Samuel Barrington (1729-1800), a son of the first Viscount Barrington, entered the Royal Navy in 1740. He was posted in 1747 and eventually was promoted to Admiral in 1787.
Papers in the possession of Barrington’s collateral descendants form these two volumes and cover his naval career. They comprise order books (1747-71), a private letter book (1770-99), his journal and three bound documents relating to the Leeward Islands command (1778-79), some loose correspondence, and printed matter: the general sailing and fighting Instructions, two signal books, and instructions. None of Barrington’s public letter books survives.
This includes Barrington’s negotiations at Tetuan to release British subjects held by the Barbary corsairs, and his cruising off the coast of Guinea where some Royal Navy captains had been personally profiting from commercial dealings including the transportation of slaves.
Commanding the 60-gun Achilles, he served from 1757-59 off the coast of France, in 1760 under Captain the Hon John Byron destroying the fortifications of Louisbourg in North America, and in 1761 under Commodore Augustus Keppel in the operations against Belle-Île. From 1762 until the 1763 Treaty of Paris, he commanded the 74-gun Hero. From 1768, when he again took to sea, until 1778 when he received his flag, he saw service in the dispute with Spain over the Falkland Islands (1771) and in the Channel.
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INDEX ACADEMY ACADEMY, The Royal, at Portsmouth, 73 Adams, Captain William, 287 Admiralty, Deputy Marshal of, 424 Africa Company, 97, 102 ; West Coast, forts, reports on (1754), 106 Aix, Isle of, attack on (1757), see Rochefort Expedition Algerines, 63 Allen, Captain Edward, 288 Amherst, Captain John, 126, 320 Andrews, Captain Thomas, 127 Anamaboe, Fort, West Africa, 102 Anne, Queen, 41 Anningson, Lieutenant, 281 Anson, Admiral Lord George, signals and fighting instructions, 9 June 1758 , 213 ; 7 July 1758, 229 ; resigns Western Squadron, 1758, 171 Arbuthnot, Captain Marriott, 54 ,59, 61, 65 Awning for Africa cruise, 99 BAIRD, Captain Patrick, 256, 267 Balfour, Captain George, 256, 266 Bananaes, IO2 Barbadoes, 103 Barclay, Sir James, 450-I Barnett, Captain Curtis, 4 Barrington, The Hon. Samuel, joins Lark as captain’s servant (1740), Lieutenant ( 1 745), 4 ; in TVeazle sloop, 6 ; Bellona (post, 1 747) , Romney ( 1 747) ,7 ; Seahorse (1748), 47 ; Crown ( 1 753) , 97 ; Norwich ( 1 754), 113 ; Achilles (1757), 169 ; Hero (1762), 379 ; Venus (1768), 389 ; A lbion (1770), 415 ; Prince of Wales ( 1 776) , 445 ; refuses guardship, 407 ; question of comBOWDEN mand in Leeward Islands ( 1 777), 449, 451 ; Rear – Admiral, 29 January 1 778, 445 ; signals and fighting instructions, 8 December 1 759, 281 ; 2 August 1761, 316 ; memorial of services, 1770, 410 Barrington, William, Viscount, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 23, 40, 75, 89, 91, 105 Barton, Captain Matthew, 127, 142, 1 47, 296, 3m-1, 307,449 Basque Roads, 170 ; Howe’s orders, 15 March 1762, 360 Bateman, Captain the Hon. William, 7 Bateman (William, Viscount), 158, 163 Bazely, Lieutenant John, 448 Beauclerk, Vice-Admiral Lord Vere, 23, 41, 43 Bedford, John, Duke of, First Lord of Admiralty, 1745-48, 5, 282 Beef, short of weight, 49, 56, 422 Beer, 99 Bell, Captain (Marines), 311 Belle Ile, Keppel’s attack on, April 1761, 299, 312 Bentley, Captain John, 233 Bladwell, Captain William, 54 Bland, General, Governor of Gibraltar, 64-5 Blankett, Lieutenant John, 422 Bolton, Duke of, 389 Bonfoy, Captain Hugh, 20, 30 Boot hose top (scrub and tallow), 18 Boscawen, Hon. Edward, Vice – Admiral, signals, additional, 12 August 1755, 128-39 Bost, Dutch captain, 30 Bowden, Mr, Deputy Marshal, 424, 437-8 456 INDEX BRACEY Bracey, Lieutenant, 371 Braddock, General, 113, 118-19 Bradford, Ensign, 311 Bradshaw, John, 72 Brest, blockade, 1759, 262 ; cutting out expedition, October 1759, 269 Brett, Captain Piercy, 296, 307-10, 320, 380, 39 1 , 394 Brine, Lieutenant James, 422, 447 Broderick, Rear-Admiral Thomas, 169, 1 75, 1 79 Bromhead, Lieutenant (Colville’s regiment), 311 Brunswick, Prince Ferdinand of, 267 Buckle, Captain Matthew, 179 Buller, John, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 426 Burnett, Captain Thomas, 287 Burslem, Captain Francis, 265 Byron, Captain the Hon. John, signals, additional, II August 1758, 218-26 ; action in Restigouche River (Ristigouchi), Bay of Chaleurs, Quebec, July 1760, 290 CALAVANCES, 124 Caldwell, Lieutenant Benjamin, 293 Campbell, Captain John, 186, 189, 267, 287-8 Campbell, Captain (Marines), 371 Careening, Port Mahon, 57 Carlton, Brigadier, 311 Carlyon, Lieutenant William, 447 Caruthers, Captain, 311 Chads, Captain James, 300-I Chorley, Alexander, 405 Chute, Lieutenant (Whitmore’s regiment), 311 Clancy, William, 58 Clark, Reginald, 6o Clark, Lieut.-Colonel Robert, 170 Clevland, Lieutenant Archibald, 113, 256, 307 Clevland, J., 22-3, 43 Sq. Clive, Captain Benjamin, 310, 317, 326 Colby, Captain Charles, 127, 179, 189 Colville, Rear-Admiral Lord, 4, 126, 286-7, 290, 292, 294 Complaint, inquiry into, 145 Conflans, Marquis of, 410 Contades, Marshal, 267 EFFINGHAM Convoy, 3, 4, 8 ; Dutch ships to be taken into, 23 ; 103 Conway, Lieutenant, 311 Conway, Major-General Seymour, 170 Cony, Lieutenant William, 107 Corbett, Thomas, 5 Cornish, Captain Samuel, 185-6 ; additional signals, 18 December 1 757, 189, 1 93, 233, 389 Cornwallis, Major-General Edward, 170 Cotes, Captain Thomas, 6, 9, 97 Council of War, Quiberon, 1759, 271 Covey, John, 404 Cras, Captain Edward Le, 380, 382 Cumberland, H.R.H. Prince Henry, Duke of, 11-12, 389-95, 397 signals and fighting instructions, 12 July 1769, 399-403 ; 404, 409 DANIEL, Captain Lionel, 54, 58, 61 Darby, Captain George, 163, 249 Davis, Lieutenant, 311 Deane, Captain Joseph, 281 Denis, Captain Peter, 20, 30, 171, 179, 200, 216-17, 233, 235, 256, 267 Desaguliers, Colonel Thomas, 249 Deserters, 437 ,438 Digby, Captain the Hon. Robert, 179, 186, 256, 267 Digges, Captain Dudley, 123, 271-2 Douglas, Captain James, 171, 179, 202,212 Drake, Captain Francis S., 271-2 Duff, Captain Robert, 189, 269-73 Duncan, Captain Adam, 113, 296, 307, 310, 32o Duncannon, William, Viscount, 73, 75 ,78, 88, 92, 99, 105, 163 Durell, Vice-Admiral Philip, 37 2,377, 83-5 3 Durore, Colonel, 174 EDGCUMBE, Captain the Hon. George, 8, 32-9, 90, 172, 267 Edgcumbe, Lord, 390 Edgcumbe, Hon. Richard, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 158 Edward Augustus, H.R.H. Prince, Duke of York, 261-2, 372-3 ; Rear-Admiral, 1762, 380-2 ; death of, 1767, 389 Effingham’s regiment, 169 INDEX 457 ELLIOT Elliot, Gilbert, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 176, 185, 201, 236, 248, 251, 253, 276, 280 Elliot, Captain John, 310 Ellis, Welbore, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 23, 43, 73, 76, 78, 91, I15, 117 Evans, Captain Thomas, 256, 266, 380 Everitt, Captain Michael, 21, 186, 189, 233 Expeditions : Rochefort (1757), 18o ; Belle Ile (1761), 304 FARMER, Lieutenant George, 250 Farmer, Captain the Hon. William, 50-I, 54-5 Faulkner, Captain (army), 311 Faulknor, Captain Samuel, 13, 20, 239, 245, 380, 382 Fee, Andrew, gunner, 42 Fever powder, Dr James’, zoo Fidge, Mr, surgeon, 441 Fielding, Sir John, 439 Fighting Instructions, see Signals, Additional, and Fighting Instructions Flags, for merchant ships, 61 ; red ensign for White Division, 213 Forbes, Vice-Admiral Hon. John, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 165, 176, 185, 194, 201, 247-8, 253 Forrester, Lord George, 3 -5 Fortescue, Captain William, 172, 317, 320, 326 Frankland, Admiral Sir Thomas, 389 French fleet, Toulon, 1752, 89 Fuller, Major-General, 6 GALBRAITH, Captain James, 179 Gambier, Captain James, 310 Gardiner, Captain Arthur, 5 Gardner, Lieutenant (army), 311 Garrett, James, 120 Gauntlett, Lieutenant John, 73 Geary, Captain Francis, 20, 127, 213, 256, 262, 267, 389 Genoa bombarded ( 1 744) , 4 George III, H.M. King, marriage and Coronation (1761), 32o Gibraltar, garrison (1750), 65, 69 ; intelligence at, 87, 89 Gill, Thomas, 119 HOWE Godfrey, Lieutenant, 313 Goldsworthy, Burrington, 70 Gower, Captain Leveson, 415 Graham, Lord George, 3, 5 Graves, Captain Thomas, 179, 217, 256, 266 Griffith, Captain Walter, 271-2, 274 Guard boats, Basque Roads, 1762, 358 Guardship, Plymouth, orders for, 1771, 430 Gwynn, Captain Richard, 38 HADDEN, Lieutenant (army), 311 Haddock, Admiral Richard, 3 Halifax, George, Earl of, 379 Hankerson, Captain Thomas, 287 Hanway, Captain Thomas, 276 Hardy, Sir Charles, 246, 255-6, 262, 266, 377-82 , 389 Harland, Captain Robert, 20 Harrison, Captain Henry, 7-8, 17, 34, 174-5, 195, 236, 238 Hartsinck, Dutch captain, 30 Havre, bombardment of, 171 Hawke, Admiral Sir Edward, Basque Roads, 1757, 18o ; additional signals (2o July 1 759), 257 ; 259, 265, 269 Hawker, Lieutenant Thomas, 397 , 06-7 4 Hay, George, 165, 176, 194, 201, 236, 247, 251, 276, 295 Health of crews, West Africa, ros Henry, H.R.H. Prince, see Cumberland, Duke of Henshaw, Lieutenant, 236-7 Herbert, Captain, 89 Hervey, Captain the Hon. Augustus, 256, 262-5, 267-9, 2 77, 296-7 Hill, Lieutenant Benjamin, 422 Hobbs, Captain James, 179 Hodgson, General, 303, 306, 310 Holbes, Mr, inventor, 16 Holburne, Captain Francis, 114, 127, 141-2, 1 44 Holburne, Captain William, 20, 35, 233, 372 Hollwall, Captain John, 249, 404 Holmes, Captain Charles, 114, 127, 150-2, 155, 161, 170, 316 Home, Sir George, 422 Hotham, Captain William, 271-2, 452 Howe, Brigadier, 3″ 458 INDEX HOWE Howe, Captain the Hon. Richard, Earl, 126, 142, 171, 179, 256 ; Basque Roads, 1762, 324 ; 410, 450-2; additional signals and instructions, 8 March 1762, 327 Hughes, Captain John, 236-8, 281 Hughes, Lieutenant John, 113 Hughes, Captain Richard, 5 Hunt, Lieutenant (army), 311 Hunter, Thomas Orby, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 201 Huske, Major-General, 7 Hutchinson, Lieutenant (army), 311 I’ANsoN, Lieutenant Henry, 173, 293, 379 Innes, Captain Alexander, 146 Intelligence, at Toulon, 69 ; at Gibraltar, 87, 89 ; off Brest, 236 Ireland, report of French expedition to, 1 759, 2 79 Ivers, Lieutenant Henry Norton (army), 311 JACOBS, Captain Maximilian, 271-2, 274 James, Dr, fever powders, ioo Jasper, Captain Richard, 61 Jelfe, Captain Andrew, 32, 34-5 ,38 Jervis, Captain John, 445 Johnston, Captain James, 256, 271-2 Jones, Evan, surgeon, 156 KEEL’ ER, Captain Robert, 271-2 Keppel, Admiral the Hon. Augustus, 296 ; orders for attack on Belle Ile, 1761, 301-23 Kersaint, Monsieur de, 170, 188 Kindersley, Lieutenant, 311 Knowler, Captain Thomas, 1 o, 181 Knowles, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles, 170, 181 LANDSMEN, 419 Latton, Mr (captive), 64 Legge, Captain Julian, 287 Lendrick, Captain John, 256, 267, 281, 307, 310 Lestock, Captain Richard, 4 Line of Battle, lists of, 20, 30, 53, 54, 59, 61, 8o, 126, 142, 147, 178, 184, 186, 189, 233, 249, 256, 266, 281, MORSHEAD 287, 288, 296, 307, 310, 317, 320, 3 25 , 365, 380, 382 Lisbon, trade, 88 Lloyd, John, 238 Lloyd, Captain William, 61 Lobkowitz, Prince, 4 Lockhart, Captain John, 184, 249, 269, 271-2 Locks for guns, Holbes’, 16 Lodwick, Walrave, 41-2 Logie, Captain James, 281 Long, Captain Robert, 4 Louis XIV, 41 Lumsden, Major, 311 Luttrell, Lieutenant the Hon. John, 293 MACKENZIE, Captain George, 449 Mackenzie, William, 56, 58 Majorbanks, Lieutenant (army), 311 Man, Captain Robert, 126, 38o, 382 Mantel, Captain William, 127, 142, 1 47 Maplesden, Captain Jervis, 317, 326, 38o Marine Society, 165 Marines at Rochefort (1757), 181 ; at Belle Ile (1761), 304 Marshall, Captain Samuel, 127, 256 Mason, Edward, 395 Mathews, Admiral Thomas, 4 McCleane, Major, 311 McKenzie, Lieut.-Colonel, 311 McKenzy, Lieutenant (army), 311 Medley, Rear-Admiral Henry, 5 Merchant remittances, 5o Michell, Captain Matthew, 6, 10-1 I Midshipmen, 73 Milnes, J., 73, 89, 115, 251 Mitchell, James, 54 Mombazon, Prince de, 201 Montague, Captain John, 34-5, 38, 32o, 38o, 382 Montay, Sieur de, 246 Montrose, Duke of, 3 Moore, Captain Matthew, 271-2 Morbihan River, attack on, October 1 759, 269 Mordaunt, Lieut.-General Sir John, 170 Morris, Lieutenant John, 396-7, 404, 422 Morshead, John, 22 INDEX 459 MORSON Morson, Lieutenant (army), 311 Mostyn, Commodore Savage, 7, 1 5, 114, 126 Muckle, Captain (army), 311 Murray, Captain (army), 311 NAPIER, Lieut. the Hon. Charles, I07, 113 Necessary-money, for the Purser, 104 Newfoundland fishery, 161, 162 Nisbett, Major, 311 Norbury, Captain Richard, 113, 256, 267, 296, 307, 31o, 317, 326 Norris, Captain Harry, 13, 127 Norris, Captain Richard, 3, 7 North, Captain Abraham, 126 Nutt, Captain Justinian, 20, 38 O’BRIEN, Captain Lucius, 267 Orange, Prince of, 6-7 Osborn, Lieutenant William, 56, 107, 169, 245 Osborne, Captain (army), 311 Owen, Captain Thomas, 113 PAINTER, Lieutenant Peter, 393, 4 04 Palliser, Captain Hugh, 6, 48, 113, 122, 233 Palmerston, Henry, Viscount, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 426 Parker, Captain Peter, 307, 326, 449 , 452 Parry, Captain William, 38, 266, 287 Pascal, Captain Michael Henry, 300-I Passes for ships (1752), 90 Patterson, Captain (army), 311 Paunch (mat), 15 Philips, Captain Henry John, 254-5, 271-2, 281 Pigot, Captain Hugh, 32o Pilots, 2 74, 2 75 , 277 Pirates, 6o, 102 Plague, Constantinople, 72,74,76 6o, 393 Port Mahon, 4, 47, Porter, Captain Saumarez, 256, 266 Powell, John, 68 Powlett, Lord Harry, 174 Pratten, Captain Edward, 171, 195-6, 199-200 Prizes, Commissioners for, 14 ; to be reported, 42 ; prize-money notice, 2I SHIPS Proby, Captain Charles, 54, 59, 63, 171, 179, 189, 214, 216, 233 Punishments, 58, 62, 90, 120, 121, 122 Purcell, Major, 311 Purser, custom of one-eighth, 441 Pye, Captain Thomas, 97 REGIMENTS at Rochefort, 182 ; at Belle Ile, 300, 311 Renault, Jacque, 271 Reynolds, Captain John, 256, 267, 2 7 1-2,379 Reynolds, Joshua, 47 Ridered (strengthened with ribs), 454 Roch, Lieutenant Hugh, 306-7 Rochefort Expedition, August 1 757, 69 Roddam, Captain Robert, 271-2 Rodney, Vice-Admiral Sir George Brydges (Lord Rodney), 171, 179, 248-51, 278, 389 Rogers, Captain Frederick, 86-7 Rohan, Chevalier de, 201 Rous, Captain John, 145, 16o Roux, Le, pilot, 417 Rowel, John, 71 Rowley, Admiral Sir William, 5 Russell, John, consul, 67 SANDWICH, John, Earl of, First Lord of Admiralty, 6, 426, 43 6, 439-40, 445,447,449-54 Saumarez, Captain Philip de, 266 Saunders, Sir Charles, 171, 227-8, 23 2-5, 389 Saxton, Captain Charles, 38o, 382 Schaife, John, 97 Schomberg, Captain Alexander, 296, 307, 382 Schryver, Vice-Admiral Cornelis, 6, 8, 3o Scrope, Captain Carr, 184, 296, 307 Scurvy, 319 Shelburne, William, Earl of, 391 Shipman, Lieutenant Robert, 447 Ships : Achille (Fr. E.I.C., 54), 188 Achilles (6o), 56, 169 sq., 189, 272 (aground) Actaeon (28), 171, 229, 256, 266, 2 73 Active (36), 379 Advice (5o), 31 460 INDEX SHIPS Aeolus (32), 249 Aetna fireship, 296, 300, 307, 317, 325-6 Alarm cutter, 281-2 Albany ( 1 4) ,3 10, 379 Albion (74), 411 sq. Alcide (6o), 21, 127, 178-9, 202, 212, 229, 289 Aldborough (24), 302, 310 Alderney bomb, 296 Alexander, 178 Amazon (26), 7, 13, 17, 19-22, 29-31 Ambuscade (40), 31, 37-8 America (6o), 169-71, 178-9, 182-4, 217-18, 221-2, 226-9 Amity’s Friendship, 300 Anglesea, 31 Ann Mary, 300 Anson (6o), 19-20, 31, 126-7, 236-8, 256, 267 Antelope (5o), 5-6 Acquillon (Fr. 46), 21 Aquilon (28), 302, 307 Arc en Ciel (5o), 21, 149, 170 Arethusa (32), 379 Arrogant (74), 3 20, 405-7 ,409 Arundel (6o), 126-7 Asia (64),449 Assendelft (Du. 54), 29-30 Assistance (5o), 31 Assurance (4o), 8, 29-31, 34-5 , 38, 54, 58, 61-2, 7o Augusta (6o), 4, 19-20, 29-31, 127 Aurora (36), 127 Bacchus, 127 Baltimore sloop, 118, 122-3, 127, 1 45, 1 47 Barfleur (8o), 175, 178-9, 213, 229, 278 Basilisk bomb, 249, 252 Beaver bomb tender, 178-9 Bedford ( 64), 449 Belliqueux (Fr. 64), 256, 257, 266 Bellona (74) ,7, 12, 15, 31, 410 Berwick (64), 87 Betty transport, 11-12 Bienfaisant (64), 256, 266 Blast bomb, 249, 307, 310 Bonetta (i6), 310 Boreas (28), 249 SHIPS Bridgewater (24), 31 Brilliant (36), 249-50, 279, 281-3 Bristol (50), 8, 3 1 , 34-5 ,38 Britannia (loo), 300 Buckingham (7o), 305, 307, 3 2 5-6, 356, 365-7 Burford (70), 178-9, 310 Burg van Leyden (Du. 52), 29-30 Canterbury buss, 178-9 Carkass bomb, 249 Centurion (54), 19-20, 29-3 1,47, 5o, 52-5 ,57-63, 65-6, 68-9, 113-14, 117-27, 1 42, 1 45, 1 47 Charles (44), 178 Charlotte yacht, II, 79 Chatham (5o), 249, 269, 272 Chesterfield (4o), 169, 178-9 Chichester (70), 127, 229, 2 33, 256, 267, 310 Colchester (50), 256, 263, 267 Comte de St Florentine (Fr. 6o), 171, 245-6, 410 Cormorant (18), 178-9 Cornwall (74), 379-80, 382 Count de Noailles (Fr. privateer, 16), 21 Courageux (Fr. 74), 316 Coventry (26), 178-9, 183-4, 229, 265 Crown (5o), 56, 73, 97 sq. Culloden (74), 19-20, 31 Defiance (6o), 127, 256, 267 Deptford (5o), 9o, 249 Devonshire (64), 16, 24-5, 29-31, 170, 229, 294 Diligence (i6), 377, 3 83 Dolly (merchant), 6o Dorsetshire (70), 200, 216-17, 233-4, 256, 267, 287-8, 290, 292, 294 Dover (40), 412 Dragon (74) , 296-7, 299, 302-3, 307, 310 Druid sloop, 310 Dublin (74), 178-9 Duc d’Aquitaine (64), 201, 212, 229 Duc de Chartres (Fr. 6o), 7, 13- 14, 410 Duke (9o), 175, 229, 2 37, 239, 251, 256, 266, 372 , 384-6 Duke of Cumberland transport, 300 INDEX 461 SHIPS Dunkirk (6o), 126-7, 142, 178-9, 184, 186, 189, 256, 264, 267 Dursley galley (20), 4 Eagle (6o), 31, 87 Edgcoate (E.I.C.), 169 Edinburgh (70), 6, 9, 3o, 127, 142, 1 44 Emerald (28), 229 Escort (14), 178-9, 296, 3 03, 307, 310 Essex (64), 186, 189, 256, 267, 296, 299-301, 304, 307, 382 Exchange transport, 300, 305 Expedition, 38 Falcon sloop, 19, 31 Falkland (50), 19, 31, 229, 287 Falmouth (50), 31 Fame (74), 256, 266, 283-4, 286- 292, 294, 435 Felicity transport, 300 Feversham (4o), 4-5 Firedrake bomb, 178-9, 249, 296, 302-3 ,307, 3 10,3 1 7 Firm (6o), 256, 267 Flamborough (24), 296 Fly sloop, 53-4, 249, 307, 3 1 7, 390 Foudroyant (84), 267 Fougueux (64), 87, 127, 1 44-50, 201, 213 Fox (2o), 31 Fubbs, 79 Furnace bomb, 249, 296, 302-3, 307,3 1 7 Garland (20), 5 1 , 53-4, 59, 61-2, 66-8, I18, 122-3, 126-7, 145, 1 47 Gerardus (Fr. E.I.), 7, 21-2 Gibraltar (2o), I18, 127, 273-4 Glory (32) ,390 Gloucester (5o), 3, 19-20, 31 Good Intent (1), 178 Good Intent (2), 178 Gorgonne (Fr. privateer, 6), 6, io Grafton (70), 114, 127, 150-2, 155, 161, 170 Gramont (i8), 249 Grampus sloop, 79-80, 83 Greenwich (5o), 188 Haarlem (Du. 72), 29-30 Hampshire (5o), 19, 229 Hampton Court (64), 15, 1 9, 30, 49, 293, 296, 302, 307 SHIPS Hawke sloop, 178-9, 217 Hercules (74), 256, 266 Hermione (Fr. 44), 316 Hero (74), 172, 261, 266-7, 317, 320, 325-6, 356, 365-7, 377 sq. Hester, 317 Hind (20), 390 Hopewell (merchant ship), 300 Hornet sloop, 113, 127, 147, .150 Humber (4o), 97 Hunter cutter, 19, 178 Hussar (28), 229 Infernal bomb, 178-9, 296, 301, 307, 3 10, 3 1 7 Intrepid (64), 8, 31 , 38, 1 95, 199-200, 229 Intrepide (Fr. 74), 188 Inverness (24), 31 Invincible (74), 3o-1, 86-7 Isis (50), 249 Jamaica sloop, 118, 121, 123, 127, 145, 147 James and Henrietta transport, 178 Jason (Fr. E.I.C., 3o), 178 Jersey (6o), 4 Juno (32 ), 249, 252-5, 263-4, 267, 281, 283, 379 Katherine, 79 Kent (64), 18-20, 3o King of Prussia cutter, 313, 315-16, 325-6 Kingfisher sloop (i6), 310, 312- 313, 315-16 Kingston (i6), 171, 238-9, 266, 287 Lancaster (66), 185 Lark (44) ,3, 5, 1 78,379 Launceston (44), 296 Lenox (74), 229 Leopard (5o), 4-5 Leuwenhorst (Du. 54), 29-3 1 Lichfield (5o), 126-7, 142, 1 45, 1 47 Lively (20), 39o, 428 Lizard (28), 189, 200 Lord Camden (prize), 448 Lowestoft (28), 189, 229, 279, 281-3 Lyme (2o), 47,53-4, 59, 61-2, 68 Lynn (44) ,302, 304, 307 Lyon (6o), 379-82 Lys (22), 10 462 INDEX SHIPS Maarsen (Du. 44), 29-31 Machault (32), 291 Magnanime (70), 21, 178-9, 213, 229, 233, 256, 267, 325-6, 355-6, 365-7, 379-80, 382 Malicieux (Fr. 32), 316 Maria Theresa, 178 Marlborough (70), 5, 307 Mars (74), 86, 126-7, 256-7, 266 Mary yacht, 79, 284, 389 Medway (6o), 178-9, 189, 213- 214, 216, 229, 233 Medway buss, 178-9 Melampe (36), 256, 267 Mercury (24), 31, 268 Mermaid (4o), 118, 123, 126-7, 1 45, 1 47 Middelburg (Du. 44), 2 9-3 1 Minerva (32), 256, 266 Monarch (74), 7 ,72 , 74, 86-7, 126-7 Monmouth (64), 17, 3o, 34 , 256, 262-8, 278, 310, 317, 325-6, 356, 365-7, 379-80, 382 Montague (6o), 256, 263, 266 Montreal (32), 389 Mortar bomb, 249, 302, 307, 310 Namur (9o), 178-9 Nassau (64), 305, 307,3 1 7, 32 5-6, 356, 365-7 , 371, 379-80, 382 Neptune (9o), 178-9, 229 Newark (8o), 201, 229, 233 Niger (32), 379, 381 Nightingale (28), 1o, 5o-1, 53, 56, 59, 61-2, 65, 68, 118, 122-3, 127, 145 Northumberland (7o), 126-7, 287-8, 292 Norwich (5o), 56, 97, 108, 113 sq. Nottingham (6), 19-20, 31, 114, 127,256,267,279,281-3 Ocean (9o), 436 Opiniä tre (Fr. 64), 188 Otter sloop, 146 Outarde (Fr. 44), 188 Pallas (36), 256, 266, 286 Pelican bomb, 178-9 Pembroke (6o), 186, 189, 287 Phoenix (44) , 3 1 7, 32 5-6, 365, 379 Pluto fireship, 178-9, 256, 267 Port Mahon (20), 118, 121-3, 126-7 SHIPS Portland (5o), 19-20, 31, 114, 164, 169 Postilion, 178-9 Prince Edward (44), 195 Prince Frederick (64), 13, 19, 3o, 35, 3 1 7, 323, 32 5-6, 356, 365-7, 379-8o, 382 Prince George (9o), 187 Prince Henry (4o), 61-2 Prince of Orange (6o), 287, 291, 2 96, 2 99, 302-3, 307, 310, 312, 379-80, 382 Prince of Wales (74) ,41 7, 445 sq. Princess Amelia (8o), 178-9, 32o, 3 2 3, 373, 379-80, 382 Princess Louisa (6o), 31 Princess Royal (hospital ship), ’74 Proserpine (28), 178-9, 229, 256, 266 Providence Increase, 178 Prudent (74), 170 Pultney sloop, 31 Queenborough (24), 31 Rachael, 300 Rainbow (40), 19-22, 31 Raisonnable (64), 171, 200, 447 Ramillies (9o), 164, 169, 177 sq. Ranger, 3o Repulse (32), 288, 290-I Resolution (74), 256, 267 Revenge (64), 256, 267, 31 7, 3 2 5-6, 379-8o Rochester (5o), 189, 256, 269-71, 273, 277, 287 Romney (44), 7-8, 16 sq. Rose (2o), 53-4 Royal Anne (40), 266 Royal Caroline yacht, 49, 79, 83 , f Royal George (Ioo), 171, 176, 178-9, 201, 212, 227, 229-33, 256, 267 Royal Union, 178 Royal William (84), 178-9, 32o Russell transport, 178 Ruygen Hoft (Du. merchant ship), 76 Sage (64), 316 St Albans (50), 3, 31 St George (90), 164 St Michael cutter, 178 Salisbury (50), 8, 19, 31-9 INDEX 463 SHIPS Sandwich (90), 256, 267, 296, 299-300, 302 sq. Saphire (32), 256, 267 Savanna (merchant ship), 453 Scarborough (20), 29-3o, 288, 290 Sceptre (Fr. 74), 188 Seaford (2o), 296, 390 Seahorse (20), 47 sq. Senegal, 325 Sheerness (2o), 7 Shoreham (20), 19, 31 Shrewsbury (8o), 229, 232, 233, 235 Solebay bomb, 3o Somerset (64), 127 Southampton (36), 176, 178-9, 189, 229, 256, 267, 296, 301, 307, 310 Speedwell cutter, 448 Sphinx (2o), 61-2 Stirling Castle (64), 185 sq., 193, 212, 229, 233 Success (24), 114, I18, 123, 126-7, 145-7, 160-1 Superb (74) , 296, 299-300,307, 312 sq. Surprize (24), 8, 19-20, 25-6, 28, 79-8o, 83, 86 Swallow sloop, 256, 267 Swift sloop, 79-8o, 83 Swiftsure (70), 296-7, 299, 301, 304,307,3 1 7 sq. Swimmer (merchant), 70 Syren (28), 118, 120, 123, 126-7, 1 45, 1 47 Tamer (i6), 229, 236-8, 279, 281-3 Tartar (26), 183-4, 379 Tavistock (5o), 19-20, 31, 38 Temeraire (74), 296-7, 299-300, 302, 307, 315-16 Temple (70), 256, 267 Teresa (74), 227 Terrible (74), 127 Thames (32), 229, 256, 269 Thetis (Fr. 22), 31 Torbay (74), 126-8, 136-7, 139, 141, 144, 178-9, 183-5, 2 56, 267, 2 96, 299 sq. Torrington (44), 79-80, 83-4 Trident (64), 287, 310, 317, 323, 325-6, 356, 365-7 SIGNALS Triton (2o), 53-4, 325-6 Tryal sloop, 53-4 Tweed (28), 390 Tyger (5o) . 31, 86-7 Tyloe tender, 181 Unicorn (2o), 61-2, 217, 229, 249, 278 Union (90), 186, 189, 201, 229, 233, 256, 266, 3 65-7, 377, -8o, 382 379 Valiant (74), 296-301, 303 sq. Vanguard (70), 174, 287 Venus (36), 229, 256, 267, 379, 389 sq. Vestal (32), 229, 249, 2 79 Vesuvius fireship, 229, 296, 300, 307,31 7,325-6, 365, 37 1 Viper sloop, 19, 31 Vulture sloop, 79-80, 83, 118, 123, 127, 145, 147 Wallington snow, 97 Warspite (74), 229, 233 Weazle (14), 6, 7, 9–II, 9o, 310 Wells cutter, 448 William and Mary yacht, 79, 81, 83, 85 Winchester (50), 97, 108, 229 Windsor (6o), 7, 31, 229, 239-40, 242 , 2 45, 256, 307 Wolf (14), 249, 390 Yarmouth (64), 31, 127 Shirley, Captain Thomas, 256, 267 Shuldham, Captain Molyneux, 61, 449,45′ Sick and Hurt, Commissioners for, IOO, 177 Signals, Additional, and Fighting Instructions : Captain Webb (1747), 26 ; Captain Edgcumbe (1748), 32 ; Keppel (1749), 52, 62 ; Anson, night and fog (1752), 82, 124, 125 ; Boscawen (12 August 1755), 128- 139 ; Captain S. Cornish (1757), 189 193 ; Captain Pratten (1758), 196 ; Captain Douglas (1758), 2I2 ; Anson (9 June 1758), 213 ; Captain Proby (1758), 214 ; Captain Byron (I I August 1758), 218-26 ; Anson (7 July 1758), 229 ; Captain Faulkner (1759), 239-45 ; Hawke (2o July 1759), 2 57-60, 265 ; Captain Barrington (1759), 281 ; Captain Byron (1760), 284-6, 289 ; 464 INDEX SIGNALS Keppel (1761), 298 ; Captain Barrington (1761), 316 ; Keppel, Belle Ile (1761), 321 ; Howe (8 March 1762), 326-55 ; Prince Henry (July 1769), 397, 399 Signals for recognition, 24, 26, 68, 125, 188, 199, 286 Simcoe, Captain John, 186, 189 Simonton, Lieutenant Robert, 185, 25o, 293, 379, 422 Slade, Thomas, 395 Smith, Vice-Admiral Thomas, 163 Smuggling, 75, 85 Somers, Captain Thomas, 38 Speke, Captain Henry, 256, 267 Spencer, C., 394 Spendelow, Lieutenant Charles, 118- 119 Spry, Captain Richard, 114, 127, 144-50, 389, 42 7, 430-6 Stanhope, Hon. John, Lord Commissioner of Admiralty, 4o-1, 43 Stanhope, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas, 127, 142, 171, 296-7, 301, 304, 306-7, 317-18, 323-4, 382 Stanley, N., 185, 201, 295 Stephens, Philip, 79-81, 83-5, 21 3, 227, 230-2, 394,41 7, 4 1 9, 421, 424 Stevens, Captain Charles, 20 Steward, wardroom, 427 Stewart, Lieutenant Dougal (army), 311 Stone, Lieutenant (army), 311 Storr, Captain John, 256, 267, 317, 326 Stott, Captain John, 288 Sturton, Captain Thomas, 3o Suckling, Captain Maurice, 307, 317, 326, 382 Sutton’s air-pipes, io6 Swanton, Captain Robert, 287 TAYLOR, Captain Wittewronge, 179, 233, 256, 267 YOUNG Taylor, Lieutenant (army), 311 Tetuan, release of captives, 64, 67 Thickpenny, Leonard, 239 Thomas, Major, 311 Thurot, Commodore Francois, 171, 2 79, 283 Ticket, discharge, sick seamen, 159 Tonkins, Digory, 185 Townshend, Charles, 116, 391 Trading in negroes forbidden, 104 Treaties, Book of Marine, 12 Trevillian, Arthur, 5o Tyrrell, Captain Richard, 267 VANBRUGH, Captain Giles Richard, 4 Vanbrugh, Captain Philip, 16-17 Villier, Thomas, 76, 89, 93, 1 58 Vincent, Captain Philip, 3 Vlack, Dutch captain, 3o Volunteers, 73 WALLIS, Captain Samuel, 287, 296, 307, 32o, 382 Warren, Sir Peter, 7-8, 24-5, 28 sq. Water, bad, 9 Webb, Captain James, 8, 25-8 Wheeler, Captain Edward, 249 Wheelock, Captain John, 287 Whittle, Lieutenant, 311 Whitwell, Captain Matthew, 256, 267 Widows’ men, 77 Willett, Captain William Saltern, 54 , 59, 61, 65-7, 127, 233, 256, 267 Williams, Sir John, 395 Williams, Lieutenant, 31, Williams, Captain Sir William Peer (army), 311 Wolfe, Colonel James, 17o YOUNG, Captain James, 179, 256, 262, 266, 453 Young, Lieutenant, 311
David Bonner-Smith was Admiralty Librarian, joining the library staff in March 1911. He was made deputy librarian on the death of W.G. Perrin in 1931, and appointed to the chief post in March 1932. He retired in May 1949 at the age of 60. It was said of him that he knew every one of the 100,000 books in the library, but was also familiar with all their contents. It is certain that he could direct students and enquirers to whatever reference they needed. He was editor of The Mariner’s Mirror from 1932 to 1939.
His publications include
• The Letters of Earl St. Vincent, 2 volumes (Navy Records Society, 1921, 1926).
• Letter and Papers of Admiral the Hon. Samuel Barrington 2 volumes (Navy Records Society, 1937, 1941).
• Captain Boteler’s Recollections 1808 – 1830 (Navy Records Society, 1942).
• The Russian War, 1855, Baltic (Navy Records Society, 1944).
• The Second China War, 1856-1860 (Navy Records Society, 1954).
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