Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford Collection

Predominantly comprises the papers of Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford: including logs, 1852 to 1858; diaries, 1875 to 1879, and correspondence concerning issues such as: Huascar incident; letters home from HMS SHAH, letters from HMS TRIUMPH and letter to his wife from HMS MONARCH; newscuttings regarding the Benin Expedition, and biographical cuttings relating to Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford, including his death. Also includes smaller sub-collections relating to Rear Admiral Edward James Bedford (BED/100) e.g. notebooks of Bedford family ancestry; and Vice-Admiral Arthur Bedford (BED/200).

Related Materials: In the Department of Pictures are six albums containing watercolours and photographs (References: ALB1791 - ALB1795, ALB1797). Two of them cover his service in the Shah, 1876 to 1878, and the third his career in the Triumph, 1879.

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ID:	BED
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Bedford, Frederick George Denham
Date made:	1852-1914; 1852-1891
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	23 items
Parts:	Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford Collection Logbook of HMS VICTORY and HMS SAMPSON (Manuscript) (BED/1) Logbook of HMS SAMPSON, HMS VICTORY, HMS VULTURE and HMS FORTH (Manuscript) (BED/2) Logbook of HMS SATELLITE and HMS MONARCH (Manuscript) (BED/3) Diary of HMS SERAPHIS 1875, visit of Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) to India (Manuscript) (BED/4) Diary of HMS SHAH 1877 (Manuscript) (BED/5) Diary of HMS TRIUMPH 1879 (Manuscript) (BED/6) Extracts of letters from Admiral Bedford (Captain HMS SHAH) giving details of action with HUASCAR (Manuscript) (BED/7) Plates showing Naval Uniforms introduced by Admiral Bedford about 1891 when he was 4th Sea Lord (Manuscript) (BED/8) Diary from HMS SATELLITE (Diary) (BED/9) Letters from HMS Serapis relating to Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford (Letters) (BED/10) Letters from Captain Frederick George Denham Bedford from HMS TRIUMPH (Letters) (BED/11) Letters from Frederick George Denham Bedford to his wife from HMS MONARCH (Letters) (BED/12) Letters comprising accounts of Benin expedition from HMS Raleigh and HMS St George by Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford (Letters) (BED/13) Press cuttings book re the death of Admiral Frederick George Denham Bedford (Scrap album) (BED/14) News cuttings book about Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford (Scrap album) (BED/15) Newspaper cuttings about the Benin expedition, sent to Frederick George Denham Bedford (Newspaper cuttings) (BED/16) Letters home from HMS SHAH by (then Captain) Bedford, Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral de Horsey (Letters) (BED/17) Rear Admiral Edward James Bedford papers (Manuscript) (BED/100) Vice-Admiral Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford Papers (Manuscript) (BED/200)

Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford Collection

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