Guide to the Papers of the Phipps Hornby Family (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M3068-M3072

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Created: 2019

Collection Summary

Creator
Phipps Hornby (Family)
Title
Papers of the Phipps Hornby Family (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range
1847 - 1903
Collection Number
M3068-M3072
Extent
50 items
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor
The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Papers 1847-1851 of Sir Phipps Hornby concerning British and French interests in the Pacific. Correspondents include William Miller and George Pritchard.

Papers 1865-1891 of Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby mainly relating to activities of HMS Liverpool on Australian Station in 1866-1870.

Papers 1901-1903 of Robert S. Phipps Hornby relating to service of HMS Pylades on the Australian Station.

Papers 1900-1901 of Windham M. Phipps Hornby comprising journal kept by Corbet A.F. Radford on the Woolloomooloo on a voyage to Australia.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Filmed at the National Maritime Museum, London, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1993 (AJCP Reel: M3068-M3072). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

National Maritime Museum Section 4: Personal collections.

The material was not filmed in the same order of the original list.

Existence and Location of Originals

National Maritime Museum. Romney Street, Greenwich, London.

Collection reference: N.M.M. Section 4. PHI. For further information, see National Maritime Museum Archive Catalogue [http://collections.rmg.co.uk].

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1715464] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

The Australian and New Zealand papers from the following collections at the National Maritime Museum have been listed and filmed separately:

BRI: Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, M3061 - M3067 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn193147]

FLI: Captain Matthew Flinders, M3033 - M3037 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10162]

FXM: Cicely Fox Smith, M3048 - M3050 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1715611]

LUB: Basil Lubbock, M3055-3058 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1714381]

BRI: Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, M3061-M3067 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn193147].

STK:Admiral John Lort Stokes, M3051-M3054 [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn191533]

Finding-Aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Pieces that were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project have not been included in this Finding Aid.

Subjects

Royal Navy: Australian Station; Australia; French in the Pacific; Great Britain; Hornby, Sir Phipps, Admiral; Liverpool, HMS (ship); Miller, William, Gen.; Naval officers; Phipps Hornby Family; Phipps Hornby, Robert S., Admiral; Phipps Hornby, Sir Geoffrey, Admiral; Phipps Hornby, Windham M.; Pritchard, George; Pylades, HMS (ship); Radford, Corbet A.F.; Royal Navy: voyages; Woolloomooloo (ship); Tahiti

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 373, p.142.

Biographical / Historical

Sir Phipps Hornby (1785-1867), the son of the Reverend Geoffrey Hornby, was born at Winwick, Lancashire. He entered the Royal Navy in 1797 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1804. He took command of his first ship in 1806 and became a captain in 1810. For several years took part in actions in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, but after the end of the Napoleonic Wars he had no further service until 1832. He then became superintendent of the Royal Naval Hospital at Portsmouth. He was transferred to Woolwich in 1838 as superintendent of the dockyard and subsequently was comptroller of the coast guard. Hornby was promoted to rear-admiral in 1846 and from 1847 to 1850 was commander-in-chief of the Pacific Station. He was knighted in 1852 and retired in 1858 with the rank of admiral.

Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby (1825-1895) was the son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and his wife Sophia. He was born at Winwick, Lancashire, and attended Winwick Grammar School and Southwood's School, Plymouth. He joined the Royal Navy in 1837 and served in the Mediterranean and at the Cape of Good Hope. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1844. In 1847 he accompanied his father to the Pacific Station as his flag lieutenant. He was promoted to the rank of commander in 1850 and captain in 1852, the youngest captain in the Navy. In the following years he served in the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Channel and the west coast of Africa. In 1869 Hornby was made a rear-admiral and commanded the flying squadron (1869-71) and the Channel squadron (1871-74). Promoted vice-admiral in 1875, he took command of the Mediterranean Station in 1877, which he held during the Russo-Turkish War. He was knighted in 1878. In 1881 he was appointed president of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth and he was later president of the Navy League. He was made Admiral of the Fleet in 1888. From 1875 onwards he was consulted by the Admiralty on all matters of policy and even in his last years he remained a highly influential figure.

Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby (1866-1956) was the son of Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby and his wife Emily. He entered the Navy in 1879 and served in the Egyptian War in 1882. He became a lieutenant in 1886 and a captain in 1902. In 1914-15 he was commander-in-chief of the North America and West Indies Station. He retired in 1922 with the rank of admiral.

Windham Mark Phipps Hornby (1896-1987), the son of Robert Phipps Hornby, entered the Navy in 1909. He was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1916, lieutenant in 1918, and lieutenant-commander in 1925. He retired in 1932.

Item Descriptions

Fonds. Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, 1847 - May 1851

25 items

Biographical / Historical

Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby: (1785-1867).

Joined Latona in 1797; in 1846 promoted Rear Admiral and commander of Pacific Squadron, 1847-1850.

Series 2/3. Miscellaneous letterbook, April 1848 - February 1851

Copies of letters from Hornby (Asia, South American coast) to consuls, including William Miller (Honolulu), George Pritchard (Navigators Islands), French commanders and others.

(188p., indexed).

Subjects of letters to Miller include: approval of his conduct in Sandwich Islands; situation in Tahiti; extension of French protectorate in the Pacific; provisions for HM ships; Sir John Franklin; Pitcairn Islanders; search for Mr Donlett on Pescadore Islands; arrival of suspicious ships at Honolulu.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3068.

Series 2/4. Private letterbook, 28 April 1848 - 24 January 1851

Copies of letters from Hornby (Asia, Valparaiso) to various people, including Lord Auckland, Rear Admiral Dundas, Captain Kellett, and William Miller (Honolulu).

(189p., indexed, some faint pages)

Subjects include: complaint against Miller by King of Sandwich Islands; French attitude to Tahiti 'most thoroughly disgusted'; Miller's relations with Hawaiian government; case of Amelia and pirates; movements of ships; Sir John Franklin; situation of Pitcairn Islanders - Queen Victoria's interest on receiving Captain Worth's report; French activities in the Pacific; events in Honolulu in December 1849; opinion of Wyllie and Dillion; his opinion on policy of relieving Pacific station of responsibility for Pacific Islands of far west.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3068.

Series 3/6. Papers re Sandwich Islands and Pitcairn Island (100p.), 12 November 1847 - 20 May 1850

14 items

Includes:

Foreign Office to Captain Hamilton (24-11-1847): sending printed copy of papers and correspondence re society and Leeward Islands.

George Pritchard (Navigators Islands) to Sir George Seymour (12-11-1847, 28-12-1847): Re disturbed conditions in the islands; his position as consul with the natives 'I am on a level with runaway sailors and escaped convicts from New South Wales'; Captain Blake's visit to conciliate the natives.

Lord Palmerston (Foreign Office) to King of Sandwich Islands (31-12-1847) re treaty between Great Britain and Sandwich Islands, conduct of General Miller.

Lord Palmerston (Foreign Office) to W. Miller (Woahoo) (7-09-1848) re conditions on Pitcairn Island and removal of inhabitants.

William Miller (Woahoo) to Sir George Seymour (14-01-1848) re conditions in Sandwich Islands; property owning by foreigners; lack of legal system to protect foreigners.

William Miller (Honolulu) to Captain Courtenay (Constance) (12-06-1848) re attack on James MacLean, seaman of Juno, by police at Honolulu.

Address of Representatives of England, France and USA to King Kamchamcha (13-12-1848) re conduct of Dr Judd.

William Miller (Woahoo) to [?] (15-12-1848) re Dr Judd, and Mr Dillon, enclosing copy of above letter.

Lt. Wood (Pandora) to Hornby (3-08-1849) re visit to Pitcairn Islands.

William Miller (Honolulu) to Hornby (16-09-1849) enclosing despatches re events in Sandwich Islands, Mr Dillon, Dr Judd and representations by English, French and USA.

Captain Fanshawe (Daphne, Tahiti) to Hornby (25-08-1849): re visit to Pitcairn Island; the islanders do not want to move elsewhere; their situation; the number of inhabitants; Mr Nobbs; situation of Tahiti; military force and fortifications.

William Miller (Honolulu) to Hornby (6-11-1849) enclosing despatches re provisions.

Captain John Erskine (Havannah, Sydney) (5-12-1849) re inconvenience of ships visiting Navigators and Fiji Islands from both Pacific and Australasian stations.

William Miller (Woahoo) to Hornby (20-05-1850) re arrival of St Andrew under suspicious circumstances, ill treatment of settlers at Port Lloyd, encloses copies of depositions.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3068.

Series 3/15. Miscellaneous letters from Admiralty, 1 March 1848 - 17 March 1848

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3069.

To Sir George Seymour re events in France and the 'necessity of the greatest caution in your intercourse with the French squadron' (4p.), 1 March 1848 (File)
To Hornby re cession of Galapagos Islands to Great Britain by Equador, enclosing copies of despatches from Foreign Office and Consul at Quito, that not expedient to acquire them (24p.), 17 March 1848 (File)

Series 3/16. Miscellaneous letters, 1848 - 21 January 1851

4 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3069.

Commander W.C. Aldham (Swift, Valparaiso) to Hornby re fitness of Surgeon Fred Whipple (2p.), 24 November 1850 - 21 January 1851 (File)

Encloses copy of Fred Whipple (24/11/1850) (Swift, Valparaiso) to Aldham re injury received when struck on head by a runaway convict in New South Wales. (2p.)

E. Barazer. Report on navigation in the Pacific and location of islands. 1851 (3p. in French), (c) 12 January (File)
Report by Sir George Seymour on principal services reprised from the Squadron in 1848 (4p.) (File)

References to Sandwich Islands, Tahiti, Fiji.

[?] (Government House, Sydney) to Hornby re proposition made by [Mr A. Gabor ?] concerning supply of coals (2p.), 24 July 1848 (File)

Series 4. Press cuttings and other documents, 22 November 1847 - 22 November 1848

3 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3069.

Subseries. Folder 1, 30 September 1848 - 12 November 1848
2 items
G.C. Miller (Tahiti) to Hornby, 30 September 1848 (File)

Re French naval force in the islands; stationing of French troops in Marquesas and other islands; fortifications at Papeete; French supplies (11p.)

G.C. Miller (Tahiti) to Hornby re construction of new battery; movements of ships (3p.), 12 November 1848 (File)
Subseries. Folder 2, 22 November 1847
1 item
Admiralty to Hornby with the articles of his appointment to Pacific Squadron (33p.), 22 November 1847 (File)

Includes references to responsibilities towards Pacific Islands.

Fonds. Admiral Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby, 1848 - 1891

43 items

Related Materials

See also: Mrs F. Egerton Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby a biography (London) 1896.

Biographical / Historical

Admiral Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby: (1825-1895).

Son of Sir Phipps Hornby, entered navy in 1837. Between 1858-1865 he commanded Tribune, Neptune and Nedgar. In 1869 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and given command of the Flying Squadron. He was one of the Lords of the Admiralty, 1875-1877, and C in C Mediterranean 1877-1880.

Series 101. Journal of Liverpool, 8 June 1869 - 16 November 1870

Notes on orders received and written, signals made, remarks.

Subjects include: appointments; movements of ships in squadron; inspections of ships, in squadron; punishments; ships sighted; visits from VIPs; dressing ship for Queen's birthday; visited by King of Hawaii.

(420p., blue paper).

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3069.

Series 102/2. General memoranda, 8 June 1869 - 15 November 1870

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3070.

Copies of memoranda issued by Hornby (Liverpool, Spithead, Rio, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, Honolulu, Valparaiso, Plymouth) to captains of other ships, 8 June 1869 - 15 November 1870 (File ff.61-166)

Subjects include: aims of detached squadron; weekly routines; duties; visit from Emperor of Brazil; free passes issued by Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company; arrangements for visit by Governor of Victoria; issue of preserved meat; entertainments; examination of midshipmen; courts martial; taking on fresh provisions at Honolulu; reports on equipment.

Series 102/4. General memoranda, 10 June 1869 - 22 August 1870

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3070.

Copies of orders issued by Hornby (Liverpool, at sea, Bahia, Rio, Monte Video, Simons Bay, Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Wellington, Auckland, Yokohama, Esquimalt, Valparaiso) to captains of other ships, 10 June 1869 - 22 August 1870 (File ff.143-399)

Subjects include: crew; examination of midshipmen; reception of VIPs; punishments; condition and repair of ships; lists of absentees; disposing of their effects.

Series 102/5. General memoranda (24p.), 22 August 1870 - 16 November 1870

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3070.

Details as above, from Valparaiso, and Plymouth, 22 August 1870 - 16 November 1870 (File)

Series 102/7. Sailing orders, 1866 - 1870

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3070.

Sailing orders for Detached squadron, 1866 - 1870 (File ff.125-128)

Includes: 4 January 1870: Hornby (Hobart) to Henry Hand (Barrosa) that he is to proceed to Melbourne 'to identify stragglers who May be apprehended by the police'.

Series 103/1. Letterbook, 8 June 1867 - 15 November 1870

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3070.

Copies of letters from Hornby (Liverpool, at sea, Simons Bay, Melbourne, Sydney, Lyttelton, Auckland, Yokohoma, Plymouth) to the Admiralty and others reporting proceedings of squadron, 8 June 1869 - 15 November 1870 (File ff.169-402)

Subjects include: provisioning of ships; manning of ships; swimming abilities of crew; examination of midshipmen; visit by Governor of Victoria; court martial; report on preserved meat of Victoria Meat Preserving Company sent for trial in the Squadron; desertions; power of colonial authorities to forward stragglers beyond the limits of the colony; visit to Hobart; selling effects of run men; obstacles to recovery of deserters in Australian colonies.

Series 103/2. Letterbook, November 1870

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3070.

Copies of letters from Hornby (Liverpool, at sea and Plymouth) to Admiralty reporting voyage home (41p.), November 1870 (File)

Includes: table of original programme and alterations made (in red, faint); list of desertions (300) at each port of call; returns of deaths and sick.

Series 103/9. Departmental letterbook, 1865 - 1870

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3071.

Copies of letters from Hornby (Liverpool, at sea, Melbourne, Auckland, Valparaiso) to Admiralty forwarding periodic returns, 1865 - 1870 (File ff.191-198)

Series 103/13. Squadron letters, 1866-01-1867-12; 1869-07

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3071.

Copies of letters from Hornby (Liverpool, Monte Video, Sydney, Yokohoma) to Captains of Ships ordering courts martial (File ff.14-16)

Series 103/14. Miscellaneous letters, 15 June 1869 - 22 October 1870

5 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3071.

Hornby (Liverpool, Simons Town) ordering equipment and supplies, 18 August 1869 - 1 February 1870 (File ff.1-4)
Hornby (Liverpool, Simons Bay, Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Auckland, Valparaiso) to Governors, 3 October 1869 - 28 August 1870 (File ff.105-119)

Reporting the arrival and movements of the squadron.

Hornby (Liverpool, Sydney) to commanders of forces in Sydney re deserters and the military hospital, 23 December 1869 - 25 December 1869 (File ff.132-133)
T. Bowling (Liverpool, Melbourne) to W.A. Brahe (Consul for North German Confederation) that Hornby cannot meet him, 4 December 1869 (File f.243)
Hornby (Liverpool, Plymouth, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Valparaiso) to various people, 15 June 1869 - 22 October 1870 (File ff.347-376)

Subjects include: charts; coaling; free railway passes; stores; provisions; preserved meat; mail; deserters; courts martial.

Series 104/1. Appointments etc., 1865 - 1870

Subjects include: appointments of commissioned and acting commissioned officers; Admiralty appointments; applications for warrants for corporal punishment; courts martial; discharge of seamen; examination of candidates; extra pay lists; foreign ships seen; application for leave; stores; surveys of medical stores; register of biscuit condemned; punishment returns.

(252p., many blank pages, indexed)

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3071.

Series 104/2. Results of examinations of midshipmen, Detached Squadron, 1869 - 1870

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3071.

Lists of midshipmen on ships in Flying Squadron and their marks in examinations in Arithmetic, mechanics, French etc. (28p.), 1869 - 1870 (File)

Blank pages not copied.

Series 105/1. Letters from Admiralty, 1868 - 8 November 1870

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3071.

Letters from the Admiralty to Hornby (Liverpool) (162p.), 3 June 1869 - 8 November 1870 (File A 1-49)

Subjects include: command of Liverpool; orders for Flying Squadron; proposed route; examination of midshipmen and cadets; methods of cooking Australian preserved meat; conditions in New Zealand; discipline amongst the Marines; difficulty recovering deserters; courts martial.

(The letters have been weeded, not all numbers present.)

Includes:Australian Meat Agency. Directions for cooking Australian preserved meat (Printed, c.1868)Australian Meat Agency. Opinions of the Press [re preserved meat] (Printed, 1868)

Series 105/2. Miscellaneous Papers (87p.), 1 November 1869 - 5 February 1870

Includes:

Sir George Bowen (Auckland) to Hornby (5-02-1870) re Squadron's visit to New Zealand.

Lord Canterbury (Melbourne) to Hornby (5-02-1870) enclosing memorandum from Attorney General re deserters.

Sir George Bowen (Auckland) to Hornby (1-11-1869; 17-12-1869) requesting he visit Port Lyttelton.

Lord Canterbury (Melbourne) to Hornby (8-01-1870) re deserters.

Scott (Central Police Office, Sydney) to Secretary (25-12-1869) re good discipline of men from Flying Squadron.

[Middleton?], Senior Ass. Controller (Sydney) to Hornby (23-11-1869) re supplies of preserved meat.

Manager, Victorian Meat Preserving Company (Melbourne) to Hornby (1-12-1869; 6-12-1869) re preserved meat.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3071.

Series 105/3. Squadron letters, 1869 - 1870

Letters received by Hornby from other ships in squadron.

Subjects include: condition of Egmont's hull; examination of midshipmen; desertions; courts martial.

(172p.)

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Series 105/4. Courts Martial and Courts of Enquiry and Officers Invalided and Surveyed (86p.), 1869 - 1870

Includes:

[A] Papers and documents concerning the courts martial of Mr Pooley (Montevideo); Mr E. Scott (Yokohoma), Lt J. Parker and R.T. Henderson (Auckland) and enquiry into circumstances of Endymion nearly running into Scylla (Hobart).

[B] Reports of surveys on officers.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Series 105/5. Midshipmen, 1869 - 1870

Papers and documents re midshipmen deprived of time, sent home for disposal and re examination of midshipmen.

(52p.)

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Series 113. Private Letterbook, 2 July 1869 - 8 October 1870

1 item

Pressed copies of Hornby's letters, very faint in places.

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Copies of Hornby's letters while on Liverpool (Madeira, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Yokohoma, Valparaiso) to various people, including Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres, 2 July 1869 - 8 October 1870 (File ff.298-354)

Subjects include: proceedings of the squadron; welcome received in Melbourne; evolutionary signals; his officers; beneficial effects on New Zealand of visit from the squadron; arrival at Yokohoma; desertions in Australia.

Series 114. Notes and Remarks Bristol and Liverpool (200p.), December 1867 - 15 November 1870

2 items

Details of: course; position; weather; winds; remarks - leaving Plymouth; voyage to Bahia; position of other ships in squadron; exercises aloft; voyage to Melbourne; sails set; anchorage in Hobson's Bay; voyages to Sydney and Hobart; Lyttelton Harbour; Auckland; voyage to Japan; weekly returns; voyage to Honolulu; voyage to England; officers noted on reports or by observation; expenditure of coal.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Abstract log and remarks for voyage of Liverpool, 19 June 1869 - 15 November 1870 (File)
Abstract log for Bristol from Sierra Leone to England (2p.), December 1867 - January 1868 (File)

Series 120. Letters from Naval Officers, 28 November 1877 - 9 April 1891

9 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Subseries 120A. Part 5, 1879-10-31 - [1880]-03-24
3 items

Filmed selectively.

James Bruce (Auckland) to Hornby, 6 December 1879 (File)

Rre tranquil conditions in New Zealand; 'Maxwell in Emerald is prancing about the Western Pacific with Sir Arthur Gordon' (7p.)

Sir Arthur Gordon (Nasova) to Bruce, 31 October 1879 (File)

Re Bruce's activities at Brooker Island 'I should have thought it all right if you had shelled the village' (4p., copy).

James Bruce (Cormorant, Auckland) to Hornby re bad weather on voyage to Lyttelton; investment opportunities. (6p.), 24 March [1880] (File)
Subseries 120A. Part 6, 28 November 1877 - 15 September 1878
2 items

Filmed selectively.

Commodore A. Hoskins (Wolverine, Melbourne) to Hornby re activities of new consul at Samoa. (8p.), 28 November 1877 (File)
A. Hoskins (Wolverine, Sydney) to Hornby re political crises in Victoria; 'weakness' of Sir George Bowen; defence plans. (8p.), 15 September 1878 (File)
Subseries 120A. Part 8, 12 December 1878 - 10 October 1879
1 item

Archival History

Filmed selectively.

James Bruce (Cormorant, Sydney, Cooktown, Auckland) to Hornby. (82p.), 12 December 1878 - 10 October 1879 (File)

Subjects include: voyage to Australia; lunch at Government House, Perth; defeat of Lord Harris' eleven by NSW; ordered to Brooker Island, New Guinea; movement of other ships; voyage to New Guinea; cannibals; Noumea; French intentions in New Hebrides; Sir Arthur Gordon; Samoa; Admiralty displeasure at his firing on natives of Brooker Island.

Includes:

J.Wilson (n.pl.) to Bruce (n.d.) re managing "Sir A.G.Sowell"; approves of his activities.

Thomas Wolley (Admirality) to Commodore Wilson (31-07-1879) re cruise of Cormorant to New Guinea and Solomon Islands and Bruce's firing on natives.

Cormorant sailing orders to investigate labour traffic in south seas and investigate fates of various persons (2-02-1879)

Bruce (Cormorant, Fiji) to J.Wilson (19-04-1879) reporting proceedings of ship. (Pressed copy, very faint.)

Bruce (Cormorant, Auckland) to Wilson (7-10-1879) re firing on natives of Brooker Island (Pressed copy, faint)

Subseries 120B. Part 1, 19 April 1887
1 item

Filmed selectively.

George Tryon (Government House, Melbourne) to Hornby re naval affairs (6p.), 19 April 1887 (File)
Subseries 120B. Part 7, 15 January [1882]
1 item

Filmed selectively.

Burgess Watson (Miranda, Sydney) to Hornby re his commission; opinion of Bruce, visit from Russian Squadron. (8p.), 15 January [1882] (File)
Subseries 120C. Part 2, 9 April 1891
1 item

Filmed selectively.

Moore (Brisbane) to Hornby, 9 April 1891 (File)

Re inspecting defences of Australia with Defence Commission; Federation convention - power of Senate; New Zealand economic conditions; 'my impression is that among the young generation now coming on, there is little real loyalty or regard for the mother country' (4p.)

Series 125. Memento of the Flying Squadron

My log on the cruise of Flying Squadron by William Haynes, bandsman HMS Phoebe (poem printed on silk square).

Filmed selectively. Miscellaneous items which were also part of this Series were not filmed by the AJCP.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Series 129. Pacific Station. General regulations and port orders (60p.), 1848

1 item

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Station Regulations and Port Orders for the Squadron Employed in the Pacific. Valparaiso (Printed), 1848 (File)

Issued by Rear Admiral Phipps Hornby, printed with manuscript additions.

Series 133A-D. Scrapbooks, c. 1869-1870

1 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

B Scrapbook, c. 1869-1870 (File)

Press cuttings from Australian and South African newspapers re visit of Flying Squadron.

(c44p.)

Fonds. Admiral Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby, 5 December 1901 - March 1903

2 items

Biographical / Historical

Admiral Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby: (1866-1956)

Younger son of Sir Geoffrey, entered navy in 1879. He became a lieutenant in 1886. He commanded Pylades on the Australian Station, from 1901-1903, and was promoted captain. He then served in the Mediterranean, and was Commander in Chief North America and West Indies Station, 1914-1915.

Series 204. Miscellaneous Papers, 5 December 1901 - 10 February 1903

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Subseries Folder 1. Sailing orders, 5 December 1901 - 10 February 1903
1 item
Sailing orders (20p.), 5 December 1901 - 10 February 1903 (File)

Orders received on Pylades from CIC Australian Station, concerning the movement of the ship.

Series 208. Letterbook, Pylades and Diana, 10 January 1902 - March 1903

1 item

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Copies of Hornby's letters (Pylades, Oyster Cove, Suva, Tarawa, Sydney, Williamstown, Melbourne) to CIC Australian Station reporting proceedings of the ship, 10 February 1902 - March 1903 (File ff.1-72)

Subjects include: use of bad language on board; coronation celebrations for King Edward at Suva; navigation aids at Tarawa; icemaking machine; reports on officers; voyage with Telfer Campbell to Gilbert and Ellice Islands; condition of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; French interpreter; Pylades preparations for war; transferring command to Herbert Da Costa. (Faint in places).

Fonds. Commander Windham Mark Phipps Hornby, 16 October 1900 - 24 April 1901

1 item

Commander Windham Mark Phipps Hornby: (1896-).

Son of Admiral Robert, entered navy in 1909.

Series 305. Corbet A.F. Radford, Journal (66p.), 16 October 1900 - 24 April 1901

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Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3072.

Journal kept by Hornby's father-in-law of voyage to Adelaide in Woolloomooloo, visit to cousins in Adelaide and return voyage to Southampton in Friedrich der Grosse, 16 October 1900 - 24 April 1901 (File)

Subjects include: boarding Woolloomooloo; leaving Tilbury; other passengers; Las Palmas; weather; deck sports; taking and developing photographs; Cape Town 'everything is very expensive on account of the war'; Australian and New Zealand troops on board; arrival Port Adelaide 29 November; meeting cousins at Adelaide; Christmas Day; anniversary of founding of South Australia; drive to Blackwood; shops shut on death of Queen Victoria; trip to Mt Lofty to visit Sterlings; imperial troops marching through Adelaide; voyage on Friedrich der Grosse to Colombo; Lord Beauchamp on board; Aden; Suez; Southampton.

Photographs include: other passengers; deck games; Las Palmas; Australian troops at Cape Town (very poor copy), and on board; gumtree at St Leonards; Der Grosse Kurfurst; imperial troops in Adelaide; Pemberton, Glenelg; Friedrich der Grosse; Colombo (very poor copies); Aden; Suez Canal.

Also included 'Captain, doctor and various passengers on the ship', poem. (9p.)


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