GB 0064 BAX/1-3 - Bax, Henry Bonham (1798-1869)

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Reference code

GB 0064 BAX/1-3

Title

Bax, Henry Bonham (1798-1869)

Date(s)

  • [1844-1869] (Creation)

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1 vol

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Biographical history

Bax was in the Navy from 1813 to 1817, after which he entered the service of the East India Company. In 1844 he became an Elder Brother of Trinity House. See Arthur Nesham Bax, A Bax family of east kent ( published privately, 1951).

Archival history

GB 0064 BAX/1-3 [1844-1869] Collection (fonds) 1 vol Bax , Henry Bonham , 1798-1869 , Commander (H.E.I.C.)

Bax was in the Navy from 1813 to 1817, after which he entered the service of the East India Company. In 1844 he became an Elder Brother of Trinity House. See Arthur Nesham Bax, A Bax family of east kent ( published privately, 1951).

Presented by Admiral R N Bax in 1956.

Papers of Henry Bonham Bax, comprising an illustrated list of buoys and light vessels owned by Bax as an Elder Brother of Trinity House.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the National Maritime Museum website.

Bax's illustrated book of lighthouses and a journal kept in the Mulgrave are in the Department of Pictures, on loan from Canon A.N. Bax since 1953.

Entry transcribed from the National Maritime Museum online catalogue by Sarah Drewery, May 2011.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

May 2011 Navigational aids Buoys Transport Vehicles Ships Bax , Henry Bonham , 1798-1869 , Commander (H.E.I.C.)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by Admiral R N Bax in 1956.

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Scope and content

Papers of Henry Bonham Bax, comprising an illustrated list of buoys and light vessels owned by Bax as an Elder Brother of Trinity House.

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Please allow 4 working days to process your order for viewing (see website for full details).

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Contact the Archives.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Bax's illustrated book of lighthouses and a journal kept in the Mulgrave are in the Department of Pictures, on loan from Canon A.N. Bax since 1953.

Finding aids

Detailed catalogue online at the National Maritime Museum website.

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National Maritime Museum

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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