Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Grenville, Richard to Seymour, Frederick 2 October 1868, NAC RG7:G8C/15, 438.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Other documents (2).
Buckingham transmits correspondence between the Admiralty and the Colonial Office regarding the conditions upon which the Admiralty will accept Captain Delacombe’s request for a local promotion.
No. 83
2 October 1868
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of the
1st August, Separate, enclosing a copy of a letter from Captain
Delacombe R.M. Commanding the English Force stationed at San Juan in
which he applies for the local rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
I transmit to youfor
for your information and guidance copies of a
correspondence which has passed on this subject between this Department
and the Board of Admiralty, from which you will learn the conditions
upon which their Lordships are prepared to accede to Captain Delacombe's
request.
for your information and guidance copies of a
correspondence which has passed on this subject between this Department
and the Board of Admiralty, from which you will learn the conditions
upon which their Lordships are prepared to accede to Captain Delacombe's
request.
Other documents included in the file
Copy, Elliot to Secretary of the Admiralty, 19 September 1868, forwarding a copy of a despatch requesting "that the local rank of Lieutenant Colonel
may be bestowed upon" Captain Delacombe.
Copy, Romaine to the Under Secretary of State of the Colonial Office, 22 September 1868, requesting that if the local rank of Lieutenant Colonial be bestowed upon Captin Delacombe, the title be "honorary and carry with it no precedence outside the Island.