Manuscript family papers of the Kingsmill family of Sydmonton

Item date: 17th - 19th centuries
Grant Value: 447
Item cost: 1,787
Item date acquired: 1995
Item institution: Hampshire Record Office
Town/City: Winchester
County: Hampshire

Many documents concerning Admiral Sir Robert Brice Kingsmill (1730 - 1805) and his nephew John Woodham, later Sir John Kingsmill of Hermitage Park, Dublin. The Admirals papers contain letters on naval matters including secret instructions and reports and a personal signal book.

Item Provenance
These papers were obviously once part of the major archive purchased by the Record Office in 1985 and 1986 with the help of FNL