Colvile family letters

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Volume of letters and other material collected by Frederick Leigh Colvile, vicar of Leek Wootton, concerning his brother, Commander George Twistleton Colvile, born 26th June 1826, died September 1860, when his ship CAMILLA, was lost off the coast of Japan:

Mainly comprises letters written by him while on active service in: the Mediterranean, 1840-1; North and South America, 1842-1844; South Africa and Indian Ocean, 1847-8; and during the Crimean War and its preliminaries, 1853-1855.

f. 1a : letter from Mary Colvile (nee Leigh), Barton House, to her son, F.L. Colvile, with news of G.T. Colvile's nomination for the admission to the navy; 25th November 1839.

f.1b : letter from Admiral Sir William Parker, at the Admiralty, to Captain Frederick C.A. Colvile, informing him of his nomination of his son G.T. Colvile for admission to the navy; 25th November 1839.

f. 2 : letter from Phipps Hornby, Woolwich, to Captain F.C.A. Colvile, advising him of the admission of G.T. Colvile to the navy; (with lists of equipment for midshipmen and official letter of appointment, 23rd November 1839).

f. 3a : letter from G.T. Colvile to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile informing him of his appointment, with covering letter from John Robert Miller, his master at (?naval college): 29th November 1839.

f. 3b : letter from G.T. Colvile, on board H.M.S. Prometheus, to his mother Mary Colvile, 23rd February 1840.

f. 8a : letter from G.T. Colvile, Malta, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 23rd August 1841, (describes religious festivals at Palermo). With cutting from 'Illustrated London News' depicting Royal Chapel.

f. 8b : letter from G.T. Colvile on board H.M.S. Talbot, 26th September 1841, (describes Syracuse and Constantinople).

f. 9 : pencil sketch of Mosque of Achmatic by G.T. Colvile, 1840.

f. 10 : letter from R.F. Stoppard, H.M.S. Talbot, to Captain F.C.A. Colvile, informing him of his son's transfer to Sir Edward Brace's command; 11th April 1842.

f. 11 : letter from G.T. Colvile, aboard H.M.S. St. Vincent, Portsmouth, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile [1842].

f. 12 : letter from G.T. Colvile, aboard H.M.S. Salamander, 10th October 1842.

f.12v-13 : cuttings from the 'Illustrated London News' depicting the Straits of Magellan (1869) and the City of Rio de Janeiro (1859).

f. 13 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Rio de Janeiro, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 8th December 1842.

f. 14 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Valparaiso, to the Honourable William Henry Leigh, 16th May 1843 (with cutting from 'Illustrated London News' depicting the port).

f. 15 : letter from G.T. Colvile to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 26th October 1843 (describes shooting expeditions around San Francisco and Californian Indians).

f. 16 : pen sketch of Parga, 20th July [1840?].

f. 17 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Valparaiso, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 19th April 1844.

f. 18 : letter from G.T. Colvile , English Channel, 17th June 1845. ja.

f. 19v : photograph of portrait of G.T. Colvile, (undated)

f. 20 : letter from G.T. Colvile, on board H.M.S. Rosamond, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 6th August 1847.

f. 21a : letter from G.T. Colvile, Cape of Good Hope, to his 'aunt', 24th October 1847.

f. 21b : letter from G. T. Colvile, Mauritius, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 29th May 1848.

f. 22 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, Mauritius, to his aunt, Lady Caroline East, 9th August 1848. (Describes Mauritius).

f. 22v : cutting from '?Illustrated London News' describing Madagascar; c. 1860.

f. 23 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, at sea, to his sister, Isabel Colvile, 10th October 1848. (Describes Comoro Islands and Madagascar).

f. 23v : cutting from '?Illustrated London News' depicting Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope; c. 1860.

f. 24 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Simon's Bay, South Africa, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, May 1849.

f. 24v : cutting from'?Illustrated London News' depicting Table Bay and Table Mountain, South Africa; ? c. 1860.

f. 25 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Simon's Bay, South Africa, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 24th January 1850 (describes local political situation).

f. 26 : letter from G.T. Colvile, from Spithead, 11th April 1852.

f. 27 : letter from F.T. Colvile, at sea, near Cork, 26th September 1852 (describes Lisbon).

f. 28a : letter from Thomas Phillips, M[idle] H[ill] to F.L. Colvile, concerning an enclosed note (see f.28b); 12 ' J.' 1853.

f. 28b : Lieutenant G.T. Colvile's notes on how the lintels at Stonehenge were raised

f. 29a : letter from G.T. Colvile, Bosphorous, to his father, F.C.A. Colvile, 23rd November 1853.

f. 29b : letter from G.T. Colvile, Malta, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 1st May 1853.

f. 30 : letter from G.T. Colvile, off Odessa, to his mother, Mary Colvile, 25th April 1854, (describes incidents in Crimean War).

f. 31a : letter from G.T. Colvile, off Sebastapol, to his father, F.C.A. Colvile, 25th September 1854, (describes Crimean War campaign from 8th September 1854).

f. 31b : letter from G.T. Colvile, off Sebastapol, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 28th September 1854, (describes Battle of the Alma).

f. 32 : letter from G.T. Colvile, off Sebastapol, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 23rd November 1854.

f. 34 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Constantinople, to Captain Leigh, 20th March 1854 (describes preliminaries to outbreak of Crimean War).

f. 36 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Crimea, to his brother, F. L. Colvile, 22nd May 1854 (describes preliminaries to outbreak of Crimean War).

f. 38 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Crimea, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 14th July 1854. (refers also to the death of his brother, Graham, as well as to events in the Crimea).

f. 44 : copy leter from G.T. Colvile, Sebastapol, to his mother, Mary Colvile, 30th October 1854 (describes the siege of Sebastapol).

f. 46 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, Sebastapol, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 9th November 1854 (describes Battle of Inkermann).

f. 48 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Crimea, to his brother, F.L. Colvile, 8th December 1854.

f. 51 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, Crimea, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 12th November 1854.

f. 53 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, Crimea, to his mother, Mary Colvile, 20th December 1854.

f. 54v : sketch by G.T. Colvile of 'Phoenix Lodge', i.e. his living quarters in the Crimea.

f. 55 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, 'Phoenix Lodge', to his sister Isabel [Mansell-Pleydell], 22nd December 1854 (describes siege of Sebastapol).

f. 57 : copy note from G.T. Colvile, Sebastapol, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 2nd January 1855.

f. 58 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, Sebastapol, to 'my dear Conny' (?his cousin, Constance Hayter-Heymes, nee Colvile) 7th January 1855. (Describes winter conditions during the siege).

f. 59 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, H.M.S. Rodney, to his mother, Mary Colvile, 10th February 1855 (describes an attack of fever).

f. 63 : newspaper cuttings reporting the promotion of G.T. Colvile to rank of Commander (March 1855), and his return to Moreton-in-Marsh, 18 (April 1855).

f. 64 : letter from Admiral Stephen Lushington, Hyde Park, to Captain G.T. Colvile, 31st July 1856, referring to his service at the siege of Sebastapol.

f. 83 : copy letter from G.T. Colvile, Brussels, to his mother, Mary Colvile, 17th July 1855. (Describes Antwerp).

f. 84 : letter from G.T. Colvile, Brussels, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 17th July 1855. (Describes Waterloo and Brussels).

f. 86 : letter from G.T. Colvile, dated at Frankfurt, to his father, Captain F.C.A. Colvile, 12th August 1855 (describes Hamburg).