FREMANTLE (Hon. Sir Edmund Robert, 1836-1929, Admiral and Naval Writer)

Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent saying he is “much obliged to you for sending me your lines on Trafalgar & Irving. I like the last best I think, but both are good...”, 1 side 8vo., 44 Lower Sloane Street, 3rd November laid down with a biography underneath

Fremantle served in the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852 and the New Zealand Wars in 1864. Then in 1861 he became commander in HMS Eclipse. He was promoted rear-admiral in 1885 and was made second-in-command of the Channel Squadron in 1886 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1888. Promoted to vice-admiral from 1890 he went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1892 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1896. He was promoted to admiral later that year and retired in June 1901.

Item Date:  1905

Stock No:  42795      £75

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