
Lot 9
A pair of Victorian Midshipman's personal logbooks, Richard Morden Harbord RN (1865-1951) 13x8.5ins.(33x22cm) 2
15 April 2014, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£800 - £1,200
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A pair of Victorian Midshipman's personal logbooks, Richard Morden Harbord RN (1865-1951)
Detailing his service from HMS Tyne 17 June 1881, to HMS Sultan 25 May 1885. Cloth covers, with leather spines, manuscript entries with some tipped-in ink and watercolour sketches. 13x8.5ins.(33x22cm) (2)
Footnotes
Richard Morden Harbord-Hammond RN, Rear Admiral and latterly 10th Baron Suffield, enlisted in January 1879. These two volumes cover his service in HMS Tyne Jan-Feb 1881,from Woolwich to Malta, HMS Superb Feb 1881- to Jan 1884, with the Mediterranean Fleet and back to Portsmouth, HMS Duke of Wellington, Malabar & Minotaur in the Mediterranean, and finally HMS Northumberland and Sultan with the Channel Fleet until May 1865.