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THE LIFE & TIMES OF
CAPTAIN WILLIAM McCLINTOCK BUNBURY, R.N.
(1800 - 1866)
OF LISNAVAGH,
CO. CARLOW,
IRELAND
CHAPTERS
1. FAMILY BACKGROUND (Pre-1800)
2. THE FORMATIVE YEARS (1800-1815)
3. THE SEA YEARS, PART ONE (1812-1829)
4. THE SEA YEARS, PART TWO (1830-1835)
5. POLITICAL RISE (1835-1846)
6. THE CAPTAIN'S DIARY (1847)
7. THE NEW HOUSE AT LISNAVAGH (1847-1852)
8. THE LATTER YEARS (1852-1866)
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