Exeter Local Maritime Archives Project

Entry Detail

Code: GP/1-2257
Entry Text:

papers of the first Earl Grey, 1725-c.1800, including letters, plans, officers' journals, etc., notably regarding naval affairs with the French and North America and the West Indies, expedition to Ostend, prize money, Guernsey and other Channel Islands, fears of the invasion of England, attack on Flushing, etc. [see The Papers of 1st Earl Grey (Durham, 1974, 2 vols]

Date Range: 1725 to 1974
Keywords: correspondence navy battles Caribbean
Location: University of Durham