Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1854-1887 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
½ box
Scope and content
Records comprise a Watchbill for HMS ALGIERS, 1854, (entries by Brent); personal notebook from HMS BELLEROPHON kept by Brent, 1867-1870; Stationbill for HMS BELLEROPHON, 1868-1869; Captain's Night Order books for HMS AMETHYST, HERCULES and BLACK PRINCE, 1883-1887 (entries by Brent).
System of arrangement
Chronologically as described above.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in Middlesex, 1834; entered the Royal Navy as a cadet, 1848; commissioned as a midshipman, 1850, and served on HMS CALEDONIA, HMS CASTOR and HMS STYX; promoted Lieutenant, 1854, and served on HMS ALGIERS; commanded HMS DAISY (gunboat), 1856; served on HMS BELLEROPHON, [1867-1870]; requested to revise Royal Navy publications, 1874; promoted Captain, and commanded HMS UNDAUNTED, 1875; appointed to the Admiralty Torpedo Committee, 1875; Captain, HMS HIMALAYA, 1879; appointed Director of the Indian Marine, 1881-[1883]; Captain, HMS AMETHYST, 1883, HMS HERCULES, 1885, and HMS BLACK PRINCE, 1887; took part in the Spithead Review, 1887; retired as Captain, 1889; promoted Vice-Admiral, 1896; died 1911. Publications: The Law of Port Helm. An examination into its history and dangerous action; with suggestions for its abolition with Philip Howard Colomb (J D Potter, Harrison & Sons, London, 1866).
Repository
Custodial history
Donated by Miss R Brent c1919.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
Collection level description available in hard copy in the reading room of the College Archives.
Existence and location of originals
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Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- HMS Algiers (Subject)
- HMS Amethyst (Subject)
- HMS Bellerphon (Subject)
- HMS Black Prince (Subject)
- HMS Hercules (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Sources: King's College London, Manuscripts and Private Papers, A Select Guide; British Library online Public Access Catalogue 97; National Register of Archives; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Manuscripts Section. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.