A SET OF SHIP'S LOGBOOKS FROM H.M.S. VENGEANCE, KEPT BY CAPT. LORD EDWARD RUSSELL

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A SET OF SHIP'S LOGBOOKS FROM H.M.S. VENGEANCE, KEPT BY CAPT. LORD EDWARD RUSSELL
first log between 11th July 1850 and 30th June 1850 when Vengeance was between Portsmouth and Gosport taking stores; second log between 1st July 1851 and 29th February 1852, sails to Malta Harbour for general exercises; third log between 1st March 1852 and 30th July 1852, a detailed account at sea of the various tasks undertaken such as gunnery practice, repairs, etc., docked at Gibraltar for stores; fourth log between 11th July 1852 and 28th July 1853, at sea, various locations, preparing for Crimea, the first entries possibly dictated, hand steadily shakier as log proceeds; fifth log between 29th April and 14th November 1854, Odessa to Crimea: Assisted at the opening attack on Sebastopol and with the embarkation of the army (Aug 29), disembarked troops and artillery (Sept 16), discharged troops for passage to Balaclava (29 Sept.) etc., written in a florid hand that improves slightly after the first few entries; the first four bound between soft marbled covers, the last lacking covers; together with a testimonial to William Henry Bridge, Cmdr. R.N. for a medal with two clasps: Burmese War 1825-6 and Sebastopol 1855, signed by various Admirals and dignitories; Naval Brigade: a breakdown of men returning from the Crimea, dated 14th March 1857; an un-identified defence to Courts Martial comprising seventeen pages loosely bound with twine; and a page from the log of H.M.S. Liffey dated 1825. The set of logs -- 13 x 8¼in. (33 x 21cm.) (9)

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Admiral Lord Edward Russell (1805-1887), second son of John Russell, sixth Duke of Bedford, entered the Navy in 1819 and, after being made Lieutenant in 1826, joined H.M.S. Philomel in which he served at Navarino in 1827. After a spell on the Lisbon station, just before which he had been promoted Commander, he was made Captain in 1833 and commanded the Actaeon off South America from 1834-38. Beached in 1839, he became private secretary to his half-brother Lord John Russell and, from 1841-47, was Whig M.P. for Tavistock, the family borough, as well as, latterly, a naval A.D.C.to the Queen from 1846-50.
Appointed to the command of the 84-gun 2nd rate Vengeance in 1851, he was sent to the Mediterranean where he remained throughout the period of tension leading up to the start of the Crimean War. In January 1854, Vengeance accompanied the fleet into the Black Sea and, that spring, Russell distinguished himself at Varna where he was largely responsible for the successful landing of the entire British Army. Later, on 17th October [1854], Vengeance took part in the [first] massive bombardment of Sebastopol following which her role diminished and she returned home the next year. Russell himself was made a Companion of the Bath in July 1855 and promoted Rear-Admiral in 1856, thereafter seeing no further service at sea. Advanced to Admiral in March 1867, he died in the Royal Yacht Squadron's castle at Cowes in 1887.