[CHINA -- BOXER REBELLION] A collection of correspondence, photographs and other material relating to Captian E. H. Bayly and the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, including:

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[CHINA -- BOXER REBELLION] A collection of correspondence, photographs and other material relating to Captian E. H. Bayly and the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, including:
1. Approximately 20 photographs relating to Captain Bayly, including a signed photograph of George, Prince of Wales (later George V), dated 1890.
2. Approximately 80 autograph letters, signed, by Bayly, Admiral Seymour, Percy Scott, John Rushworth Jellicoe and other naval officers involved in the campaign.
3. Bayly's own 90-page manuscript journal relating to the role of his ship, H.M.S. Aurora, in the early stages of the China campaign.
4. Portrait of Captain Bayly, oil on board, 14½ x 11in., framed and glazed.

Lot Essay

Captain Edward H. Bayly, C.B., R.N., had a distinguished career in the navy which spanned 40 years. Joining as a cadet in 1863, he received his promotion to Captain in 1894 having served overseas in numerous ships before joining the battleship 'Iron Duke' in the late 1880s. In 1897 he commissioned the new cruiser 'Pelorus' and in February 1899 was appointed to the command of the armoured cruiser 'Aurora' on the China Station. His last command was the old battleship H.M.S. 'Monarch' in 1902.

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