Letterbook (contemporary copies of letters sent and received) kept by the Honourable Captain Walter Cecil Carpenter.

Between 1871 and 1872, the period the letterbook covers, Carpenter captained HMS BRISTOL and HMS ARIADNE.

Administrative / biographical background
Carpenter was the son of Henry John Chetwynd, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1882 and commissioned to command HMS REVENGE in 1887; and promoted again a year later as Vice-Admiral in the same ship. He became Admiral in 1894.

Record Details

Item reference: LBK/23
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1871-01-01 - 1872-12-31; 1871-1872
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London