Christ's/Stanbury/STAN/1 contains:
1	"General Introduction"
2	"Peculiar Service"
3	"Captain Robert Fitzroy"
4	"Officers & Gentlemen"
5	"Old Shipmates"
6	"Young Gentlemen"
7	"The Ship"
8	"Old Salts"
9	"Victuals Only"
10	"Philosopher Darwin"
11	"Fitting Out"
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Stanbury collection

Title	"Young Gentlemen"
Reference	STAN/1/6
Covering Dates	1968–1998 (Exact date of work within the collection period unknown)
Extent and Medium	1 folder; Paper

Content and context

Typed document detailing the accommodation, dress, duties and life of the 5 Midshipman on board the Beagle. They were Peter Benson Stewart, Arthur Mellersh, Alexander Derbyshire, Charles Muster and Philip Parker King (son of Captain Philip Gidley King Commander of the Alexander and Beagle on the first surveying voyage to South America). Includes Robert Fitzroy's letter of 1837 written to Henry Hardinge detailing his own experience as a young gentleman at sea as advice for the young son of Sir Robert Peel.

Index Terms

King, Phillip Parker (1791-1856) naval officer and hydrographer

FitzRoy, Robert (1805-1865) hydrographer and meteorologist

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