Greenwich Hospital — Royal Hospital for Seamen

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Greenwich Hospital from the Thames. Not a portrait.

Overview

The hospital is already on Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. That overview names him Governor of Greenwich Hospital. He held the post from 1834.¹

The Governorship

This note covers that governorship only. Founding date, architect, pensioner numbers, and later museum history stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. Spoken lines stay on the Hardy note and the source card, not here.

As Governor he reformed pensioner discipline and abolished the degrading yellow punishment coat. He died at Greenwich on 20 September 1839.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• @beatty1807nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory

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Footnotes

1. Governor of Greenwich Hospital from 1834: Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. ↩

2. Reformed pensioner discipline; abolished the degrading yellow punishment coat; died at Greenwich 20 September 1839: same note. Do not invent a founding date, an architect, pensioner numbers, or later museum history. Do not recopy spoken lines. ↩