William Crickmay, (fl 1855-1972), purser, Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.: pocket diaries rel to his roles on land and at sea, incl as a purser in the Royal Mail Lines (formerly Royal Mail Steam Packet Company), serving in the Caribbean in the 1850s; as an auctioneer; yacht and ship broker; surveyor; civil engineer; and insurance and property manager 1854-1875 (REG22/000033 (uncatalogued))
Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford (1838-1913), Knight Admiral; and his son, Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford (1881-1949), Vice-Admiral: family and personal papers incl notebooks rel to family ancestry and daily diaries from various ships; diary from HMS Satellite; corresp; letters, maps and accounts of Benin expedition from HMS Raleigh and HMS St George 1856-1914 (REG20/000324 (uncatalogued))
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