Dobbie, William Hugh, Admiral, 1812-1889.

This sub-collection consists of certificates and service papers, notebooks, correspondence, photographs and ephemera, broadly covering most of Dobbie’s naval career. There are summaries written to support his claims to promotion and testimonials relating to several acts of lifesaving for which he received Royal Humane Society awards. Dobbie’s command of HMS BUZZARD (1849) on the North America and West Indies station in 1852-1856 is recorded in a letterbook and journal.