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[BRITISH ADMIRALTY]. ROBINSON, Vice Admiral Charles Gepp (1805-1875). Group of 8 Original Signed Admiralty Commission Documents. [England, 1830-49]. Documents assigning Vice-Admiral Charles Gepp Robinson of Devon to various ships during his 19-year career in the Royal Navy, five of which date to the reign of Queen Victoria. Eight vellum certificates completed and signed in manuscript, five with red wax seal, 3 with paper seal, all with blue revenue stamp. Each measures approximately 11 x 12 ½”. Age-toning, creases due to folding, otherwise in very good condition, with notable signatures. Archive of official documents recording 19 years of one accomplished gentleman’s naval career of Vice-Admiral Charles Gepp Robinson, who saw early service chasing slave ships around Africa and who is connected to the Shearwater Memorial, the lot featuring original signatures by notables such as John Barrow, M. F .F. Berkeley, Lord John Hay, J. W. Deans Dundas, Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Sir George Francis Seymour, and Sir Henry George Ward. Also signing 4 of the documents is Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, GCB, PC, DL, who would later become First Naval Lord. We find his signature on the appointments of San Josef in 1833, HMS Royal William 1846, HMS San Josef 1848, and HMS Impregnable 1849. Full description available upon request.