SCOTT'S NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-1904
(Lots 153-158)
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912).
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ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912).
Autograph letter signed ('Rob.t Scott') to Admiral [Sir Albert] Markham, Portsmouth, 25 May n.y. [1900]. thanking him for a note, continuing 'I gave Sir Clements Markham the name of our Senior Engineer W.H. Skelton who is very desirous of being appointed', advising how the appointment might best be arranged and that 'as regards pay' while Skelton is willing to leave this to the committee 'his pay allowances if he were superintending building in the ordinary course would amount to £245'; mentioning his own hoped-for promotion and thanking Markham for supporting his appointment, written on grey paper, with heading of 'H.M.S. Majestic, Channel Squadron', 4 pages, 8vo (small pieces of tape at centre fold).
Admiral Sir Albert Markham (1841-1918) had been on Sir George Strong's Arctic expedition of 1875/76, and received a medal from the Royal Geographical Society for his own attempt to reach the Pole. Sir Clements Markham (1830-1916) the leading British geographer of his day, was on the joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Sociey, responsible for the Antarctic expedition of 1901. It was on his and Admiral Egerton's recommendation that Scott was offered the command of the expedition, and on taking up his duties in the Discovery he finally achieved the promotion to commander to which he refers in the present letter 'I sincerely hope their Lordships will not leave me out of the list in June'. He was appointed to lead the first British Antarctic expedition since Ross the following month, June 1900.
Autograph letter signed ('Rob.t Scott') to Admiral [Sir Albert] Markham, Portsmouth, 25 May n.y. [1900]. thanking him for a note, continuing 'I gave Sir Clements Markham the name of our Senior Engineer W.H. Skelton who is very desirous of being appointed', advising how the appointment might best be arranged and that 'as regards pay' while Skelton is willing to leave this to the committee 'his pay allowances if he were superintending building in the ordinary course would amount to £245'; mentioning his own hoped-for promotion and thanking Markham for supporting his appointment, written on grey paper, with heading of 'H.M.S. Majestic, Channel Squadron', 4 pages, 8vo (small pieces of tape at centre fold).
Admiral Sir Albert Markham (1841-1918) had been on Sir George Strong's Arctic expedition of 1875/76, and received a medal from the Royal Geographical Society for his own attempt to reach the Pole. Sir Clements Markham (1830-1916) the leading British geographer of his day, was on the joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Sociey, responsible for the Antarctic expedition of 1901. It was on his and Admiral Egerton's recommendation that Scott was offered the command of the expedition, and on taking up his duties in the Discovery he finally achieved the promotion to commander to which he refers in the present letter 'I sincerely hope their Lordships will not leave me out of the list in June'. He was appointed to lead the first British Antarctic expedition since Ross the following month, June 1900.