Names marked * are in the Dictionary of National Biography. ACTON -ACTON, Sir John, general minister at Naples, 174 Admiralty, lords of, letter from, M, 15 -Affleck, Edmund, commodore, 130 Agar, W. E., commissioner of customs, 310 -Amherst, Lord, 43 Antigua, hospital needed at, 111-13 :;’Arbuthnot, Marriott, vice-admiral, 141, 143-4 Armament, Dutch, pp. xii sq., 260-80 ; Russian, p. xviii, 380 ; Spanish, p. xix, 351-3 BAKER, Mr. alderman, of Rochester, 329 Balfour, George, captain, 138 n. -Bankes, Henry, M.P., 145 -Baring, Francis, chairman of the commission of enquiry, 218, 235, 250. Letter to, 232 ; letter from, 287 -Barrington, Hon. Samuel, admiral, 254, 292 -Bayne, William, captain, 113 Bear, Laurence, ship’s cook, 257 -^Bedford, Duke of, 328 -Berry, Sir John, comptroller of victualling, 181 -Blane, Dr., afterwards Sir, Gilbert, 328 Boone, Thomas, commissioner of customs, 310 CHAROULI&RE -Boscawen, the Hon. Edward, admiral, 82, 138, 369,386, 393, 420 Bouille*, Marquis de, French general, 59 Bouverie, Mrs., 123, 132 -Bowen, James, master, 155, 305, 307, 309, 311. Letter from, 307 Bryne, Henry, captain, lost at sea, 106 -Burke, Edmund, paymaster of the forces, 56 Butten, Mrs., 333 Byron, George Anson, captain, 307 -CALDWELL, Benjamin, captain, afterwards admiral, 415. Letter from, 326 -Call, Sir John, 382 and n. Campbell, William, commissioner, 159 Camperdown, Lord, 411 -Carkett, Robert, captain, lost at sea, 130 -Carysfort, Earl of, 140 -Cavendish, Lord John, 177, 347 Chamberlayne, captain, 137 -Chatham, Earl of, first lord of the admiralty, 144, 311-12. 315, 3*7, 319, 32i, 323, 329′, 345-6, 352-3, 369, 382-5, 387, 424. Letters from, 319, letters to, 353, 350 Charouliere, Buor de la^ capitaine de vaisseau; 326 432 THE BARHAM PAPERS CHERBOURG Cherbourg, works at, 255-7, 288, 292 Cherry, George, commissioner of victualling, 55, 153, 266 Chips, abuse of privilege, 157-8 -Christian, Hugh Cloberry, admiral, 419 Chucks, Mr., anticipation of, 72 -Clarence, Duke of, 376, 379 Cleghorn, Mr., 384-5 Cleversal, John, master-joiner, 13) M, 24 Clue, de la, French admiral, 369 -Cornwallis, the Hon. William, captain, afterwards admiral, 33i, 419 . Court-martial, question for, 137 -Curtis, Sir Roger, 278 DACRES, MR., chief clerk, 247 -DalrympIe, Sir John, author, 412 D’Amblimont, Comte, chef d’escadre, author, 326 -Darby, George, admiral, lord of the admiralty, 15, 42 Dick, James, secretary, 414. Letter from, 415 Dick, John, commissioner of enquiry, 250 -Digby, Robert, rear-admiral, disappointed of assistance from West Indies, 152, 369, 384 Dockyards, irregularities in, 185, 133-37,333-5 ; organisation of, 193 ; visitation of, 194-7 ; report on, shelved, 338-45 -Dorchester, Lord, 274 -Drake, F. S., admiral, 128, 133 Drummond, John Auriol, commander, lost at sea, 105 -Duncan, Adam, Lord, 411 -Dundas, Henry, afterwards Lord Melvillle, secretary for war, 424 EDWARDS, Gerard Noel, Middleton’s son-in-law, marriage of, 114, H9 GRAVES Edwards, Mrs., 123. See Middleton, Diana -Egmont, Lord, first lord of the admiralty, 227 Eldridge, Daniel, master-joiner, 13 -Elliott, Sir John, physician, 151 Enquiry, commission of, 232,319. Letter from, 250 Estimates, naval, 215 FANSHAWE, Robert, commissioner. Letter from, 333, 335 Fees, question of, 153-4, 177-8 Finch, The Hon. Seymour, captain, 108 *Fitzwilliam, Lord, 317, 319 Flag, question of promotion to a, 138-146, 258-9 Fleet, manning the, 206, 280-6 ; disposition of, Patton, 386- 408 ; Middleton, 408-14 Folcher, Henry, collector of customs,3io. Letter from, 310 -GAMBIER, James (i), vice-admiral, 117, 142-3; his public and domestic anxieties, 151 -Gambier, James (2), Lord [admiral of the fleet], 132, 423, 425 -Gascoyne, Bamber, lord of the admiralty, 15 George, Jacob, a seaman, 309-10 -Germain, George, Lord, secretary of state for war, 9, 296. Letter to, 44-5. See Sackville, Lord Gibraltar, relief of, 55-8 -Gower, Hon. J. Leveson, captain, afterwards rear-admiral, 211, 372, 377-8. Letter from, 288 Grasse, Comte de, chef d’escadre ; afterwards lieutenantgeneral and commander in chief in the West Indies, 73, 131-2 -Graves, Thomas [afterwards Lord], vice-admiral. Letter from, 260 INDEX 433 GREENHILL Greenhill, Henry, storekeeper, accountant, 181 Greenway, John, storekeeper, Letter from, 32 Grenier, Vicomte de, chef de division, author, 326-7 Greville, C. F., lord of the admiralty, 15 Groselier, master shipwright, incites the men to riot, 148 Guichen, Comte de, French admiral, 76 *HADDOCK, Sir Richard, comptroller, 181 *Hamond, Sir Andrew, commissioner at Halifax, 130; appointment at Chatham, 142 ; 143-4 Harding, Mr., 370 *Hardy, Sir Charles, admiral, 369, 384 *Hawke, Edward, Lord, 227, 386, 393 *Hawker, James, captain, 257 Hemp, supplied to enemy by neutrals, 220 Hicks, Mr., appointed to Haslar, 19 *Hood, Sir Samuel, afterwards Lord, 72, 127-8, 131, 142-4, 275, 288; observations on signals, 372-3, 377, 382 *Hotham, William, commodore [afterwards Lord], 101, 104-7, 130 Houlton, captain, 96 *Howe, Lord, pp. x-xii, 53, 55, 73, 80,83, 133, 135, 138-44, 143-7, 145-7, 183-4,211,254, 258-9, 261-2, 273,316, 370, 375, 377- 81, 383, 385, 4o8. Letters from, 139, 143, 146, 150, 172, 179,182,190-2 ; letters to, 179, 189, 19.1, 192, 193, 270 *Hughes, [Sir] Richard, captain, afterwards admiral, 82, 84, 142-4 Hunt, Edward, surveyor of the navy, 159, 179, Letters to, 32 II. LAFOREY Hunt, Joseph, 132 Hunt, young Mr., 117 IMPRESS SERVICE, reforms in, 113-14,304-5,312-14 Inchiquin, Lord [Marquis of Thomond], Letter to, 276 ; letter from, 276 Incompetence in public offices, p. ix, 44-58 Innis, Mr., builder, 118 *JAMES, Bartholomew, rear-admiral, journal of, 327 Johnstone, James, commander lost at sea, 106 * KEITH, Lord, admiral, 369 *Kempenfelt, Richard, admiral, 19, 20, 36, 75-6, 370 *Keppel, Lord, first lord of the admiralty, 43 ; memoranda to, 47; 53-4, 56, 84*., 150, 347, 382. Letters to, 151 ; letters from, 155 King, the (George III.), memorials to, 34, 168, 208, 324; his illness, 315, 321 ; (William III.), 241, 324 *Kingsmill, [Sir] Robert R., rearadmiral, 409 *Knowles, Sir Charles, 257 LA BRETONNifcRE, capitaine de vaisseau, 256 *Laforey, Francis, 104 n. *Laforey, Sir John, his early distinction, 82, 420 ; commission at Antigua, 82 ; irregularity of his commission, 83 ; his right to command denied, 84-92, 116; is ordered to wear a broad pennant, 95 ; refuses it, 97 ; complains of his accommodation, 101 ; thinks the manners of the service altered for the worse, 102 ; hospital is urgently wanted, 107-8 ; in- 13 ; admiralty shirk the F F 434 THE BARHAM PAPERS LAFOREY question of his command, 175 ; he is much hurt, 119; refuses to take on charge the St. Eustatius plunder, 120-2, 124 ; despite Rodney’s order, 123- 26 ; difficulties of his position, 127-30; he returns to England, 133 ; is commissioner at Plymouth, 133 ; Molloy does not benefit by Sir T. Pye’s death, 136; raises the question of his right to a flag, 138-47 ; but does not get it for two years, 148 ; is made a baronet, 148 ; commands in the West Indies, 148 ; and again, 148, 414; his dispute with the rear-admiral, 414-5 ; is recalled, 418-21, 427 ; his death, 148, 418. Letters from, 82- 148, 414-18 Laforey, Mrs., 103, 118-9, I26, 132 Le Cras, Edward, commissioner, 159-60, 180,230, 237-8 *Lindsay, Sir John, commodore. Letter from, 173 *MACBRIDE, John, captain, afterwards admiral, 147, 292, 309, 407. Letter from, 255 Mackintosh, Lieutenant, 257 McLean, Mr., clerk, 173 Marquand, Mr., agent, 246-7 Marsh, George, clerk, 159 Marston, Mr., 114 Martin, Henry, commissioner, ii3, 135-6, 138, 141, 380. Letters from, 345 Masts, supplied to the enemy by neutrals, 220 Mediterranean squadron, 175 ^Medley, Admiral, 83 Medway, defence of, 51 -2 *Middleton, Sir Charles, complains of admiralty neglect, 5 ; want of system, 7; abuse of patronage, 11, 21 ; contempt of Navy board’s reports, 14, 23-9 ; jobbery, 16-18 ; his proMIDDLETON posals for 1782, 37-41, 52-4, 57-67; mem. for transport, 47-50 ; 151-3 ; for defence of the Medway, 51-2; 151-3; idea of a peace, 67-71 ; criticism of 1782, 72-81 ; proposes abolition of perquisites in the forests, 149; prevention of smuggling, 155-6, 305-7; evil of chips, 157-8 ; duty of captains, 161-5 ; condemns guard-ships, 165-6 ; proposes reforms in the navy office, 176-182, 189, 224-231, 235- 249; a second surveyor is useless, 178-9, 183-4; recommends Mr. Ramsay, 250-1 ; urges his right to a flag, 258-9; his scheme for early transport, 1787, 266-70, 273-5 J negotiates the purchase of Haulbowline, 276-7 ; advises being always prepared, 289- 305 ; proposes reforms in the impress service, 113-14; congratulates Lord Sandwich on his joining the Regency Ministry, 315-19; is dissatisfied at the delay of the reports, 320-2; 337-45 ; has a prospect of going to the admiralty, 323 ; finds his position in Parliament irksome, 328-31; resigns the comptrollership, 345, 347- 50 ; acts as unofficial adviser, 353-. 6) 360-8; proposes queries to be sent to Toulon, 357-60; discusses Lord Hood’s signals, 372-3; and others, 374 ; is lord of the admiralty, 386 ; arranges the fleet, 402-8, 411-14; has a difference of opinion with Lord Spencer, 418-22 ; and resigns, 422-30. Mentioned, and letters to or from, passim Middleton, Diana, 104; marriage of, 114. See Edwards Middleton, Mrs., afterwards Lady, 104, 123, 328, 372, 380; her death, p. xix INDEX 435 MILBANKE *Milbanke, Mark, admiral, 66, 292 Mitchell, P., major, 250. Letter from, 251 Molleson, William, commissioner of enquiry, 250 Molloy, A. J. P., captain, 134-5, 143-5, 417 Morse, John, p. ix, 14, 24 -Mostyn, Savage, 258 Mount, Mr., printer, 288, 372 *Moutray, John, captain, 83, 100 -Mulgrave, Lord, lord of the admiralty, 15,41-2 Munton, Mr., 101 NAVY Board, reports of, 15, 23; explanation of warrants, 224 ; duties of, 235-49, letter to, 14 ; letters from, u, 13, 157, 166, 185 Navy, duties of captains, 161; in France, 327 ; state of, 360- 65 Navy, office, needs of, 161 ; condition of, 225-31 ; id., 300-4 *Nelson, Horatio, Lord, 84 *Nepean, Evan, 420 Neutrals, render service to the enemy, 220 ; should be prevented, 222-3 Newton, J., comptroller of cus- j toms, 310 *Norris, Sir John, 3/4 *North, Lord, 8, 76, 237 *ORDE, [Sir] John, captain, afterwards admiral, 135 -::Orde, Thomas [afterwards Lord Bolton], 55 PAGE, Mr., printer, 288, 372 Paget, William, secretary, 88, 96, 100, 121 Palby, Mr., contractor, 247 -Palliser, Sir Hugh, viceadmiral, 258, 323 PRINGLE -Parker, Sir Hyde (i), 36, 57- Letter from, 86 -Parker, Sir Hyde (2), 147 -Parker, [Sir] William, rearadmiral, 147 n., 419 Parry, Francis, captain, 261, 277 Patronage, abuse of, 11-14; id., 21-22 ; -Patton, Charles, 380, 382 Patton, Mrs., 372, 380 Patton, Philip (i), collector of customs, 376 -Patton, Philip (2), captain, biographical notice, 368 ; scheme of signals, 369-85 ; disposition of fleet, 386-408. Letters from, 368-72, 375~93 ; letters to, 374 Peace, suggestions for, 67-71 ; permanent establishment, 216 Pelham, H., commissioner of customs, 310 Pennal, Mr., master, 370 Penton, H., lord of the admiralty, 15 Pierson, Mr., 192 Pitt, Hon. James, commander, in Pitt, Morton, 329, 332 -Pitt, William, 55, 134, 143-45, 149, 178, 197 ; 213, 222, 224, 233, 269, 272, 279, 288, 291, 308, 315, 317-18, 332, 408, 424, 429-30. Letters to, 194, 197, 213, 216, 218, 220-1, 223, 250, 258, 260, 265-6, 273, 275, 277, 305, 3ii, 320, 328, 330, 337, 346, 35i; letters from, 190, 264, 332 -Pocock, Nicholas, marine painter, 356 -Pole, [Sir] C. Morice, captain, 379 Pollard, Mr., 142 -Portland, Duke of, 177, 315, 317 Pownall, J., commissioner of customs, 310 Pringle, J. Eliot, rear-admiral, p. vii F F 2 436 THE BARHAM PAPERS PROBY Proby, Charles, commissioner, 140 Pulteney, William, 384 «., 385 *Pye, Sir Thomas, death of, 134 QUERIES, and their answers, 198 ; to be sent to Toulon, 357 -RAMSAY, Rev. James, 56; his services, 250-4; 269, 280, 283, 285, 288, 297, 370 Record, Mr., shipwright, 173 Reynal, Abbe, 63 -Richmond, Duke of, 273, 275, 327 -Rodney, Sir George Brydges, 37, 47, 72, 83, 98-9, 100-1, 103, 106, 107-8, no, 114, II7-I8, 122, 127-8, 254, 369. Letters to, 91, 96 ; letters from, 87, 123, 124 Rogers, George, 159 -Rose, George, secretary of the treasury, 194, 279, 329-31 . Rowe, Captain, 137 -Rowley, Joshua, rear-admiral, 419 -Rowley, Sir William, 83 -Rutland, Duke of, 134 ; death of, -SACKVILLE, Lord, 250-3, 269 St. Eustatius, plunder of, 120-2, 124 -St. Vincent, Lord, 84, 292, 369 -;:Sandwich, Lord, pp. viii, ix, xii, 10,13, 15,30,34,37,43, 53,71, 99, 115, 141, 191,237. Letters to, 2, 7,8,12,16,17,21,23, 24, 28, 36, 315, 316; letters from, i, 15, 19, 22, 27,41,42 Santo, Philip de, a cook’s warrant wanted for, 139 -Saunders, Sir Charles, 258 -Savile, Sir George, on smuggling, 155-6 -Seymour, Lord Hugh, 425, 427 SHIPS *Shelburne, Lord, 53, 56, 58, 67, 176, 240, 247, 347. Letters to, 66,71 Ships, lost in a hurricane, 105-9 ; guardships, 165 Ships :— Achilles, storeship, 133 Actaeon, 278 Adventure, 51 Ajax, 53, 105 Alarm, frigate, 3 Albemarle, 49, 105, 107 Alcmene, 106, 115, 118 Alexander, 327 Alfred, 113 Amazon, 105, 108-9 Andromeda, 106, 109 Audacious, 147 Barfleur, 132 Beaver, 105, 108 Belleisle, 54 Belle Poule, 369 Bellona, 417 Bienfaisant, Fr., capture of, 82, 138 Blanche, 106-7 Boreas, 84, 88-91, no Brillant, Fr., 256 Britannia, storeship, 107 Brune, 106-7, IO9 Caesar, 417 Camel, storeship, 380 Cameleon, 105-7 Camilla, 52 Carnatic, 155 Cato, 57 Chichester, 137, 273, 275, 278 Clinton, 51 Comet, packet, 115 Commerce of Marseilles, Fr., 327 Conqueror, 138 Conquistador, 51 Convert, 106 Courageux, 144 Cumberland, 115, 147,307 Daedalus, 49 Deal Castle, 105-7 Delaware, 51 Discovery, transport, 370 INDEX 437 SHIPS Ships—continued Dover, 273, 278 Drake, 106 Druid, 308 Duke, 374 Duke William, 132 Egmont, 105-7 Endymion, 106-7, 2?8 Europa, 151 Experiment, 105 Fame, 103, 107 Formidable, 380 Fortunee, 419 Galatea, 51 Gorgon, 273, 278 Greenwich, E. Indiaman, 51 Greyhound, 96 Hawk, cutter, 309 Hebe’, Fr., captured, 75, 81 ; 135 Hero, 147 Hind, 51 Hornet, sloop, 109, 114 Hound, sloop, 57 Hyaena, 51 Impregnable, 147 Intrepid, 53, 57 Ins, 257 Irresistible, 155 Juno, Fr., wrecked, 105 Laurel, 106, 108 Montagu, 93, 96, 105 Myrmidon, 137 Namur, 369 Niger, 52 Orion, 147 Prince Edward, formerly the Dutch Mars, 51 Prince George, 369, 375, 384, 425 Princess Royal, 87 Prudent, Fr., burnt, 82 Queen, 237 Queen Charlotte, 305 Rainbow, 75, 81 Ramillies, 100 Resource, 417 Revolutionnaire, Fr., 147 Ripon, 54 Robinson, storeship, 93, 96, 100, 107 STEPHENS Ships—continued Robust, 53 Rose, 135 Rover, capture of, 106 Russell, 57, 126 Sandwich, 53, 57, 88, 93, 96, 98, 112, 123-4 Sapphire, 51 Scourge, 118 Sheerness, 278 Snipe, 155 Star, sloop, 95 Stirling Castle, 130 Spartiate, 104 Suffolk, 103, 113, 419 Surprise, 106 Thames, 51 Thetis, 174 Thynne, packet, 104, 109, 126-7 Triton, 133 Triton, Fr., 256 Trusty, 173-6 Vengeance, 105 Venus, 52,106 Victory, 17, 20, 327 Vigilant, 103 Virginia, 52 Wasp, lugger, 307-10 Whitby, storeship, 133 Winchester, 137 *Shirley, Sir Thomas, colonel, 59 *Shovell, Sir Clowdisley, comptroller of the victualling, 18 r Signals, Patton on, 369-85 ; Lord Hood’s, 372-3 Skaith, James McL, secretary, 87 Smart, John, joiner, p. ix, 24 *Smeaton, John, his opinion on Plymouth breakwater, 257 Smuggling, prevention of, 155-6, 306-9 -Spencer, Lord, 315, 414-15, 418, 424-26, 428. Letters to, 420. 422, 423 ; letters from, 421. 423 -‘-Stafford, Marquis of, 141 Steel’s Navy List, 402 •^Stephens, Philip, secretary of the admiralty, 3,119. Letters to, 11, 13, 157, 159 438 THE BARHAM PAPERS STEW ART Stewart, K., admiral, 380 n. -Stormont, Lord [Earl of Mansfield], 315 ^Suckling, Maurice, comptroller of the navy, 209 Suffren, Le Bailli de, p. xviii TEER, George, captain, 56, 153, 249, 261 Templar, Mr., contractor, 247 Temple, Sir Richard, 328 Thomas, Joshua, assistant clerk of the Acts, afterwards Middleton’s secretary, 209, 235, 249 ; his death, 322, 325 Thompson, Mr., surgeon, his appointment to Haslar, 17,18, 19, 20, 22, 28 -Thompson, Charles, captain, refuses to acknowledge authority of a commissioner, 83 n. ; mentioned, 84,88,91-3, loo, 115, 118; rear-admiral, sent home from W. Indies, 414-15. Letters from, 89, 90 Thomson, Sir John Deas, Barham’s secretary, 154 Timber, returns of, 32-4 Toulon, queries to be sent to, 357-6o Transport, method of, 45-7 ; memoranda on, 47-50, 151-3 ; scheme for, 266-70, 273-5 -Trollope, Henry, captain, captures French frigate, 75 n. Tucker, John, agent at Barbados, complaints against, 114, 117 UPPLEBY, Samuel, captain, lost at sea, 106 ZOUTMAN VAUDREUIL, Comte de, French captain, 37, 44 -WAGER, Sir Charles, 323 Wales, Prince of, list of his ministry, 315 Walker, Mr., surgeon, appointed to Haslar, 19 -Wallis, Samuel, commissioner, “3> i3i-3> i59-6o, 180, 182, 237-8 War, preparation for, 288-99, 353-55 ; with France, 367 West Indies, estimated money value of, 59-65 White, Mr., master shipwright, letter to, 31 Wilhelmina, Princess, pp. xv, xvi William III., King, 241, 324 William, Prince, commands the Hebe, 135 ; irregularities of, 136. See Clarence, Duke of William V., Stadholder of the Netherlands, pp. xii-xiv Williams, Sir John, surveyor, 159; superannuation of, 178-9, 183, 190 Woodley, Frances, afterwards Bankes, 145 Woodley, William, seeks to be governor of the Leeward Islands, 145 -YoNGE, Sir George, secretary for war, 265. Letter from, 264 York, Duke of, Lord High Admiral, 35, 225, 300 Young, James, surgeon, praise Of, III-I2 Young, Walter, captain, 112, 119, 121 ZOUTMAN, Admiral, Dutch, 221