John Wilson Croker to Faraday   1 March 1830

Admty 1st: Mar: 1830.

My dear Sir,

My friend Captain Pennell is to be ballotted for to-night, (Monday) between 9 and 11 at the Athenaeum. As I am very much interested in his success, I shall consider it as a great personal favor if you can make it convenient to attend and give him your support1. I regret giving you this trouble, but I understand that it is a Custom, which, tho’, I owe, more honored in the breach than observance I comply with from my anxiety to ensure, as far as I can my friend’s success.

Believe me to be | My dear Sir, | Most faithfully Yours | J.W. Croker

I am the more desirous of your kind assistance as I am afraid that the Navy Estimates will detain me and my Admiralty friends in the House of Commons during the hours of ballot.

1
Waugh [1894], 115 gives Henry Pennell as elected in 1830. However, the Navy List gives Follett Walrond Pennell as the only captain with this surname. Since one of his sisters was married to Croker (O’Bryne (1849), 894) this seems a more probable identification. His name disappeared from the Navy List in 1871.

Bibliography

WAUGH, Francis Gledstanes [1894]: Members of the Athenaeum Club from its foundation, np.

Please cite as “Faraday0438,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0438