Pepys, Samuel

Pepys PHM in the Orwell 2021 with Shotley Water Tower, Martello M in the background.
Pepys PHM in the Orwell 2021 – the water tower is actually one of the Martello Towers re-purpose

Samuel Pepys, known for Samuel Pepys Diary is covered fully elsewhere, some notes below give pointers to more information. However, of local interest is that he selected Anthony Deane, to set up the shipyard at Harwich. Both men, twice, became MPs for Harwich: the seats, along with Portsmouth were in the gift of the Navy so they had little campaigning to do.

He also commissioned Greenvile Collins, whose chart of the area which chart has a dedication to Pepys.

1683 Greenvile Collins chart dedicated to Pepys.
1683 Greenvile Collins chart dedicated to Pepys.
Samuel Pepys
by John Hayls
oil on canvas, 1666
NPG 211© National Portrait Gallery, London
Samuel Pepys by John Hayls, oil on canvas, 1666, NPG 211© National Portrait Gallery, London

‘So hard is the business of the sea, to be at once thoroughly and rightly comprehended.’

Samuel Pepys 1693 Naval Minutes1Full text of “Samuel Pepys’s Naval minutes” (archive.org)

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    Full text of “Samuel Pepys’s Naval minutes” (archive.org)

Image Credits and Sources

  • Pepys PHM in the Orwell 2021 with Shotley Water Tower, Martello M in the background.: Bob C | Public Domain Mark 1.0
  • 1683 Greenvile Collins chart dedicated to Pepys.: Vintage Maps
  • Samuel-Pepys: © National Portrait Gallery, London

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