Details

Subject(s)

• Naval battles—19th century—Mediterranean Sea [Browse]
• Navarino, Battle of, Pylos, Greece, 1827 [Browse]
• Great Britain—19th century—Sources—History, Naval [Browse]
• Greece—History—War of Independence, 1821-1829 [Browse]
• Turkey—History—1683-1829 [Browse]
• Dido (Ship) [Browse]
• Thunderer (Ship) [Browse]
• Great Britain. Royal Navy [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Letters [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1827-1839

Restrictions note

Collection is open for research use.

Summary note

• Richard Hanmer Bunbury was a captain in the British Royal Navy and spent sixteen years in Australia. His father was Lt. General Sir Henry Bunbury. The collection contains 45 letters Richard Hanmer Bunbury wrote to Sir Henry Bunbury from 1827 to 1839. The letters contain accounts of naval life and duties, as well as some battles. The collection also includes a letter to one of Richard’s brothers, five of his friends, a letter of commendation, his marriage certificate, and a certificate awarded for the rescue of a man who fell overboard.
• The collection contains 45 letters (1827-1839) by Bunbury, an officer in the British Navy, to his father, Sir Henry Edward Bunbury (1778-1860), while on naval duties in the Mediterranean near Greece, Malta, Corfu, Corinth, the Gulf of Kalamata, and Zante. The letters describe the Battle of Navarino (October 20, 1827) during which Bunbury lost his right hand, and other naval actions against the Turkish and Egyptian fleets. The ships Bunbury served on include the HMS Thunderer, Princess Charlotte, Dido, and Asia. Also present are one letter to his brother, Edward Herbert Bunbury, five letters to friends, his marriage certificate (1838), a letter of commendation by Captain W. F. Wise, and a certificate (1836) from the Royal Humane Society for an act of "distinguished courage and humanity" in rescuing a seaman fallen overboard.

Publications about

The following sources were consulted during preparation of biographical note: The National Library of Australia.

OCLC

1446411071

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