A photograph album with black/blue board covers. There are 161 photographs pasted in, 10 loose photographs and 4 caricature drawings. This album relates to the naval career of Admiral Hope and includes photographs of the Versailles Supreme War Council, 1918 and the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. Ships include HMS Pioneer (1899), HMS Good Hope (1901) in 1905-07, HMS Bulwark (1911) in 1911, and HMS Cardiff (1917) in 1920. Places include Sheerness Admiralty House in 1909-10; Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth, 1907-8; Conference on Otranto Barrage, in Rome, February 1918; Supreme War Council, in Versailles, October 1918; Spa, February-March 1919; Peace Conference, in Paris, January-July 1919; Gallipoli in 1919; Odessa in 1920.. Naval officers are also represented as well as Royalty including the Kaiser. There are a few family photographs of unidentified children.

Admiral Hope entered the Royal Navy in 1882 was promoted to Lieutenant in 1889, Commander 1900, Captain 1905, Rear Admiral 1917, Deputy First Sea Lord 1918, Vice Admiral 1920 and Admiral 1925. He was captain of HMS Good Hope from 1905-1907 and later was Inspector of Target Practice in 1907. Hope was attached to the RN War College in 1908. Later ships include HMS Magnificent, Bulwark and Queen Elizabeth (1913). He was Admiralty representative at the Armistice negotiations at Compiegne 1918. Between 1919-1921 he commanded 3rd LCS, Mediterranean Fleet. He was President of the RNC Greenwich from 1923-26 and retired in 1926. Admiral Hope was a Trustee of the NMM and Chairman of the SNR. He died 11 July 1959.

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Photographs 1 – 6: Five views of unidentified children and one unidentified man playing golf, ca.1902.

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Photographs 7 & 8: Two views of unidentified children and an unidentified elderly couple with dogs, June 1902.

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Photographs 9 & 10: Two views of unidentified children, ca.1908.
Photograph 11: A young man and child identified as George Bewes and M, Llangranog, 1908.
Photograph 12: View of a house overlooking a bay, Bryngobaith, ca.1908.

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Photographs 13 & 14: Two views of Ribe Cathedral, Denmark, 1905.

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Photograph 15: HMS Pioneer (1899) underway, ca.1902-04. Hope was her commander between these dates.

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Photograph 16: Group photograph of officers of HMS Good Hope (1901), 1907. Majority are identified and include Hope who was Captain and Rear Admiral George Neville.

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Photograph 17: Rear Admiral George Neville with his flag officers – Captain Hope, Lieutenant Basil Poe and Secretary Charles S Wonham.
Photograph 18: HMS Good Hope (1901) firing a salute, Quebec, 1907.

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Photograph 19: HMS Good Hope (1901) at sunset, ca.1907.
Photograph 20: Sailors with ships’ boats at Portland, 1906.
Photograph 21: Captain Hope and Lieutenant John A Ingles, HMS Good Hope (1901), ca.1906.

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Ephemera 1: Pamphlet published by the Danish Tourist Office about Ribe, no date.
Photographs 22 & 23: Two views of theatrical scenes performed by officers dressed in Chinese costume [?Mikado],HMS Good Hope (1901), 1906. Some are identified.

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Photographs 24 & 25: Two views of theatrical scenes by officers in Chinese dress [?Mikado], HMS Good Hope (1901).

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Photograph 26: Group photograph of Captain Hope with ship’s football team, HMS Good Hope (1901), ca.1906-07.
Photograph 27: Ships in the sunset, ca.1906.

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Photograph 28: Group photograph of officers dressed in a variety of costumes predominantly as women for theatrical performance, HMS Good Hope (1901), Canada, 1907. Most are identified.
Photograph 29: Midshipmen’s picnic, Bermuda, 1907.

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Photographs 30 & 31: Possibly Captain Hope and his wife [?BH], 1908 and 1913.
Photographs 32 – 39: Nine views of unidentified children, 1910-1913.

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Photographs 40 - 42: Three views of unidentified children and family group, 1907 – 1909.
Photograph 43: Distant view of HMS Bulwark (1899), 1911.
Photographs 44-50: Seven unidentified views, ca.1907.
Photograph 51: Unidentified woman with two children, Dinan, 1907.

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Photograph 52: View of an unidentified woman reading in a very elegant Edwardian drawing room, ca.1909. Possibly Admiral House, Sheerness demolished in the 1960’s.
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Photograph 53: Group photograph of Vice Admiral George Neville, Rear Admiral Jerram, Flag Captain Hope, Flag Secretary Charles Pollard, Flag Lieutenant Derbyshire, Flag Secretary Charles Lynes and Flag Commander John McClintock - also two charming dogs – Jock and Taffy. Taken in grounds of Admiralty House, Sheerness, ca.1909-10.

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Photograph 54: View of a very grand entrance to unidentified building – possibly Admiralty House, Sheerness, ca.1909-10.

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Photograph 55: Group photograph of naval officers with ladies on the steps of Admiralty House, Sheerness, 1910. All are identified and include Admiral Jerram, Admiral Sir George Neville and wife and Hope himself.

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Photograph 56: Group photograph of Vice Admiral Sir George Neville with his flag officers, ca.1911. They have not been identified by Hope but probably are Captain Hope, Flag Commander McClintock, Flag Lieutenant Foote and Secretary Charles Pollard.

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Photograph 57: Vice Admiral Sir George Neville, Captain Hope and officers, HMS Bulwark (1899), 1911. The majority have been identified by Hope.

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Photograph 58: View of four vessels of the King Edward Class underway, ca.1909
Photographs 59 – 61: Three views of an unidentified man with small child, 1912.

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Photograph 62: An aerial aft view of HMS Superb (1907) underway and being followed by HMS Temeraire (1907), 1913.
Photograph 63: HMS St Vincent (1908) passing under the Firth of Forth bridge, ca.1913.
Photograph 64: HMS Superb (1907) after passing under the Firth of Forth bridge, 1913.

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Photograph 65: Commander (later Admiral) David Thomas Norris posing for the camera on unidentified ship, ca.1907-10.
Photograph 66: Trophies acquired by HMS Superb (1907), 1914.

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Photograph 67: HMS Superb (1907) underway, 1913.
Photograph 68: Distant view of three unidentified ships, no date.
Photographs 69 & 70: Two views of HMS Superb (1907), no date. Loose photos.

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Photograph 71: HMS Superb (1907) at anchor, no date.

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Photograph 72: HMS Superb (1907) at anchor, Malta Harbour, 1913.

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Photograph 73: Aerial view showing arrival of King Edward VII at Malta, 1903.

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Photograph 74: Group of VIP’s – consuls, naval officers and wives assembled presumably for the visit of King Edward VII to Malta, 1903. Some have been identified.

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Photograph 75: Royal yacht HMY Victoria and Albert II (1899) underway, ca.1903.
Photograph 76: View of Malta harbour with HMS Vulcan (1889) and HMS Pioneer (1899) dressed overall and at anchor, ca.1903.

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Photograph 77: Fireworks exploding over illuminated ships presumably in Malta Harbour, 1903.

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Photographs 78 & 79: Two group photographs showing officers and staff, Royal Naval War College, 1907-1908. All identified. Hope was attached to the college in 1908 and is included in one of the photographs together with Roger Keyes and Julian Corbett.

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Photograph 80: Kaiser Wilhelm II at a review at Corrodino, Malta, 1904. Others identified in the party are Sir Charles Domvile and Hope as well as German officials.

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Photograph 81: Kaiser Wilhelm II with dignitaries posing for the camera at Verdala Palace, Malta, 1904. Among those identified are Count Eulenberg, Prince of Furstenberg and Hope (at the back of the group wearing a bowler).

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Ephemera 2: A watercolour sketch of Lieutenant Percy Pitts in profile and smoking a cigarette executed by Lieutenant Keith Brounger, HMS Magnificent (1894), ca.1909-10.

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Ephemera 3: A watercolour sketch of Engineer Commander L G Watson in profile with a pipe presumably also executed by Lieutenant Brounger, ca.1909-10.

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Ephemera 4: A watercolour sketch of Captain A M D Johnson, RMLI in profile by Lieutenant Keith Brounger, HMS Magnificent (1894), ca.1909-10.

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Ephemera 5: A watercolour sketch of an unidentified Royal Marines officers in profile by Lieutenant Brounger, ca.1909-10.



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Photographs 82 -85: Four views of delegates at conference on Otranto Barrage, Rome, February 1918. Some are identified including Sir Eric Geddes and Hope.

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Photograph 86: View of delegates at conference, Rome, 1918.

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Photographs 88 & 89: Two views of the Supreme War Council, Trianon Palace Hotel, Versailles, October 1918. Most have been identified and include Geddes, Clemenceau and Rear Admiral Hope.

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Photograph 90: Allied officers and delegates from the Spa Conference posing for the camera in front of a train, Spa, Belgium, February 1919. Most have been identified and include Rear Admiral Hope.
Photograph 91: View of Hope at Spa Station, February 1919.

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Photograph 92: Group of delegates with Rear Admiral Hope at Spa railway station, February 1919.
Photograph 93: Commander Henry Spencer-Cooper and Hope walking to the Grand Hotel Britannique (German HQ), Spa, Belgium, 5th March 1919.

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Photograph 94: Rear Admiral Hope and Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss posing for the camera outside the Hotel Majestic, Paris, April, 1919.
Photograph 95: Two naval officers getting out of a car, Quai D’Orsay, April 1919.

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Photograph 96: Group photograph of Rear Admiral Hope with the naval section of the British Delegation, Peace Conference, Hotel Majestic, Paris, 1919. Most have been identified including the women secretaries.

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Photograph 97: Group photograph of the British Empire Delegation, 23 Rue Nilot, Paris, 1st June 1919. All have been identified and include Lloyd George, Balfour, Churchill, General Smuts and Botha and Hope.

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Photograph 98: The Peace Conference, Hall of Mirrors, Versailles Palace, 28th June 1919. Notable delegates have been identified including Woodrow Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Balfour.

Ephemera 6: Printed souvenir document in French and English from the Peace Congress, Versailles, 28 June 1919. ‘Agenda. Signature of the Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany’.

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Photograph 99: HMS Cardiff (1917), HMS Hannibal (1896), HMS Benbow (1913) and HMS Centurion (1911) at anchor, Malta, November 1919.

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Photograph 100: HMS Cardiff (1917) entering Malta, 17 June 1920.

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Photographs 101 – 103: Three views of Cetinje including the Royal Palace, Montenegro, 9 September 1917.
Photograph 104: Rear Admiral Hope with the diplomat Sir John de Salis and naval officers Flag Lieutenant Humphrey Sandwith and Secretary Herbert Measham, Cetinje, Montenegro, 9 September 1917.
Photograph 105: Naval officer identified as Captain Ward with an unidentified army office, Cetinje, Montenegro, 9 September 1917.

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Photograph 106: View of Cattaro [Kotor] from Cetinje road, Montenegro, ca.1917-1919.
Photograph 107: Hope in motor car with three naval officers. Montenegro, ca.1917-19.
Photograph 108: Gulf of Cattaro [Kotor], ca.1917-19.
Photographs 109-110: Two views of Almissa [Omis], Croatia, 1919.

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Photograph 111: Naval officer probably Hope in US naval car with driver on road near Almissa [Omis], Croatia, ca.1919.
Photograph 112: Valley above Almissa [Omis], Croatia, ca.1919.
Photograph 113: Commander Fraser leaving ship, ca.1919.
Photograph 114: Two unidentified naval officers posing for the camera with a woman identified as Miss Kupelwisser, Brioni [Brijuni], Croatia, 1919.

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Photograph 115: Commander Farini, Italian Navy with Hope and two other unidentified officers posing for the camera, ca.1919.
Photograph 116: An Austrian 17inch howitzer near Pola, ca.1919.
Photographs 117 & 118: Two views of ships of the Austrian fleet at Venice, October 1919.

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Photographs 119 – 122: Four views of Venice taken from HMS Cardiff (1917), October, 1919.

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Photograph 123: No1 Battery destroyed by HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) 26 February 1914, Helles, 8 November 1919.
Photographs 124 – 126: Three views of V Beach, Suvla Bay, Helles, 8 November 1919.

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Photograph 127: Sedd-el-Bahr village, ca.1919.
Photograph 128: Grave of Colonel Doughty Wyile VC, Old Fort, Sedd-el-Bahr, ca.1919.
Photograph 129: Old Turkish grave near W beach, Helles, ca.1919.
Photograph 130: Rear Admiral Hope with Captain Claude Seymour, a naval officer identified only as M [Measham?] and an unidentified man, Helles, ca.1919.

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Photographs 131 – 133: Three views of W beach showing Lancashire Landing, ca.1919.

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Photograph 134: View of Roumeli Hissar castle from the Bosphorus, ca.1920.
Photograph 135: Ortakoy Mosque, Istanbul, ca.1920.
Photograph 136: The Calcara Marina, Malta, ca.1920.
Photograph 137: Quarantine Harbour Malta from a house at Pieta, ca.1920.


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Photographs 138 & 139: Two views of USS J Fred Talbott (1918), HMS Sportive (1918) and HMS Ajax (1912) off Odessa, February 11 1920.
Photographs 140 & 141: HMS Cardiff (1917) underway, 1920.
Photograph 142: View of ice, ca.1920.
Photograph 143: Passenger ship Rio Pardo (1905) in ice, ca.1920 [incorrectly identified in album as collier Wotan].
Photograph 144: HMS Cardiff (1917) cutting passage for icebreaker Odessa towing transport Don, ca.1920.

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Photograph 145: Flag Lieutenant Sandwith dressed as a Cossack and posing for the camera, ca.1920.
Photograph 146: View of HMS Cardiff’s wake at 29 knots, ca.1920.
Photograph 147 & 148: Two view of the ex German battlecruiser Goeben (1911) off Ismid, ca.1920.

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Photograph 149: Rear Admiral Hope with Colonel Konovaloff (CO to General Nikolai Schilling) on board unidentified ship, ca.1920.
Photograph 150: View of refugees from Novorossisk landing at Theodosia, March 1920.
Photograph 151: White Russian SS Ekaterinodor (1898) arriving at Theodosia with 2000 refugees and troops from Novorossisk, 23 March 1920.

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Photograph 152: View of refugees, horses and carts on the beach at Pau river, Adler, May 1920.
Photographs 153 – 155: Three views of Cossacks huddled on the deck of HMS Cardiff (1917), May 1920.

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Photograph 156: Rear Admiral Hope with the Kuban Cossack General Andrei Shkuro, Colonel Shenkarenko and Russian officer identified as Bashiloff, on board unidentified ship, ca.1920.
Photograph 157: General Shkuro leaving ship in a galley, ca.1920.
Photograph 158: Rear Admiral Hope with Admiral Porgoullaieff and M. Krivoshine, 2 June 1920.
Photograph 159: Group photograph of Rear Admiral Hope with Captain Briggs, an unidentified lieutenant and three young Turkish men, ca.1920.

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Photograph 160: View of Pola harbour with shipping, October 1919.

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Photograph 161: Sunset over Istanbul, ca.1919.

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Photograph 162: HMS Cardiff (1917) at anchor, Malta, ca.1920.


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Photograph 163: Group photograph of Rear Admiral Hope with officers and nice dog in foreground, HMS Cardiff (1917), Malta, March, 1920. Majority have been identified.


Loose photographs:
Photograph 164 View of unidentified ruined church, no date.
Photograph 165: Unidentified woman, no date.
Photograph 166: See photograph 26. Duplicate.
Photograph 167: See photograph 95. Duplicate.
Photograph 168: Postcard photographic print of SM Yacht Hohenzollern (1893).
Photograph 169: See photograph 96.
Photograph 170: See photograph 81. Duplicate.
Photograph 171: See photograph 80. Duplicate.
Ephemera 7: Page from The Tatler 27 March 1929 – photographic reproduction of Marshall Foch and report of his death.