A mahogany box named to Captain Lyons, H.M.S Madagascar

A mahogany box with a brass plate to the cover inscribed to 'Capt'n Lyons, H.M.S Madascar'
circa 1831-34
the interior with a paper label, presumably relating to the original contents, for Edward Massey's Patent Ship's log, detailing instructions for use, with key, the lockplate further indistinctly marked for Joseph Bramah & Sons. 14 Piccadilly,
49cm wide, 15cm high and 22.2cm deep

Notes: Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, GCB, GCMG, KCH (21 November 1790 – 23 November 1858). Lyons was both an eminent British Admiral of the Royal Navy and a diplomat. He is noted for helping to ensure Britain's victory in the Crimean War as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855).

In 1831, Lyons was appointed to command the frigate HMS Madagascar (1822) before he sailed it for the Mediterranean in February 1832. HMS Madagascar delivered Bavarian Prince Otto, who had been selected as the King of Greece, to his new capital Nafplion in 1833. This 46-gun fifth-rate frigate was under Lyon's command until 1834.