'The Case of Captain Richard Rouzier', a memorial describing how Sir Edward Whitaker, commanding at Port Mahon, made Rouzier captain of the SOMERSET.

'The Case of Captain Richard Rouzier', a memorial describing how Sir Edward Whitaker, commanding at Port Mahon, made Rouzier captain of the SOMERSET. While Rouzier was on a cruise, Sir John Norris replaced Whitaker. Norris gave the SOMERSET to someone else, instead offering a fire ship to Rouzier. Affronted, Rouzier declined and came home. A year after applying to the Admiralty for redress, he has heard nothing. [As this letter is not addressed to anybody, it is not clear why this letter is part of Fairfax's collection.] Undated

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Item reference:	FFX/3/3/1; MS1981/116
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 item
Creator:	Fairfax, Robert
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Fairfax, Robert, Rear-Admiral, 1666-1725. (Manuscript) (FFX)
- This series features correspondence between Fairfax and the various offices of the Admiralty, as well as a series of memorials. (Manuscript) (FFX/3)
  - Memorials written by Fairfax seeking half pay and promotion after his promotion to vice Admiral of the Blue was revoked following the death of Sir Cloudsley Shovell (1707). (Manuscript) (FFX/3/3)

'The Case of Captain Richard Rouzier', a memorial describing how Sir Edward Whitaker, commanding at Port Mahon, made Rouzier captain of the SOMERSET.

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