Letter, in a secretarial hand, Signed ('Jn Barrow') by John Barrow, head of the Admiralty record office, to Richard Norman of Melton Mowbray, regarding the Royal Navy commission of his son Henry Anne Norman.

2pp., foolscap 8vo. On bifolium, with the reverse of the second leaf carrying the address, two postmarks and a red wax seal. In response to a letter from Norman, Barrow writes that his son 'was promoted to the Rank of Lieutenant on the 3rd of September 1841, and as he has not since been appointed to any Ship it is presumed he will return to England'. Furthermore, 'the Commission promoting him is with the Chief Clerk of this Office, and will be delivered to any person authorized to receive it on the payment of the Stamp Duty of 5/-'. The maiden name of Richard Norman's wife and the mother of Henry Ann Norman (1816-1900) was Lady Elizabeth Isabella Manners. The younger Norman's naval career appears to have been undistinguished.