GB 0064 HWK
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Collection
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1743-1762
Papers of Adml Edward Hawke. They contain a virtually unbroken series of letter and order books relating to Hawke's career afloat from June 1743 onwards. The only gap appears in the in-letters between November 1759 and April 1762; otherwise chronological omissions correspond with Hawke's periods ashore. There is nothing relating to his service as First Lord of the Admiralty.
Hawke , Edward , 1705-1781 , 1st Baron Hawke , Admiral of the Fleet