Naval commissions of Captain Robert Fairfax 1689- 1708. Also included is a commission to preside over courts martial, (1706).

Naval commissions of Captain Robert Fairfax 1689- 1708. This section includes 2 copies of Fairfax’s 'merchant navy' register ticket, naval commissions to command a total of 13 vessels, and his commission as Commander in Chief of naval forces in the rivers Thames & Medway (1706). Also included is a commission to preside over courts martial, (1706).

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ID:	FFX/1
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Fairfax, Robert
Date made:	1689 - 1708
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	22 items
Parts:	Fairfax, Robert, Rear-Admiral, 1666-1725. (Manuscript) Naval commissions of Captain Robert Fairfax 1689- 1708. Also included is a commission to preside over courts martial, (1706). (Manuscript) (FFX/1) Series comprises orders and official reports, minutes and courts martial proceedings received by Captain Fairfax in the period 1689-1710. (Manuscript) (FFX/2) A series of letters including some to Robert Fairfax's mother. (Manuscript) (FFX/2, 3, 4, 6 - OS) This series features correspondence between Fairfax and the various offices of the Admiralty, as well as a series of memorials. (Manuscript) (FFX/3) Series includes several letters of congratulation from friends and supporters on his seat of York in 1713 and lists of the electorate of York and copies of the petition sent to Parliament by Mr Tobias Jenkins. (Manuscript) (FFX/4) Business correspondence includes letters between Fairfax and his solicitors and agents concerned with the protracted business dealings and surrounding Fairfax’s purchase of the Bilborough estate in Yorkshire between 1702- 1722. (Manuscript) (FFX/5) Series comprises family correspondence: letters to his mother and from his uncle Thomas Fairfax in Dublin (Manuscript) (FFX/6) Series includes two certificates, authenticating that Fairfax received communion and a chart showing the wages paid to all classes of sailors at the end of the seventeenth century. (Manuscript) (FFX/7) Series of transcripts of most of the letters in the collection. (Manuscript) (FFX/8)

Naval commissions of Captain Robert Fairfax 1689- 1708. Also included is a commission to preside over courts martial, (1706).

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