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2 Correspondence and papers
3 Photograph albums and scrapbooks
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The Papers of Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett

Title Photograph albums and scrapbooks
Reference BGGF 3
Covering Dates 1878–1937
Extent and Medium 16 volumes and 1 file
Content and context

Photographs of ships, royal visits, naval personnel and family, including King George V's visits to India and Nepal.

Index Terms
India
Nepal
Churchill/BGGF 3 contains:
1 Ships, visits, honeymoon, and BG-F's home The Mill House. Photographs of HMSs Britannia 1878, Dido 1879-82, Northampton 1882, Sultan 1883, Bellerophon 1889-92, Melampus 1892, group of officers of same 1892, Royal Arthur 1893, HMY Osborne 1896-8, HMSs Caesar 1898-9 and Gladiator 1900-1. Visits to Rio de Janeiro, South Africa and Australia. Honeymoon in Spain 1907. The Mill House, Dersingham, Norfolk (BG-F's home 1907-15).
1 item.
1878–1915
2 Ships, Jerusalem. Photographs of HMSs Sultan, Agamemnon, Thrush, Bellerophon. Visit to Jerusalem.
1 item.
1890
3 Ships and naval personnel, visits and family. Loose photos, mounted. Prince of Wales and officers of HMS Indomitable, Quebec to Portsmouth 1908, in coal ship rig. Visit to Pietermaritzburg 1901, group with Lord Kitchener. Prince of Wales and officers of HMS Royal Arthur, 1903. Bermuda and Halifax, 1891-2. Groups with Prince of Wales. HMS Bellerophon (under sail and under steam), 1891. HMS Iris. HMS Howe (including loss of same in Ferrol Harbour Nov 1892). HMS Melampus, group of officers and men 1892. Family photographs. HMS Royal Arthur and groups of her officers, 1893. Visits to Peru 1894-5; Esquimault, British Columbia. French ship Duguay Trouin, 1894. Visit to Juan Fernandez Islands. Visit to Chile. Royal Arthur's men on shore exercises. Bear and (.?) moose shooting. Many portrait photos of Royal Arthur's officers, of soldiers and of ladies.
1 item.
1891–1908
4 Visits by members of the royal family to the Dominions and to Norway, The Mill House, stately homes. Photographs of visit by Prince George to Dominions in HMS Ophir, 1901; HMY Victoria and Albert, visit to Norway for coronation of King 1906; The Mill House, Dersingham; visits to various stately homes.
1 item.
1901–1906
5 Ships, naval personnel and army officers, visits, royalty, World War I. Photographs of HMY Osborne visit to Copenhagen 1896-7. Groups of her officers. Photographs taken by Princess Victoria. Danish royal palaces. Russian Imperial Yacht Standart. HMS Caesar, Mediterranean 1898-9. Autographs of her officers. Grand Harbour, Malta 1898 with fleet in. Visit by Kaiser in Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern. British officers and their ladies. Polo and racing at the Marsa. Demonstration by powers in Cretan disturbances 1898. Royal photographs, mostly signed. Jumps to 1917. George V at Scapa. Visit to Chatham. Admiral Beatty July 1916 and with King. Visits to munition factories, American troops and to Aldershot. Armistice Day 1920 at Cenotaph. Visit to Belgium.
1 item.
1896–1920
6 Ships and visits to India and Burma. Photographs of visit of Prince of Wales to India and Burma, 1905-6. Presentation volume given to BG-F by Commander Sir Charles Cust. Indian, Burmese and British life and customs. Photos of HMSs Terrible and Renown, and of Royal Yacht.
1 item.
1905–1906
7 India and Nepal. Visit to India by King George V for Coronation Durbar, 1911-12. Presentation volume given to BG-F by Commander Sir Charles Cust. Photographs on board HMS Medina while on passage. Nepal, big game shoot.
1 item.
1911–1912
8 India. Photographs of visit of Prince of Wales to Gwalior, 1905. Presentation volume given to BG-F by the Maharajah Scindia. Photographs of reception formalities, review of Maharajah's troops, including cavalry charge, musical ride. Shikar (big game hunt) at Panihar. Tiger shoot.
1 item.
1905
9 India. BG-F's volume of photographs of Prince of Wales's visit to India and Burma 1905-6. Bombay, Indore, Jaipur, Bikanir-, Patiala, Delhi, Gwalior (see 3/8), Calcutta, Rangoon, Mandalay. Capture of wild elephants at Karapur, Mysore. At Bangalore, Hyderabad (another tiger shoot), Benares, (Sambur and bear shoot), Lucknow, Sirmoor, Nahan to Umballa '13 miles in Doolies'. Suez Canal and Egypt on way home.
1 item.
1905–1906
10 India. Volume of photographs of Indian tour for Coronation Durbar presented to BG-F by the King.
1 item.
1911–1912
11 Nepal. Presentation volume of photographs of shoot in the Nepalese Terai from the Maharajah of Nepal.
1 item.
Dec 1911
12 India, Nepal, Egypt, Sudan, Malta. BG-F's volume of photographs of King and Queen's visit to India for the Coronation Durbar. Nepal tiger and rhinosceros shoot.. Apparently 11 tigers killed. Photographs of voyages out and home and of visit to Egypt and Sudan, January 1912. Also to Malta, and home to Portsmouth.
1 item.
1911–1912
13 Family photographs, ships, fishing trips, King George V, including funeral. Family photographs, 1934-7. Warships, obviously at 1935 Jubilee Review (no captions but include Hood and Renown). Fishing in Scotland and Ireland. King George's funeral 28 Jan 1936, with identification drawing of chief mourners. Loose photo of King George V broadcasting, probably Christmas 1935.
1 item.
1934–1937
14 Funeral of King George V. Photographs of lying-in-state and funeral of King George V.
1 file.
1936
15 Scrap book. Includes programmes, press cuttings and mementos of tour by Duke and Duchess of York [later George V and Queen Mary] to Dominions in HMS Ophir (Commander R.E. Wemyss).
1 file.
1901
16 Scrap book. Includes programmes, press cuttings and mementos of tour by Duke and Duchess of York [later George V and Queen Mary] to Dominions in HMS Ophir (Commander R.E. Wemyss).
1 file.
1901
17 Scrap book. Includes programmes, press cuttings and mementos of visit to India by Duke and Duchess of York [later George V and Queen Mary].
1 file.
1905–1906

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