Charles Middleton was one of the most interesting, influential and unlikeable characters in the British naval history. As Controller of the Navy 1778-1790, a member of the Admiralty Board 1794-95, and First Lord 1805-06, as well as the confidential naval adviser of several prime ministers, he played a decisive part in reform and centralization of naval administration over thirty years, and was finally (at the age of eighty) responsible for guiding the Trafalgar campaign.
Middleton’s career continues at the Admiralty and out of office, with much correspondence to and from politicians and sea officers. This volume covers Barham’s brief period as First Sea Lord (a term he appears to have invented) during the Trafalgar Campaign.
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Names marked * are in the Dictionary of National Biography; when marked (?), the identification is not certain. ABBOT (?) *ABBOT, Charles [Lord Colchester], 56 Academy, the, I a nursery of vice and immorality,’ 298 Adair, William C.,· captain of marines, killed at Trafalgar, 337 Adair, Mr., midshipman, 338 (?) *Adam, William, Mr., 398 Adams, W. D., clerk, 83 *Addington, Henry, [Lord Sidmouthl, 28 Addison,-Thomas, lfr., 222-4 Administration, letters and plans relating to, 75-<) Anonymous letters, 9; signed I Caution,’ 203 ; I True Briton,’ 203 Archangel, spare timber at, 75-6; ship-building at, 101 *Austen, Francis “V., captain, 33 1 BAIRD, Andrew, physician, 123, 134-5 Baker, Thomas, captain.after- vards vice-admiral, 287 and note Balfour, brigr.-general, 39i Barham, Lord (see *Middleton, Sir Charles), can pass through the parks in his carriage, 75; views on manning the navy, 80-2; need of ships and men, 85, BAZELY 94-6, 107; his views on blockade, 92-3 ; excuses himself for not waiting on the king, 98; details to the king the state of the fleet, 98-102; details to the Cabinet the state of the fleet, 1°4-119; disapproves of the misapplication of Keith’s force, 170; orders Haulbowline Island to be used as a depot for stores, 214; mem. of oth july, 257; letter and orderof gth]uly, 258-9; desires Cornwallis to detach ships for the protection of trade, 275; very much approves of Cornwallis’5 insigne betise, 279; a snub to Sir John Orde, 307; con- gratulates the king on the victory of Trafalgar, 329; his estimate of the merits of Sir Peter Parker and Cornwallis, 333; his retirement, xxxiv; Thomson’s appreciation of, xxxv, xxxvi; his last days, xxxvii; his death, xxxviii. Letters to or from, and memoranda by, passim *Barrington, Hon. Samuel, admiral, 29 Bazely, Henry, captain (see Marshall, iii. 250; d. 1824), 178 4°0 THE BARHAM PAPERS BEAUCLERK *Beauclerk. Amelius, Lord, 335, 349 *Bedford, William, captain, 207, 2°9 *Berkeley, Hon.George C., rearadmiral, in command of sea-Iencibles, 84, 87- Letters to, 89; letters from, 86, 88 *Bettesworth, George E. B., captain, 274 *Bickerton, Richard Hussey, 201, 256, 317, 369, 384; observations on the Russian ships, 319; on gunboats for Gibraltar service, 320. Letters from, 30 9, 31 9 Birom, general, 364 *Blackwood,[Sir] Henry,captn., 209, 28 7. 324, 327-8, 334, 358-9, 382. Letters to, 362-3; letters from, 358, 360 *Bligh, [Sir] R. Rodney, viceadmiral, 139-40. Letter to, 138 Boger, Edmund, captain, 397 Bolton, Sir William, captain, 310 Bonaparte, Jerome, to be detained, 23 1 Boulogne, great expense of nonsensical attempts on shipping at, 155, 176 ; ministers favour them, 156- 8; preparations for, 168- 70 ; failure of, 17 1 -5; ships and men diverted from their duties, 175 ; futility of, 177 *Boxer, Edward, rear-admiral, 177 Boxer, James, captain, 177 n, Brest, mem. concerning blockade of, 41 -2; correspondence relating to blockade, 230-99; particular instructions as to, 232-6; lines of CASTLEREAGH communication, 310; escape of squadrons from, xxviii, 221, 292-3, 296, 299; a danger to convoys, 182 *Bridport, Lord, admiral, 4 Brig-sloops, fast, needed against privateers, 155, 165 Brown, Nicholas, secretary to Lord Keith, author of letters signed Nauticus.zoo : wishes to be a.ppointed to the victualling board, 20 I ; no immediate prospect of vacancy. 202 Business, conduct of, 76-9 CABINET, mems. for, 104-20 Cadiz, correspondence relative to the command off, 300 seq. See Bickerton, Collingwood, Duckworth, Nelson, Orde. *Calder, Sir Robert, vice-admiral, early service, xxiv note ; blockades Ferrol, 236-7, ‘276-9; commands a squadron off C. Finisterre, xxiv, 196, 257-9, 392; action off C. Finisterre, 198, 259-72 , 274-5; court martial on, 272; mentioned, 249, 315, 32 3, 336, 373· Letters from, 259, 267-72 *Camden, Lord, secretary for war. Letter from, 109 Campbell. J., 199 Campbell, Patrick, captain, 394- Capital ships, 380 Carcasses, 1.55 n. *Castlereagh, Lord, secretary for war, 153, 159, 179, 383 ; urges an attempt on the enemy’s flotilla, 156-7 ; in favour of romantic kind of war, 170. Letter to, INDEX 40 I CATHCART 163; letters from, 152, 156-8, 162 *Cathcart, Lord, lieut.-general, 176, 179 *Chatham, Lord, 212, 222. Letters to, I, 6 *Christian, [Sir] Hugh C., rearadmiral, 2 Clanricarde, Lord, desires permission to entertain French prisoners, 364 Clark, Mr., 364 Clark, John, carpenter, 282 Clear, Cape, line of communication between-and C. Finisterre, 210-1 I *Clerk, John, author of 1Taual Tactics, 398 *Cochrane, [Sir] Alexander, rear-admiral, r ro, 185,236- 37, 239-42, 294· Letters from, 379 Cochrane, Nathaniel Day, captain, 377, 379 Cockerel, 11r.,surveyor, 214 *Codrington, Edward, captain, 83-4 Collier, George Ralph, captain, served with distinction during the war; was made K.C.B. on the extension of the order in 1814; in a fit of insanity committed suicide, 23rd March 1824. See Annual Register (Chronicle), p. 37. Proposes to block the channels of the Texel, 142- 150 ; negatived by the admiralty, 150-1. Letters from, 142, 145 Collier, Thomas. Letterfrom, 151 *Collin~vood, Cuthbert (afterwards Lord), vice-admiral, 82, 104-5, 116, 197, 244-5, 256,285,309,313-15,337-9, III. CORNWALLIS 343, 345, 3.54; is made a peer, 347 ; complains of neglect, 355-6; to give assistance to the Pope, 385. Letters to, 330-2, 334, 338-9, 346, 349, 352; letters from, 318, 325-9, 337, 34 1 , 343, 345, 353-5, 385 *Colpoys, Sir ]ohn,2I2, 239-40, 242 Commission of enquiry, 54-7; ib., 71-72 Commissioners, at dockyards, duties of, 36 Comptroller, importance of his office, 33; qualifications for, 36-7 *Congreve, [Sir] William, his rocket scheme, 157-58; 167, 169, 171-2 Conn, John, captain, 3IB, 394 Convoys, memo as to, 37; must be exactly arranged, 86; delays of, 180; disgraceful negligence of officers, 181; sloops required for, 217; safety of, a first object, 277 *Cooke, John, captain, killed at Trafalgar, 326, 328, 355 Cork, correspondence relating to the command at, 205- 222 ; proposal to have two-decked ship in the harbour, 207, 2°9; instructions relating to command .at, 210-12 *Cornvall, Mr. and Mrs., 6 *Cornvallis, [Sir] William, admiral, commander-in-chief off Brest, 4, 79, 96, 119, 165, 170, 196, 208, 238, 252, 257, 267, 269, 274, 279, 287, 290, 298-9, 314, 331, 374-5; reported reDD 4°2 THE BARHAM PAPERS CORNWALLIS signation, 178, 180; C a bait for,’ 203; is unfit to cornmand the Channel fleet, 203-4 ; inconvenience of divided command, 253-4; complains of restraint, 28 I ; and neglect, 282; his retreat C extremely meritorious,’ 333. Letters to, 230-43, 24 8-51, 254, 25 8, 275, 277-80,, 283, 289 – 90 ; letters from, 250, 276, 280, 288, 29 1 , 294-6, 392 *Cotton, Sir Charles, viceadmiral, to ~i: proceed off Ferrol, 250; divided command, 253-4 Craig, Sir James, 195, 309, 317 Cuming, William, captain (d. rear-admiral, in 1823. See Marshall, ii. 847), 26 7 Czartoryski, Prince, 75 DACRES, .lames Richard, rearadmiral, 119, 294 Dacres, James Richard, captain (son of preceding), 177 Dalrymple, Mr., 363 Darnley, Lord, 66, 69, 70 Defence-ships, of little use, 354 Derrick, Charles, clerk, 22 and note Dickinson, ‘Thomas, lieutenant (see O’Byrne), 344 Digby, Stephen Thomas, cap- . tain, 169 Dockyards, empty of stores, 15; memorandum on, 35 Douglas, John E., captain, 207, 285 Douglas, John Leigh, viceadmiral, 207, 284-5, 288, 290 Drury, W. O’B., rear-admiral, 79, 205-~ 208-~ 24 8 *Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, FERROL vice – admiral, blockades Cadiz, xxix, 338, 340, 347 ; raises the blockade, 344, 352 ; chases a French sq uadron, 182, 197; goes to St. Domingo, xxix; and destroys the French squadron there, xxx-xxxii, 377- 9. Statement of services, 366-71 ; commands in West Indies, 370; is recalled, 371 ; tried by courtmartial, ib. and note; is served with a writ, 373- Mentioned, 99, 103- 4, 117, 274, 297, 323, 33 1 , 335, 353, 388. Letters to, 373- 4, 376, 38o; letters from, 366, 372, 375, 377, 397 Duer, Captain, 396 and note Duff, George, captain, killed at Trafalgar, 326, 328, 355 Dumanoir, French admiral, 285; court martial on, xxvi *Duncan, Adam.Lord, admiral, 5, 319 Dunn, Richard Dalling, captain, 33 I, 378 EAST INDIA FLEET, its safety our first object, 277 *Edridge, Henry, miniature painter, 396 and n. *Eliot, Mr. (Hugh Elliot), 347 and n., 348 Etches; suggested expedition against Boulogne, 144 Evans, Mr. John, secretary to Cornwallis, 282 FERROL, port of, combined squadron at, 97; blockade of, 236, 239; hostile preparations, 239-40; line of communication, 310-11 INDEX FrrZGERALD Fitzgerald, JoJord Robert, minister atLisbon, 300-1 Fitzroy, Lord William, captain, 286 Fleet, state of, 81 ; disposition of, 98-100, 109, IIg; in the Mediterranean, IO{-5, 116; in the West and East Indies, 106, 117; in the North Sea, 106; strength of, 109 Flushing, the two enemy’s frigates at, 138; expected to sail, 152; on the move, 164; sail from, 166, 170; pursuit of, 167; their probable destination, 171; return to Flushing, 175; sail again, 178; attack on African trade possible, 214-15; orders to intercept, 21.1-16; return’ to Flushing, 217-20; secret orders countermanded, ib, Fordyce, John, receiver of taxes, viii; removed from the office, ib.; is associated with Middleton on several commissions, viii, ix; mentioned, 50-53, 57-8. Letter to, 12 Foreign stations, disposition of force on, 117-18 Foreigners, on board merchant ships exempt from pressing, 9 4; to be counted in the number of the crew, ib.; great proportion of in, 380 *Fox, C. J., 222 Francis, 1Ir., alias of Fulton, 157 and n. Frankland, William, member for T’hirsk, 298 and n, Frigates, squadron of, to watch Brest, 83; line of, from Cape Clear to FinisGOWER terre, 116, 210-1 I; insufficient in number, 322; eyes of the fleet, 322-23 Fulton, Robert, J.57 n, GALLIAND, Mr., French agent at the Cape, 228 *C;ambier, j ameajLord], ad. miral, 6, 88, 122, 150, 201-2, 239-40, 24 2, 246, 248, 259, 28 7 ; hisJorders for the expedition to the Baltic, 383-4. I…etter from, 5 Gambier, James, consul at Lisbon, 103 Gambier, Samuel, commissioner, .5 1, 53-55 Gantheaume, Fr. admiral, 292 *Gardner, I.iord, admiral, 99, 119, 170, 179, 330 ; additional instructions for, 2 10- 12; advises Haulbowline as a depot, 212-13; intelligence to be forwarded to, 237; orders to, 243-8 ; unpleasantness of divided command, 253-4. Letters to, 206, 214, 217, 220, 243-6, 252; letters from, 2°5-6, 209, 212, 216-21, 25 1, 253 Garlies, Lord, a lord of the admiralty, 151, 248, 259, 394 George, Sir Rupert, first commissioner for transport service. Letter from, 357, 364; letter to, 357, 364 Georges (Cadoudal), order to assist his escape, 232 Gill, Charles, lieutenant, 378 Goodridge, John, master, 282 Gosling, Timothy, seaman, 149 *Gower, Sir Erasmus, viceadmiral, I 19 D D 2 THE BARHAlv! PAPE1?S GOWER *Go,rcr. Granville Leveson, Lord [afterwards Earl Granville], ambassador ex- traordinary at St. Petersburg. Letter from, 75 Govier’s 24-ponnders, 178 *Grant, Charles, chairman of the East India Company. Letter from, 275 Grant, James Ludovic, captain, &c.,his narrative, 222-9 Graves, Sir Thomas, rearadmiral, 245; enquiry into conduct in Ouiberon Bav, 252-3; promotion of, 285-6. Letter from, 252 Gravina, Don Frederico, Sp. admiral, 300, 325,327. Letter from, 260 Greig, Alexis, Russian admiral, 319, 34·7 *Grenville, Lord, prime minister, 222, 396 *Grey, (?) Charles [Lord Hawick], first lord of the admiralty in succession to Barham, 38o Griffith, Edward, captain, 277 *HALLOWELL [aft e r w a r ds Carew], ‘Benjamin, captain, 387 “Hamond. Sir Andrew, camp· troller, 153, 2 12. I….etters to, 49; letters from, 49 Hanchett, John Martin, lieutenant, 177 *Hardy [Sir], Thomas Masterman, captain, 394. Letter from, 398 Harness, John, physician, 132 ‘1l.; his protests, 133-6. Letters from, 120, 13 T Haulbowline Island, eligibility of, for stores, 213-14 ; business settled, 222 KEATS “Hawke. Edward, Lord, 4 n. “Hawkesbury. Lord, home secretary, 311, 346. Letter from, 7.5, 3=)1 *Heard, Sir Isaac, garter king at arms, 333 Hemp, American corner in, 140 Hillyar, James, captain, 301 and n, Holland, P., Mr., 6r, 80 *I-Iollovay, Sir Charles, licut.- colonel, 2 13 I-Iollo-wav. John, vice-admiral (Marshall, i. 101), 393. Letter from, 171 *I-Iood, Lord, 132’ Hope, William Johnstone, captain, a lord of the admiralty, 201, 88.t :i:I-Ioste [Sir] William, captain, 324 Hotchkis, Mr <» r3 House, Mrs., 384 Hove, Lord, 28 INFERNET, F- captain, prisaner, 360 Invasion, threats of, 9-11; possible attempt from Channel ports, 233-4; or from the ports of Holland and Bonlogne, 250 ; secondary to danger to the trade, 254-5; must be ‘now or never/ 278 Islands in Quiberon Bay, as cabbage gardens, 4- n, JAMES, Mr., memorandum for, 272; identity of, 272 Johnson, (?) Thomas, the smuggler, 164 *!(EATS, [Sir] Richard G., captain, 378 INDEX KEIN Kein, Thomas, surgeon, 282 *Keith, Lord, commander-inchief in the North Sea, xv, 23, 100, 113, 118-19, I52-4, 170-I, 176, 217, 2Ig, 314. The enemy cannot come out in less than six tides, 141 ; his scorn of torpedoes, 155- 9 ; is deprived of his smaller vessels, 161, 166, 176 ; anxious about the Flushing frigates, xxxiii, 165, 175, 178, 184; applies for the command of the Channel fleet, 179; possible inspiration of Nauticus, xxiii, 185; his relation to him, 200-I. Letters to, 159, 161-2, 167, 171-2, 182; letters from, 138-41, 155-6. 158, 160, 163-6, 174-6, 178- 81, 183- 4, 393 Kellwick, Edward, cornrnander, 174 King, message to Parliament, 9 and n.; memorandum for, 108-20. Letters to, 98, 124, 329 Kingsmill, [Sir] Robert R., rear-admiral, 3 Kinsale, harbour, inconvenience of, as naval depot, 212-13; removal of stores from, 216 I{night, John, rear-admiral, 329, 339, 34 2, 344, 347, 35 1 LAFOREY, Sir John, admiral, 3,7-8 Lake. Willoughby T., captain, 2°5 Lancaster, Sir James, 132 n. Landless, lieutenant, 355 Lechmere, William, captain, 317 :MATSON Linois, Fr. admiral, 227-9 Lobb, William G., captain, 99, 374-5 (?) *I”oughborough, Lord, lord chancellor; letter to, 8 *Louis, Sir Thomas, rearadmiral, 325, 335, 339, 348, 377 Love, John, licut. of marines, 141 and 1Z. Lucas, Fr. captain, prisoner, 360 Lugger, a French, to he sold cheap, 165 ; efficient against small privateers. ib. Lyons, John, 1:1r., midshipman, 395 MACKENZIE, Alexander, captain. 145 IVI a c ken z ie, A I e x and e r Richard, lieutenant, 310 Macleod, Rev. Roderick, xi n., 388 n. McNeil. captain, 22 Magendie, Fr. captain, prisoner, xxv, 257, 359-61, 363, 365 *Maitland, [Sir] Frederick Lewis, captain, 216, 218 Manning, problem of, 59-66, 80,94 Marines, augmentation of, 100; proposed increased proportion of, T90 *llarsden, William, secretary of the admiralty, 33, 74, 88, 131,200,270, 329,336,347, 380, 396. Letters from, 89, 242-45, 248-5 0 , 364; kttersto, 300, 321, 328 Matra, Mr., 300 Matson, Henry, captain (see Marshall, iv. 743; d. 1827), 169 THE BARHAIJf PAPERS MELVILLE *Melville,Lord(Henry Dundas), treasurer of the navy, xi; first lord of the admiralty, xi-xiii; to be advised by Middleton, xi, 273; is impeached, xii-xiii, 382; resigns, xiii; mems. for, 24-40; mems. by, 40-48, 50-57, 59-66; mentioned, 191, 212, 239, 273, 296, 304-6. LettersIto, 49, 66, 73, 192 , 3°3; letters from, 49, 334 *lIelville, Lord (Robert Dundas), first lord of the admiralty; mentioned, 386- 7. I..etter from, 387 Middleton family, the, p. xi n, *Middleton, Sir Charles, his quarrel with Lord Spencer, vii, 5-9 ; chairman of sundry commissions, vii-ix, 53-58, 381, 384, 387; is anxious about the Mediterranean fleet, ix, x; has no official knowledge, x; to advise Lord Melville.xi, 273; created Lord Barham, xiii, 73-4; appointed to make experiments in coppering, succeeded as comptroller, ib.; dockyards destitute of stores, 27, 113; patches up old ships, 28, 35, 44, 68, 273 -4; persuades the king to order the fleet to be coppered, 29; provision of stores, 30; memorandum on manning, 59-65; culpable neglect of the last two administrations, 66,71. See Barham Missiessy, Fr. admiral, escapes from Rochefort, xvii, 252-3 ; gets back, xvii, 191 *Mitchell, Sir Andrew, admiral, 119 NAUTICUS *lIoira, Earl of, 139 *Montagu, [Sir] George, admiral,357- Letterfrom, 357 *Moore, Sir John. Letter from, 163 Morgan, James, lieutenant (see O’Byrne), 184 Morgan, Rev, William, chaplain, 282 Morocco, Emperor of, to be conciliated, 316; importance of friendship with, 354 Marries, Andrew, lieutenant (see O’Byrne), 173-4 Muddle, Richard Henry, lieutenant, 397 *l1ulgrave, Lord, 108, 201-2, 3°1, 382, 384. Letters to, 75,310; letters from, 49,382 NAUTICUS, secretary to Lord Keith, 185; his speculations on the movements of the enemy’s fleets, ib.; thinks they will undertake the capture of Jamaica, ib.; is convinced they will soon return, 186; will avoid the Channel, ib.; their probable destination, ib.; not improbably Ferrol, 187 ; Cadiz not unlikely, ib.; may seek to dominate the Mediterranean, 188; a force should be ready off Cadiz to meet them, ib., 194; will be dangerous in the Mediterranean, 189; will probably return end of July, 1~b.; proposes to increase number of marines, 190 ; proposes to raise men by quotas in the parishes, 190-92; proposes to keep a squadron off Cape Finisterre, 191 -4 ; the INDeX 4°7 NAUTICUS Channel fleet to be stationed 40 leagues to the S.W. of Brest, 194; there should be many look-out ships, 195; probability of their coming off Finisterre, ib, ; thinks that his hints have proved useful, 198-99 ; reveals his identity, 200. Letter to, 202. See Brown, Nicholas Naval Instructions, to be issued soon, 81-2; important improvement, 82 Navy Board, its importance, 36 Navy: state of, 15-21, 43-8 *Nelson, Lady, 333 *Nelson, Lord; 12, 49, 79, 98-9, 103, 112, 119, 154, 185,189, 194, 197, 208, 249, 257, 260, 270, 272 , 274, 276, 284, 302-3, 308, 320-I , 325, 33 2, 334, 340, 350. 368, 376-8, 39 6-7, 399; instructions for, 315- 16 ; need of frigates and sloops, 312, 322-3; arrival off Cadiz, 318; wishes to have some fire-ships, 324; death, 329; Touch and Take, 395. Letters from, 310-12, 316- 18, 321-4, 393-4 *Nepean, Sir Evan, 84, 87, 122 Nicholson, lieutenant, 270 Noel, Colonel, 14, 15 Noel, Mrs., 14, 15 Noel, Charles, 388 Noel, Frederick, midshipman, 385 Noel, Gerard, 388 *Northesk, Lord, 333, 35 1 North Sea, force to be kept up, 106-7; operations in, 139, 377 *Nugent,[Sir] Charles Edmund, vice-admiral, 288, 29 I PICHEGRU OFFICERS, petty and warrant, position of, to be improved, 65-6; promotion of lieutenants, 222 ; involves difficulties, 283-4; requires consideration, 339-40; neglect of, 355-6; examination of, 390 Oliver, Thomas, Mr., recommended for promotion, 254 *Orde, Sir John, 244; to strike his flag, 3°4; should write to the board, 307. Letters from, 300-8; letters to, 3°7 Otway, William Albany, commissioner, 323 *Oven, [Sir] Edward C. R., captain, 152, 169, 173, 180 *PARKER, [Sir] Hyde, viceadmiral, 2R n, *Parker, Sir Peter, admiral of the fleet, to get the order of merit, 333 *Parker, [Sir] Peter, grandson of former, captain, 326 *Parker, [Sir] William, rearadmiral, 3, 366 *Patton, Philip, rear-admiral, 150, 240, 24 2, 24 8, 253 Peace, Prince of the [Godoy]. Letter to, 260 Peake, Mr., surveyor, 213, 216 *Pellew, Sir Edward, his estimate of the danger of invasion, xv, xvi; commander-in-chief in the East Indies, 377 Peryn, Mr., clerk, 54 Peter-boat, a kind of fishing boat (see Mariner’s Mirror, vol. i. p. 117), 230 Pettitt, Mr., clerk, 387 Pichegru, Fr. general, to favour the escape of, 232 THE BARHAM PAPERS PITT *Pitt, William, mentioned, xi, xiii, xv, xvi, xxi, 8, 22-3, 55,73,83,157,273,35 1,360, 381-2, 387; memoranda for, 313-14,351; his death, xx, 184, 221. Letters to, 80-1, 84, 94, 103, 170, 297, 312, 333; letters from, 297, 34 6 *Pole, Sir Charles M., admiral, 2 *Popham, Sir Horne, captain, memo on blockade, 90-2; 110, 119, 142. Letter to, 263 Popham, Stephen, lieutenant, his account of action off Cape Finisterre, 263-65 Poyntz, Stephen, captain, 243 Price, John, lieutenant, 173 Pringle, Miss, 14 Pringle, Thomas, rearadmiral, 3 Pybus, Charles S., civil lord of the admiralty, 298 *RADSTOCK, Lord, admiral, is impatient, 339; is unreasonable, 348 *Rainier, Peter, admiral, convoys Indian fleet, 276 Riddel, Mr., clerk, 386-7 *Rigby, Richard, Mr., 29 Roberts, Mitchell, lieutenant, 173 Robin, Monsieur, 171 Robinson, a marine officer, 164 Rochefort, blockaded, 236-7 ; escape of Missiessy, xvii, 252-3; safe return of, 191 ; another attempt probable, 192; blockade raised, xxiii, 257-9; Allemand puts to sea, 260, 268; does some damage, 103; search for, 182, 220-1, 274, 279, 284, 286, 288-90, 295, 34 2, 349, ?7 6; returns to port, 204,294 SHIPS *Roddam, Robert, admiral. Letter from, 336 *Rodney, Sir George Brydges, 27 Rose, Rt. Hon. George. Letter from, 395 Rowley, admiral, 183 *Russell, Thomas M., viceadmiral, 140-1, 161, 164, 166,178-9. Letter to, 139; letter from, 166 ST. TINCENT, Lord, 12, 58, 69, 71, 134-6, 212, 370 *Sandwich,Lord, 16,25-6,28-9 *Saumarez, Sir James, 115, 119, 33 1 Schank, John, captain, 214 Scurvy, use of lemon juice, 132 and n. Sea-fencibles, 87-9 Sea lords of the admiralty, duties of, 76-8 Seamen, greatly needed, 59, 82,94-6, 103-5; high wages in merchant ships, 61; proposed registration of, 62 ; abolition of protections, ib. ; ballot, 63-4; drawn from merchant ships in proportion to tonnage, 80-1 ; landmen by quotas from the parishes, 190-2 Searle, John C., captain, on the victualling board, 201 Seccombe, Thomas, captain, 174 Seymour, Lord Hugh, 369; his son, 379 Ships :- Acasta, 323, 33 1, 34 1, 371, 374, 376-8, 397 Adamant, 161, 166 JEolus, 286 JEtna, 326 Africa, 273-4, 387 INDEX SHIPS Ships-continued Agamemnon, 264, 269, 329 Aimable,3I7 Ajax, 269, 294, 382 Alcmene, 2, 294 Alfred, 2 Amazon, 317 Amphion, 324 Anson, 339, 348, 351 Antelope, 137, 167, 172-3, 176-7 Apollo, 316, 350 Ardent, 16 Argonauta, Spanish, 261 Astrea, 164 Athenien, 280, 330 Atlas, 379 Audacious, 256, 273 Aurora, Dutch, 138 Bahama, Sp. prize, 338 Barfleur, 24 1, 264 Belleisle, 290, 318, 3261 342 Belle Poule, Fr., 222, 225, 228-9 Bellerophon, 309, 342, 369 Belliqueux, 97, 208, 273 Bellona, 256, 273 Bittern, 378 Blenheim, 224 Boadicea, 218, 287-8 Brave, 397 Brilliant, 217-18 Brisk, brig sloop, 2I 8 Britannia, 323, 343, 347-9 Brunswick, Indiaman, loss of, 222-9 Bucentaure, Fr., 265, 360 Caesar, 273-4, 285-6 Calcutta, 204 Camel, 330 Canopus, 331, 394 Canada, 2, 273, 293 Captain, 256, 273 Centaur, 367 Chiffone, 317, 375-6 Childers, sloop, 19~, ~IO SHIPS Ships-continued Colossus, 2 Confiance, Fr. privateer, 224 Courageux, 293 Courier, cutter, 177 Cumberland, 367 Curieux, brig, 258, 274, 375 Cybele, Fr., 397 Dannebrog, Danish merchant ship, 229 Decade, 317, 321 Defence, 255-6, 356 Defiance, 263, 269, 287, 327, 356 Diadem, 97, 208 Dictator, 141, 273 Diligence, 168, 172, 174 Diomede, 97, 208 Donaghadee, hired cutter, 141 Dragon, 265, 388 Dreadnought, 245, 318, 323, 338, 343-4, 349 Dryad, 218, 287-8 Duguay Trouin, Fr., 358 Eagle, 330, 375 Echo, 397 Edgar, 141 , 159, 165, 174-5, 273 Emerald, 369 Entreprenant, 344, 349 Espiegle, 208-9 Euryalus, 209, 325, 327-9, 342, 346, 35°, 357 Eurydice, 323-4 Excellent, 343. 349 Exertion, 174 Firme, Sp. prize, 262, 266 Flora, 369 Florence, cutter, 169, 174 Formidable, 273 Fortune, 164-5 Foudroyant, 245, 252, 285- 7, 293 Furie, Fr., 1~8 4IO THE BARHAM PAPERS SHIPS Shi ps-continued Furieuse, Fr., 184 Ganges, 273 Gemini, double-galley, 168 Gibraltar, 273 Gladiator, 360 Glory, 263, 279, 300-5 Goliath, 255-6 Greyhound, 2 Guerriero, capture of, 387 Hannibal, 317, 366 Hero, 264, 269, 293 Hibernia, 205,251,253–1, 285, 296 Illustrious, 293, 35 2 Immortalite, 152, 164, 393 Imperial, 397 Impregnable, 2 Irresistible, 2 Intrepid, 330, 375 Intrepide, Fr., 360 Jalouse, 395 Jupiter, coppered, trial of, 26 Kent, 154, 335, 340, 347, 349, 35 1 Kent, Indiaman, capture of, 224 Kingsfisher, 377, 379 Leda, 2 Lennox, 336 Leopard, 164, 175 Leviathan, 366-7 Lima, 369 Lively, 317 Loire, 216, 294 London, 273, 293 Lord Keith, cutter, 173-4 Magnificent, 2, 3 Majestic, 273 Malta, 264 Marengo, French, 222-9 Mars, 252 Melpomene, 3I 7 Merlin, 322 Minerve, French, 292 Minorca, 375-6 SHIPS Ships-continued Minotaur, 309 Monarch, 138-9 Montagu, 367 Namur.czqj Nassau, 273 Nautilus, 268 Neptune, 338, 343, 347-9 Neptune, Fr., 342 Niger, 301-2 Nimble, 279 Northumberland, 242 , 294, 379 Ocean, 338, 347, 349 Orion, 83, 256, 366 Orpheus, 164 Phoebe. 316, 345 Pickle, schooner, 328, 334 Piemontaise, Fr., 224. 29 2 Poitiers, 387 Polyphemus, 2 Pornone, 99, 210 Pornpee, 154, 177, 273, 335, 340, 347, 349, 351- 52 Powerful, 273, 280, 330, 369, 374-7 President, 397 Prevoyante, 330 Prince, 323, 329 Prince George, 2, 273 Prince of Wales, 259, 263. 267- 8, 270, 323 Queen, 309, 326-8, 341, 343-5, 353-5 Raisonable.ov, 208, 263- 5 Ramilies, 293 Raven, 293 Redoutable, Fr., 360 Regulus, 141 Regulus, Fr., 397 Renommee, 317 Repu~~ 2, 3, 269, 293 Re~stanc~ 166, 175 Resolution, 273 Robert of Liverpool, merchant ship, 397 INDEX 411 SHIPS Ships-continued Rosario, 2I 6 Rose, brig sloop, 218 Royal Sovereign, 355 Royal William, 28, 357 Sagi ttarius, 174 St. Albans, 141 St. George, 241 Sampson, 398 San Domingo, 387 San Ildefonso, Sp. prize, 338 San Joseph, Sp. frigate. 23 1 , San Rafael, Sp. prize, 262, 266 Saturn, 375 Sceptre, 5 Seahorse, 316, 322 Sibyl, 164 Sirius, 268, 317, 338 Sovereign, 326-7, 344, 355 Spider, schooner, 322 Standard, 330 Stately, 273 Success, frigate, 193 Superb, 330, 375-8, 397 Surveillante, brig, 397 Sybille, 165, 316 Svrif~ure, 366. 369 Temeraire, 326-7 Terrible, 97, 208, 34 2 Terror, bomb, 3 Thalia, 141 Thunderer, 264, 269, 273, 31 7 Tigre, 385 Tonnant, 309, 326, 329 Topaze, 205-7, 209 Trent, 208 Trident, 2, 166 Triumph, 265, 269 Unicorn, 2 Utrecht, 165 , 174 Vanguard, 369 Vengeance, 3 SLOOPS Ships-continued Venus, 161, 164, 176 Vestal, 164, 176 Vesuvius, bomb, 3, 174 Victory, 290, 310, 312-13, 316-18,321,323,326-7, 33 8, 34 2 , 344-6, 355, 393-5 Vigilant, lugger, 149 Ville de Paris, 281,38,5,392 Virago, 177 Warren Hastings, Indiaman, capture of, 224 Warrior, 263, 265 Warspite, 382 Wasp, 190 Windsor Castle, 264, 269, 279 Wolverene, 397 Woolwich, store-ship, 341, 343 Zealous, 256, 273 Zwiling Riyct, 153 Ships, to be built in Russia, 101, I I I ; merchant, largely manned by foreigners, 94, 380 Ships, coppered, 16, 29; in ordinary, 35 ; lists of, 47-8 ; repairing in met chant yards, 68; price of building, 70; alarming want of, 84-6, 95; repairs of, 110; building, I I I; numbers of, 120 ; kept ready for foreign service, 246-8; orders for repairing of, 249-50 Shipwrights, numbers should be increased, 35 Sick and hurt board, abolition of, 120; queries concerning, 121; memorandum on, 122; transfer of business, 125; officers for, 127, 129. Letters to, 121, 130 Sloops, number required for convoys, 183 412 THE BARHAM PAPERS SMITH Smith, M., captain, 164 “Smith, SirW. Sidney, xxi, 137, 152 , 174, 350 – 1 . Has not the confidence of his seniors, xxxiv; imprest to, 153, 381; adverse opinion of, 155,162,170-1; hasappropriated all Reith’s small vessels, xxxiii, 157,161,164, 166, 170, 176; his attempt fails, 175. Letters to, 153-4, 176; letters from, 167- 9, 172 Smuggling, at a stand, 165 Snodgrass, Mr., surveyor, 273 *Spencer, Lord, memorandum on the disposition of the “Vest Indian fleet, 2-5 ; 71, 142, 298, 368-9 Spilsbury, Francis B., lieutenant, 174 and u, Squads-small squadrons, 297 Stanhope, I-Ion. H. E., rearadmiral, 96 *Stephen, James, 380 n, *Stephens [Sir] Philip, 57, 122 Stirling, Charles, rear-admiral, order to quit Rochefort and join Calder, 259, 392 ; action off C. Finisterre, 198, 267, 274-5; too hastily ordered back, 196 ; a dangerous step, 197; mentioned, 317 Stirling, Frederick Henry, vice-admiral; his widow.joz Stores, deficiency of, 27, 49; improvement in, 30; good supply of, 112-13; purchase of, by American agents, 140. See Haulbowline, Kinsale. *Strachan, Sir Richard John, 116; to escort great convoy, 182, 274, 284- 5, 290, 374, 376 Strachey, Christopher, commander, 395-6 TOULON Stuart, John, captain, 321 *Suckling, Maurice, comptroller, 26 Sunday, observance of, 36 Sweden, King of, 383 TCHITCHAGOFF, Russian admiral, minister of marine, 75-6 Telegraph, its extension to Falmouth, 105, 295; importance of, 116 Texel, chart of, 142; proposal to block channels of, 142-5 ; details of the proposal, 146-5°; not approved by the admiralty, 150-1 Thomas, Richard, captain, 326 . See Marshall, iv. 953 Thomson, Mrs., 15, 23 Thomson, [Sir] John Deas, private secretary, 72, 81, 121-2,13°,145,180,219-20, 272, 275, 293 n., 312; papers of, 392-8. Letters to, 13, 22, 50, 74, 83, 151, 178, 219, 334, 358, 36o, 381, 384, 386; letters from, 5, 217, 362-3, 387 *Thornbrough, Edward, rearadmiral, 99’, 350-2 Thurston, sub-lieutenant, recommended for promotion, 222 Tidy, Thomas H., commander, 168, 174 Timber, average consumption of, 20, 30; memo on, 34; deficiency in oak, 46 Tippoo Sultan, 12 Totty, Thomas, rear-admiral, 37° Toulon, armament at, 12; enemy’s force at, 345 INDEX TRAFALGAR Trafalgar, battle of, plan, 325 ; vacancies and promotions after, 33 2, 337, 340 Transport, office of, care of sick and hurt, 125 ; officers required for, 127-9. Letter to, 130 Transports, loss of, 180-1 Trigge, Lieutenant-general, 369 *Trotter, Thomas, physician to the fleet, 4 *Troubridge, Sir Thomas, 219 *Tucker, Benjamin, 72 URQUHART, John, }VIr., surveyor, 213 VILLENEUVE, Fr. admiral, escapes from Toulon, xvii ; proceeds to the W. Indies, ib, ; returns, xviii; is met off Cape Finisterre, xix; correspondence concerning, 357- 365; wishes to reside at YOUNG Guildford, 359 ; not allowed, 362-3; permitted to visit, 364-5. Letter from, 358 WALCHEREN, Island of, fortifications of, 163 Waldegrave, Granville George, 339 n. *Varren, Sir John B., viceadmiral, 4, 99,116,295,297, 299 n., 350, 387 ; orders to, 182, 221; instructions for, 293-4 Veir, Dr., physician, 134 West India fleet, its safety our first object, 277 “William. Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 143, 151 -weea. J. Athol, captain, 37 1 *YORK, Duke of, 94, 180 *Young, William, admiral, a lord of the admiralty, 6; 209, 23 8, 286, 375. Letter from, 266; letter to, 290
John Laughton was born in Liverpool on 23 April 1830, son of a Master Mariner. He was educated at the Royal Institution School, Liverpool and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read mathematics and graduated as a wrangler in 1852. He entered the Royal Navy as an instructor, joining his first ship, Royal George, in 1853, serving in the Baltic during the Crimean War. In 1866 he went ashore to teach at the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, moving with the College to Greenwich in 1873, becoming Head of the Department of Meteorology and Marine Surveying.
In the 1870s he turned more to teaching history, delivering a famous lecture to the R.U.S.I. in 1874 on the importance of actually analysing historical events, rather than merely reporting them chronologically. This new approach meant that he “acted as a catalyst for the entire intellectual development of naval history as an independent discipline” (Andrew Lambert). He was an undoubted influence on naval thinkers of the time: Alfred Thayer Mahan, Julian Corbett and Herbert Richmond. In 1885 he left the Royal Navy to accept the position of Professor of Modern History at King’s College, London, and succeeded in convincing the Admiralty to allow limited public access to their archives. With Admiral Cyprian Bridge he founded the Navy Records Society in 1893. He wrote more than 900 entries on naval personalities for the Dictionary of National Biography. He was knighted for his work in 1907, awarded the Chesney Gold Medal in 1910 and died on 14 September 1915.
His publications include
• Physical Geography in its Relation to the Prevailing Winds and Currents (Potter, 1873).
• Nelson (Macmillan, 1889).
• Studies in Naval History (Longmans, 1896).
• State Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, Volume I (Navy Records Society, 1894).
• State Papers relating to the Spanish Armada, Volume II (Navy Records Society, 1894).
• The Nelson Memorial: Nelson and his Companions in Arms (G Allen, 1896).
• The Journals of Rear Admiral Bartholomew James, 1752-1828 (Navy Records Society, 1896).
• From Howard to Nelson: Twelve Sailors (Heinemann, 1899).
• The Naval Miscellany, Volume I (Navy Records Society, 1902).
• Recollections of James Anthony Gardner, Commander R.N. 1775 – 1814 (Navy Records Society, 1906).
• Letters and Papers of Lord Barham, 3 volumes (navy Records Society, 1907, 1910, 1912).
• The Naval Miscellany, Volume II (Navy Records Society, 1912).
See also:
• Andrew Lambert The Foundations of Naval History: John Knox Laughton, the Royal Navy and the Historical Profession (Chatham Publishing, 1998).
• Andrew Lambert Laughton’s Legacy: Naval History at King’s College London (KCL 2002).
• Andrew Lambert Letters and Papers of Professor John Knox Laughton, 1830-1915 (Navy Records Society, 2002).
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