Waldegrave, George Granville, 2nd Baron Radstock, Vice-Admiral, 1786-1857.
Private and naval correspondence, logs, journals, narratives, copy letter books and printed books, eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Administrative / biographical background
George Granville Waldegrave was the eldest son of Admiral Willaim Waldegrave and therefore became the second Baron Radstock on his father's death. He was entered on the books of his father's ship COURAGEUX (74) in 1794 but first went to see in the AGINCOURT in 1798. He was made captain in 1807 and given the frigate THAMES in the Mediterranean. In 1811 he took command of another frigate, the VOLONTAIRE until the defeat of Napoleon. His years of frigate command were spent in attacks on the enemy's coasting trade, cutting out armed ships and destroying coastal batteries. He was made a CB in 1815 when he came ashore. From 1831 to 1841 he served as naval aide de camp to the monarch, becoming rear-admiral in 1841. Ten years later he became a vice-admiral and died in 1857.
Administrative / biographical background
George Granville Waldegrave was the eldest son of Admiral Willaim Waldegrave and therefore became the second Baron Radstock on his father's death. He was entered on the books of his father's ship COURAGEUX (74) in 1794 but first went to see in the AGINCOURT in 1798. He was made captain in 1807 and given the frigate THAMES in the Mediterranean. In 1811 he took command of another frigate, the VOLONTAIRE until the defeat of Napoleon. His years of frigate command were spent in attacks on the enemy's coasting trade, cutting out armed ships and destroying coastal batteries. He was made a CB in 1815 when he came ashore. From 1831 to 1841 he served as naval aide de camp to the monarch, becoming rear-admiral in 1841. Ten years later he became a vice-admiral and died in 1857.
Record Details
Item reference: | WDG/101-201; WDG MS1952-061 |
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Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
Level: | SUB-COLLECTION |
Date made: | 1794-1949 |
Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a private lender |
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