Lot 2

Edward Vernon, Admiral 'Grog'

Nelson and the Royal Navy 1750-1815

5 July 2005, 11:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £456 inc. premium

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Edward Vernon, Admiral 'Grog'

Document signed ("E Vernon"), headed "By Edward Vernon Esq.r Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet", to Captain Saumarez of HMS York at Plymouth, ordering him to "receive on Board...the Sixteen Men, that shall be Brought to you, by the Gloucester Captain Saunders, and to bear them upon your Books, for Wages from their first Entry on Board the Royall Sovereign"; countersigned by the Admiral's Secretary, J. Rumsey, one page, 4to, laid down, Royal George, the Downs, 30 August 1745

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Issued when Vernon was in command of the ships of the North Sea, responsible for countering any support the French might give to the Stuart cause during the 'Forty Five. Five years earlier, he had issued his famous order that the naval issue of rum be diluted with water; his - and the drink's - nickname of 'Grog' being said to derive from his habit of wearing a grogram boat-cloak.

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