the Capital Lace Warehouse in London, in 1775. In 1776, she fell pregnant, and on giving birth in 1777, her apprenticeship was terminated. Later that year, she gained financial independence on receiving £1,000 from her late uncle Maurice Suckling. She lived with her widowed father until her death, aged 23, in Bath. Captain Henry Theodore Augustus Bosanquet RN (1870-1959) entered the Navy in 1883 and served on the Cape of Good Hope Station, 1885 to 1887, in the Raleigh, going out in the WYE and returning in the HIMALAYA. Between 1888 and 1892 he served in the IRON DUKE, ACTIVE, THAMES and ANSON, all in home waters. He became a Lieutenant in 1892. In the PALUMA he went to Australia and there joined the CRESCENT, KATOOMBA and IPHIGENIA, returning to England in 1894. Because of ill-health he retired as Lieutenant in 1898. During the two World Wars he worked at the Admiralty and was advanced to captain on the retired list. He was Secretary of the Marine Society, 1900 to 1914, was then on the Committee between 1917 and 1948 and was also active in the Society for Nautical Research.