HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900)

Date:
1889
Reference:
MS.7105
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Description

Manuscript diary of the illness of HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900). The diary covers the period April 12th-27th during which Prince Alfred sailed from the Mediterranean, where he was stationed as Admiral C. in C., to the Channel, and describes fever and disturbed digestion.

Publication/Creation

1889

Physical description

4 ff.

Acquisition note

Acquired from Judith Grant, Ephemera, 1995.

Ownership note

The diary was compiled by Naval Fleet Surgeon George McLean (d. 1920), and passed to Sir Oscar Clayton (1816-1892), Surgeon Ordinary to the Duke of Edinburgh. On Clayton's death it was passed to his successor as Surgeon Ordinary to the Duke, Sir William Hickman (1837-1897) F.R.C.S., M.R.C.P. (Edin.), from whose papers it was acquired. McLean was later Inspector General of the Naval Medical Division.

Finding aids

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.

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Accession number

  • acc. 349776