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Hoste. 1831-32 Entire letters from Hoste s two sons (both then 13 years old) to their mother at Hampton Court Palace, 1831 letter written by William (2nd Baronet), a volunteer on H.M.S "Briton" at Lisbon reporting his departure for the Western Islands and the building of batteries by Don Miguel along the coast and Tagus; the 1832 letter from Theodore written on H.M.S "Castor", begun at Lowestoft where the ship was in quarantine due to cholera on board, completed at sea en route to Plymouth from where he expects to sail to Lisbon, posted at Plymouth. Also an 1833 letter from Caroline Hoste in Brighton, to her brother Theodore on H.M.S "Britannia" in the Mediterranean, probably hand delivered. William Hoste rose to the rank of Rear Admiral; Theodore Hoste died in 1835 aged 16. (3).
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