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1. Joseph Cotton F.R.S. Deputy Master of the Trinity House and a Director of the East India Company.
	Joseph Cotton (1746-1825) was appointed Deputy Master of Trinity House in 1803. He served as a Director of the East India Company between 1795 and...

2. Naval School, Greenwich & Block Model Ship.
	This appears to be a view of the first 'Fame', the drill ship constructed in 1843 for the 'sea exercises' of boys of the Greenwich Hospital School. ...

3. In Irons for Getting Drunk.
	The regular rations of alcohol in the Royal Navy, especially rum, often led to drunkeness among sailors. Drink was a major cause of crime and...

4. *HMS Endymion* rounding the Horn in the first Flying Squadron.**
	The frigate HMS 'Endymion', launched in Deptford in 1865. She served in the Mediterranean, and visited Australia in 1869-70 as part of the famous...

5. Greenwich Pensioner.
	Pastel image of a pensioner cleaning his glasses. Pensioners were admitted to the hospital from 1705 and originally wore a uniform of dark grey with...

6. *HMS Caledonia* lying in Plymouth Sound.**
	HMS 'Caledonia', a 120-gun ship built during the Napoleonic War and once Admiral Pellew's flagship in the Mediterranean. In 1857 she was renamed the...

7. *Procession of the Trinity Board* on Trinity Monday.**
	The Corporation of Trinity House is a unique maritime organisation which has as its prime objective the safety of shipping and the welfare of...

8. Royal Aquatic excursion to Greenwich Hospital.
	Despite being published over a year after the accession of Queen Victoria, this appears to show one of her uncle King William IV's visits to...

9. The Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
	The view is eastwards across the riverfront of Greenwich Hospital, from the foreshore reclaimed for the construction of Greenwich Pier (1836). The...

10. William Money Esqr. A Director of the Honorable United East India Company And Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House.
	William Money (17?-96) was Captain of several East Indiamen and later a Director of the East India Company. Like many other Company servants, he was...


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