Lillicrap Papers at the National Maritime Museum
A list of the papers of Sir Charles S. Lillicrap in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Contents
LCR/1
Private and semi-official letters received, 1928-1965.
LCR/2
Letters of congratulation received when made Knight Commander of the Order of Bath (KCB), 1947.
LCR/3
Letters received on retirement, 1951.
LCR/4
Letters received relating to social events of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors (RCNC), 1951 and 1963.
LCR/5
Letters received, relating to Lillicrap's role as Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, 1958.
LCR/6
Report of the committee on the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors (RCNC), with related memoranda and correspondence, 1945-1946.
LCR/7
Appointments diary, 1947.
LCR/8
Appointments diary, 1950.
LCR/9
Appointments diary, 1951.
LCR/10
Typescript narrative of an official visit to the United States, 1943.
LCR/11
General notes on history and literature, undated.
LCR/12
Memoranda, including notes on his career, draft of a speech, newscuttings and a memorandum by John H. Narbeth on the naval constructor Sir William E. Smith, 1943.
LCR/13
Invitations to ship launchings and menus of official dinners.
LCR/14
LCR/14/1
Certificates for the Professional Certificate in Naval Architecture from the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1910; and the award of a W.W. Marriner Premium by the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, 1944. Also a volume recording the admission of Lady Harriet Minnie Lillicrap to the Honorary Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, 1959; and a letter sent to Sir Lillicrap on his retirement from the Board of Directors of J. Samuel White, 1965.
LCR/14/2
Certificates and related correspondence: certificates of Associate-Member and Member of The Institution of Naval Architects, 1913 and 1919; election as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 1937; Member of The Institute of Welding, 1937; Ordre National de La Legion D'Honneur, 1949; Honorary Fellowship of The Society of Engineers, 1955; award of a Society Premium by The Society of Engineers, 1958; and Fellowship of Imperial College of Science & Technology, 1964.
LCR/15
LCR/15/1
Assorted photographs, including portraits, social events, ceremonies, ships and ship launches.
LCR/15/2
Album of photographs by Stewart Bale Ltd recording the launch of HMS ARK ROYAL at the shipbuilding yard of Cammell Laird & Co Ltd at Birkenhead, 3 May 1950. Four copies of a portrait photograph of Lillicrap taken by Vandyk, 108 New Bond Street, London. Also six group portrait photographs taken at the Royal Naval Constructors' Annual Dinner.
LCR/16
LCR/16/1
Various printed material including an obituary for Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt 1868-1951, 'The Royal Corps of Naval Constructors' by Sir Eustace d'Eyncourt, 'Designing a Warship' and 'The Submarine Past, Present and Future' by Lillicrap. Material regarding Engineering, several cartoons, four books titled 'The Records of Naval Men' by Gerald Fothergill, 'A List of the Prime Warden, wardens Court of Assistants Livery and Freemen of The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights' 1964, 'Handy Book of the Stars used in Navigation: How to Find them, and how to use them in getting the ship's position, and error of the compass' by Captain W. B. Whall and a copy of 'Rules for the conduct of Life' with a copy of his Freedom of the City of London. Also contains letters and material regarding his knighthood, the Order of the Bath and ceremonies related to it, the Orde Van Oranje-Nassau, a certificate granting admittance to the Freedom and Livery of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights and a paper certifiying that Lillicrap served as Asst Constructor on HMS SUPERB.
LCR/16/2
Typescript and related material on 'Warships 1860-1960', including diagrams of ships for the period for each class, tables containing technical information for ships, the numbers of each class built and losses and a map plotting HM Ships in Naval Review - Spithead for 1856, 1897, 1914, 1937, 1953 and an imaginary one for 1960. Also contains 'British Tanks' A Paper read by Sir Eustace H. Tennyson d'Eyncourt, K.C.B., (Director of Naval Construction, The Admiralty), At the Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Bournemouth, September 10, 1919. reprinted from "Engineering" September 12 and 19, 1919.
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