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A brief meeting with Richard Fortescue Purvis. The Royal Navy. The East India Company. The Church of England. The basic facts of a packed life.
Author
Harry Purvis
Date Written
April 30, 2026
Related Letters
John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 30 August 1816 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 01 April 1817 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 02 June 1817 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to John Brett Purvis, Febuary 1818 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Vice Admiral John Child Purvis, March 1818 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Vice Admiral John Child Purvis, April 1818 | Sophia Ricketts to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 29 August 1818 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to George Thomas Maitland Purvis, September 1818 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to John Child Purvis, 25 December 1818 | Georgina Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 31 October 1819 | Georgina Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, February 1820 | Daniel Garrett to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 17 April 1820 | Renira Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 07 July 1820 | Georgina Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 10 November 1820 | Renira Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 09 December 1820 | Georgina Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 01 February 1821 | Renira Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 20 March 1821 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Georgina Purvis, July 1821 | George Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 14 August 1821 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to George Purvis, September 1821 | John Proctor Anderson to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 29 December 1821 | John Shillibeer to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 24 January 1825 | Renira Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 13 May 1826 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Mrs. John Brett Purvis, 20 May 1826 | I. M. Edwards to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 29 October 1827 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Elizabeth Purvis, 31 December 1827 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 22 May 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 22 June 1831 | Elizabeth Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, July 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 15 July 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 23 July 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 16 August 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 23 August 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 30 August 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 02 September 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 07 September 1831 | Renira Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 08 September 1831 | Sir Thomas Bradford to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 03 October 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 04 October 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 17 November 1831 | Renira Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 28 November 1831 | John Brett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 09 December 1831 | George Lambert to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 19 December 1846 | George Lambert to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 23 August 1847 | Sir Thomas Bradford to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 21 October 1831 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Fortescue Richard Purvis, 10 October 1855 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Fortescue Richard Purvis, 17 October 1855 | Thomas F. W. Kendall to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 16 September 1856 | Thomas F. W. Kendall to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 18 September 1856 | Thomas F. W. Kendall to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 10 October 1856 | Richard Comings to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 10 August 1857 | Herbert Mark Garrett Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 05 November 1865 | Frederick Reginald Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 22 July 1867 | Frederick Reginald Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 27 August 1867 | George Thomas Maitland Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 29 August 1867 | Frederick Reginald Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 25 November 1867 | Frederick Reginald Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 29 November 1867 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to John Brett Purvis (extract, draft) | Renira Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis | Extract of letter from Richard Fortescue Purvis to unknown recipient (possibly Mrs. Grant) | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 02 November 1803 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 26 November 1803 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 07 January 1804 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to John Child Purvis, 16 January 1804 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to John Child Purvis, 03 September 1805 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to Mrs. J. C. Purvis, 27 September 1805 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to John Child Purvis, 02 June 1806 | Richard Fortescue Purvis to John Child Purvis, 08 May 1807 | Elizabeth and John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 10 January 1815 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 28 April 1815 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 4 October 1815 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 03 June 1816 | John Child Purvis to Richard Fortescue Purvis, 01 January 1817 | Purvis Family Genealogical Notebook; presented to Admiral of the Blue John Child Purvis
Series
A Family Portrait
Related People
Purvis, Richard Fortescue (1789-1868)