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Croydon Commander with friends in high Admiralty places
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Trawling through documents that are more than 200 years old provides DAVID MORGAN with precious insights into people’s lives and times Historic wills are fascinating documents. And there’s plenty of them in the Croydon Minster archive… A will … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats GCB, Algeciras campaign, Captain Adolphus FitzClarence, Commander Richard Griffith, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Greenwich Hospital, HMS Redwing, Horatio Nelson, King William IV, Lord Nelson, Napoleonic Wars, Newfoundland, Royal Navy
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Defeated Dutch admiral who endured his parole in Croydon
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Researching the history of Croydon’s part in the wars fought across Europe and North America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries has taken DAVID MORGAN, right, in another, somewhat unexpected direction Researching a particular topic can … Continue reading
Hallowell’s voyage from Boston to Beddington, via Brickwood
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The naval career of an American-born admiral who provided the hero of Trafalgar with his coffin, traced all the way to Croydon and then to Carew Manor by DAVID MORGAN What is the most unusual gift that you … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew, American Revolution, Battle of the Nile, Battle of Trafalgar, Benjamin Hallowell, Boston, Brickwood House, Carew Manor, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, HMS Swiftsure, HMS Victory, Horatio Nelson, John Singleton Copley, L'Orient, Lord Nelson
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