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    HAMILTON, CAPTAIN

    Letter from Captain Hamilton to Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps

    4 Apr 1851

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/75

    Letter from Captain Hamilton to Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps providing a list of possible naval candidates, for the post of Master of the Household, and their qualifications. Names included are Captain Loch Granville, the Hon. Captain Frederick William Grey, Captain Richard Dundas and William Gordon.

    • Creator(s)

      Hamilton, Captain (writer)

      Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Admiralty
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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