The full title of these three volumes is misleading. The project to publish the papers of Sir George Byng (1663-1733) and his fourth son John (1704-1757) was never completed. Brian Tunstall completed three volumes, but the latest document to appear in the third volume was only dated 1717.
An intended fourth volume of the papers, mentioned in volume 87 Pattee Byng’s Journal 1950, p. xix, never appeared. Pattee Byng was George Byng’s eldest son. Tunstall, however, had written a monograph published in 1928, entitled Admiral Byng, in which he reproduced some documents relating to the admiral and his court martial.
The letters and minutes in this volume were written between 1702 and 1707 during George Byng’s active commands in the War of Spanish Succession. Almost the whole of the volume relates to commands in the Western Mediterranean, punctuated by a period in 1705 in the Channel when Byng was mainly concerned with commerce protection. 1706 and 1707 saw Byng off Spain, serving under Sir Clowdisley Shovell in combined operations against Toulon in the summer of 1707.
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N.B.—-Unless otherwise stated, the ranks and titles following proper names are the highest held by the persons concerned when last mentioned in this volume. ACTON ACTON, Captain Edward, 44—5 Admirals, Joint (Shovell and Peterborough), orders from, 72-4; 75, 77, 83-4 Aix, 220—i Alcira, 139, 170-1, 242 Alderriey, xxxvii Alessandria (Duchy of Milan), 204 Alfaques, 144 Algerines (and Moors), xiii-xiv, xviii-xxi, xxvii Algiers, Dey of, negotiations with, Ixxi, 15, 16, 21-7, 30 ; text of Treaty with, 27-9 Alicante, xviii, 101-2, 122—3, 125, I37-40> *44> 156-8, 160-6 ; defence of, 168-86 ; 211, 241-2 Almanza, battle of, Ixxix, 138- 139 ; correspondence about battle and its results, 167- 187 Almonde, Admiral Philip van, Ixxi Altea, 100-2, 125, 241, 243 Anjou. See Philip, Duke of Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, xxvi, Iv, Ixx, Ixxiv, 21, 69, 101 ; Byng’s appeal to, through Godolphin, 249-50 Anson, Admiral Lord, Ixviii BAY Antibes, 200, 220, 223 Anti-Jacobite operations, viii Aosta, 204 Arundel, Messrs. Bates and, 161 Ascension Island, xxix Ashby, Rear-Admiral Sir John, xxx, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvii, 1 Ath, Ixii Austrian Succession, War of, ix Aviero, 129 Aylmer, Rear – Admiral Matthew (afterwards Lord Aylmer; d. 1720), xxxiii, xxxiv, xli, xliii, xliv, xlix, Ivi BADAJOZ, Ixxviii Baker, Captain John, 27 ; letter from, 89-91; 63, 173, 176-7, 180, 187-8 Ballard, Brig.-General, Ixxix Barbadoes, 55, 69, 89 Barcellonette, 219, 222 Barcelona, Hi, Ixxvi-lxxviii, Ixxx, 35, 37, 39, 99~ioi, 139, 154, 165, 167, 174, 182, 184- 187, 211, 216, 241 Barfleur, battle of, x, xlix, Ivi Barrier Fortresses, Ixii Basset, Maj.-General (Bassetty-Ramos ; defended Denia in 1708), 186 Bay of Bulls (Cadiz), 46 252 THE BYNG PAPERS BEACHY Beachy Head, battle of, x, xlvii, xlix, Ixxiv; xxxvii Beaumont, Rear-Admiral Basil (b. 1669; wrecked and drowned on the Goodwin Sands 1703), 17, 30 Beeckman, Captain, 173, 176, 187-8, 199, 213, 215-6 Belle Isle, 88 Bendor, 207 Berwick, James Fitzjames Duke of (b. 1670; son of James II and Arabella Churchill; Marshal de France; killed at the siege of Philipsbourg 1734), Ixiv, Ixxviii-lxxx, 136, 163 ‘ Bishop and Clerks,’ 239 Bissett, Colonel Andrew (Lieut.- General 1735), 114-15 Blackstakes, 1, 54 Blagg, Captain William, xvii, xxi Blenheim, battle of, 195-6 Blosset, Colonel (commanded a Huguenot regiment), 182-3 Boissiers and Partners, 161 Bokenham, Captain Robert, 63, 9i Bombay, xxiv-xxx Boston (New England), 118 Brancacio, Duke of, Governor of Cadiz, 47-51 Brazil, 126 Brest, xlvi, li, 36, 38, 42, 62, 66, 69, 73-5, 77-85, 94 Bridgewater, Lord, liv, Ivi Bristol, city of, xxix—xxx; Channel, 88 Bristol, Lord, xxxviii Brydges, James, one of Prince George’s naval council (1673- 1744; created Duke of Chandos 1719), Ixv Bullocke, J. G., xxvii Bumsted, Captain John, 20-1 Bunol, 182 Buonaparte, Ixiii BYNG Burchett, Josiah, Secretary to the Lord High Admiral, Ixix ; letters from, 30-2, 80- 81, 87. 89, 92, 246; 244 Burgos, Ixxviii Burnet, Bishop, xiii, xiv Buth, Captain, 242 Byng, pedigree of the family, xv Byng, Andrew, xiv, xv Byng, George (1556-1616), xv, xvi Byng, George (b. 1594), xv, xvi Byng, Sir George, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, his official correspondence and family papers, vii-xiv; parentage and early services, xv-xvii at Tangier, xviii-xxiii voyage to India, xxiv-xxix his part in the Revolution, xxx-xliv; in the War of the English Succession, xlvliii; difficulties in his career, liv-lxi; Ixiv, Ixviii; his part in the War of the Spanish Succession, Ixix-lxxvi, IxxviiiIxxxi; his portraits, Ixxxii ; correspondence for 1702, 7-12 ; correspondence for T 7°3» I 5~3 2 » correspondence for 1704, 35-57 ; letters to Governor of Cadiz, 47- 51; correspondence for 1705, 61-96; letter to Captain Swanton, 66-7 ; correspondence for 1706, 99-133 ; correspondence for Jan.—May 1707, 137-88 ; his relations with the Portuguese, 189-92; correspondence for JuneAug. 1707, 195-216; his accounts of the operations against Toulon, 216-35 »* captures Hieres, 224-5 ; interviews the Duke of Savoy, 227-8; opinion on failure INDEX 253 BYNG of the operations, 229-30 ; evacuates Hieres, 231—3 ; correspondence for Sept.- Dec. 1707, 239-50 ; letter to Godolphin, 249-50 Byng, Henry, xiv, xv Byng, John, Serjeant, xiv, xv Byng, John (d. 1683), xv, xvi Byng, John (son of above), xv, xvi, xlviii Byng, Admiral the Honourable John, vii, ix, xv Byng, Robert (son of John d. 1683), xv, xvi Byng, Robert, xv, xvi Byng, Thomas, xiv, xv CABANES, 182-3 Cadiz, lii, liii, Ixxi, Ixxix, 35- 37, 46; Byng and the Governor of, 47-51; 190 Calais, liii Caldwell, Captain William, 44- 45 Callenburgh, Admiral Gerard van, 37 Callender, Professor Geoffrey, Ixxiv, 100-1, 140 Canary Islands, xxv, 128, 130-1 Cape Clear, 3, 7 Cape de Hone, 20 Cape de la Nao, TOO Cape Finisterre, 4, 10 Cape Mallora, 180 Cape of Good Hope, Byng’s opinion of, xxvi Cape St. Mary, 36 Cape St. Vincent, 139 Cape Spartel, 46 Cape Tres Forcas, 20 Carmarthen, Lord, 68 Carter, Rear-Admiral Richard (killed in the battle of Barfleur 1692), xliii, Iv Carthagena, 101-2, 121-2, 125, 144, 149-50, 164 CHURCHILL Cascaes, 18 Catalonia, Ixxix, Ixxx, 102, 105-7, 111-2, n8, 124, 144, 170-1, 182, 184 Cavendish, Captain Philip, 147- 148 Cenari Bay, 228-30 Chardeloup, Colonel Jean (a Huguenot), 183 Charleroi, Ixii Charles I of England, xxvi Charles II of England, xiv, xviii, xx, xlix Charles II of Spain, Ixi Charles, the Archduke, claimant to the throne of Spain and referred to as ‘ His Majesty ‘ and as Charles III (became the Emperor Charles VI in 1711 ; d. 1740), Ixii, Ixiv, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxix, 35, 37, 99, 101-2, 121, 125, 141, 143, 146-7, 153-4, 161, 165, 167, 170-2, 188, 242 Chateau-Renault, Comte de, Ixx, 4 Chatham, xxiv, 31 Chetwynd, William Richard, third Viscount Chetwynd (1685 P-I770; Envoy to Genoa 1708-12), 206 Child, Sir John, Governor of Bombay, xxv, xxviii, xxix Child, Sir Josiah (1630-99; Chairman of the E.I.C.), xxv, xxix Churchill, Arabella, Ixiv Churchill, Colonel Charles (1656-1714; General 1707), xxiii, xxiv, xxix Churchill, Admiral George, xi, Iv-lvii, lix, Ixvi-lxix, Ixxv, 65, 76, 117-8, 239, 249 Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough, xxxviii, xlviii, Iv— Iviii, Ixvi, Ixxx, 35, 39, 137, 195-6, 214 254 THE BYNG PAPERS CLARKE Clarke, George, letters from, 67-9, 76, 78, 81-6, 88, 91-2 ; 62-3 Clowes, Sir William Laird, 63, 130 Coetlogon, Alain Marquis de, 86 Col di Tende, 217 Cole, Consul Robert, Ixxii, 16, 22 ; letters from, 25—7, 30 Cole, William, 24, 26 Coni, 220, 222 Convent, Captain van, 152, 162, 166-7, I 73~7* J 8o, T ^7- 188, 197, 199, 213, 215-6 Corbett, Sir Julian, his opinions in England in the Mediterranean, xix, lii, Ixvi, Ixxiii, Ixxiv, Ixxx, 15, 100, 195, 208 Corbett, Thomas, Secretary of the Admiralty, xii Cork, xlviii, 12 Cornwall, Captain Wolf ran, xxxiv, xxxv, xli, xlii, xlvii Corsana, Conde de la, 182 Councils of War and Consultations of Flag Officers, 152-5, 162-3, I 66-7, 173-81, 187- 188, 197, 199-201, 213-6, 243-5 ; see also 121, 123, 127, 137, 147, 160, 201-2 Courts-martial, 21, 91-2 Cowe, Captain John, 45 Crow, Captain Josiah, 44-5, 149 Cuneo, 220 D’ALBON, Lieut.-Colonel, 163 n. Dalmenas, Marquis, 163 Dartmouth, Lord (1648-91), his difficulties as commanderin-chief under James II, xxiii, xxiv, xxxiii-xliii Dartmouth Haven, 62, 84 Daun, Count, 217 Dauphine, 143, 217, 219-20, 222-3, 226 Davenport, Lieut. William, Ixxii, 51, 69 EAST Delavall, Captain George, 45, 66 Delavall, Vice-Admiral Sir Ralph (Joint Admiral with KilHgrew and Shovell 1693 ‘» d. 1707), 1 De Nesmond, Marquis, 89 Denia, Ixxvii, 125, 138-9, 143, 160, 163-4, I 72 » I 77» I 79» 181-3, J 85-7, 242 Deptford, xxix, 248 De Weis, Captain, 245 Diikes, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas (1667 ?-I 7°7)» 61, 65, 128, 152-3, 157, 161, 197* 199, 205-6, 210, 213, 215-6, 223, 239, 243-5, 249 Dilton, Mons., 220 Dolon, Mons., A.D.C. to Lord Gal way, letter from, 167-8 ; 173-4 Dorchester, xxxviii Dove, Captain Francis, 44-5 Dover, Lord, xl Downs, xxiv, xxxi, xxxvii, Ixxii, 17, 25, 92, 107-11, 118-9, 121, 127, 129 Du Guay Trouin, Rene*, xii, 39, 55> 89 Dunkirk, Ix, Ixxi, 17, 65, 68 Du Pont, Cornelius, 158 Dursley, James Lord, (afterwards third Earl of Berkeley; 1680-1736; Captain 1701 ; Rear-Admiral 1708 ; First Lord of the Admiralty 1717-27, and Lord High Admiral during 1719 ; important matter connected with this officer will be published in Vol. II), 44-5, 166 Dutch, part played by them in the war. See under the various commanders EAST India Company, xxiv, xxv, xxvii, 95, 108 INDEX 255 EBRO Ebro, river, 185 Egypt, 195 Elba, island of, Ixii Elwes, Captain Gerard, 44-5, 148 Embiers, 207 England in the Mediterranean. See Corbett, Sir Julian England under Queen Anne; Blenheim, ix Erie, Lieut.-General Thomas (1650 7-1720 ; commanded the allied centre at battle of Almanza; important matter connected with this officer will be published in Vol. II), 171 Eugene, Prince of Savoy, 35, 141 ; his operations against Toulon, 195-6, 204, 208-9, 213, 215-8, 222, 226-9, 233, 235 >’ repudiates suggestion of bad faith, 233-4 • 243 FAIRBORNE, Sir Palmes, xviii, xix Fairborne, Vice-Admiral Sir Stafford (son of Sir Palmes Fairborne; knighted and made Rear-Admiral 1701 ; Vice-Admiral 1703 ; Admiral of the Fleet 1708; d. 1742), Ixv, Ixix, Ixxi, Ixxv, 4, 5, 36, 44, 100, 114-5, 117 Falmouth, 8 Fez, xx Figuera, 129 Finale, 198 Fogg, Captain Christopher, 44- 45> 213 Forne Head, Ixxxi, 3, 7-9, 43, 73-4, 77 Fort Louis, Toulon, 210, 221, 230 Fort St. Margarets, Toulon, 210 Foula, island of, 247 GIBRALTAR Fourbin, Claude Chevalier de, 248 Fowler, Captain Thomas, xvii Franklyn, Mrs., xlviii Frejus, 211, 213, 215, 218, 223- 224, 229 Frisheim, Maj.-General, 164, 167, 170, 172, 184-5 Froud, Mrs., xlviii GALWAY, Henri de Massue de Ruvigny, Earl of, Ixxvii, Ixxviii, Ixxx, 124, 131, 138-9, 162-3, 166; his defeat at Almanza, 167-8 ; movements after Almanza, 170, 173-4, 177-9, 189, 242 ; letters from, 163-5, 171-2, 181-7 Gandia, 170, 177, 181 Genoa, xviii, Ixxix, 141, 157-8, 204, 211, 219 George I of England, xi George, Prince of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne and Lord High Admiral (1653- 1708 ; married Princess Anne 1683 ; created Duke of Cumberland 1689; Lord High Admiral and Generalissimo 1702), Iv, Ivi, lix, Ix, Ixiv, 8, 62, 69, 76, 81, 87, 99, 103, 137 ; letters from, 41-2, 55- 57, 66, 69-71, 74, 79, 82-5, ^7, 93-6, 105-12, 118-21, 126-30, 142—3, 146-7, 247—8 ; letters from his naval council, 112-8 George, Prince of HesseDarmstadt (the Archduke Charles’s Viceroy, Commander-in-chief and Liaison officer in Spain and Portugal), Ixxiii, 38, 52, 99 Gerona, 165, 208 Gibraltar, including Straits of, xi, Hi, Ixxiii, Ixxvi, Ixxvii, 37-9, 52, 76, 83-4, 124, 133 256 THE BYNG PAPERS GOA 143, I 46, 148-50, 155, I 57, 160, 162, 169, 176, 181, 241, 244-5 Goa, xxix Godolphin, Sidney, first Earl of Godolphin (1645-1712 ; Lord High Treasurer 1702- 1710), Iviii, lix, 128, 157, 161, 239 » Byng’s letter to, 248- 250 Goesbriand, Mons., 220 Goree, xxxii Gorges, Brigadier Richard (Lieut.-General 1710), 169, i?5 Gosport, xxxviii, 78 Gould, Mr., 118 Graydon, Vice-Admiral John, (cashiered 1703 ; d. 1726), xi Greenhill, Commissioner, 89 Griffith, Captain Richard, 209 Guernsey, island of, xliv Gujerat, xxvii Gunfleet, the, xxxii, xxxv HADDOCK, Captain Joseph, xvii Hall, Mr., 118 Hamoaze, 71, 90-1, 95 Hancock, Captain Robert (commanded the Eagle and went down with her in company with Shovell in the Association), 44, 213 Hartnoll, Captain John, 177, 180 Hastings, Captain Anthony, xl-xliv Hawke, Admiral Lord, Ixviii Hawkins, Sir John, Ixiv Herbert, Arthur, Earl of Torrington (1647-1716; RearAdmiral 1684 ; created Earl of Torrington 1689; commanded allied fleet at battle of Beachy Head), x, xi, xxi, xxxi, xxxiii, xxxv, xxxvi, JAMES xxxix, xl, xliii, xlvi, xlvii, xlix, Ixxiv, Ixxv, 21, 24, 28 Herne, Captain, 44-5 Hesse. See George, Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt Hewett, Catherine, xv, xvi Hewett, Sir John, xv, li n. Hickes, Captain Jasper (on Dilke’s death succeeded to the command of the squadron left in the Mediterranean at the end of 1707 by Shovell), 146, 148-9 Hieres, town of, and islands 195, 200-1, 203-9, 211-5 captured by Byng, 224—5 Byng’s retreat from, 231-3 Hill, Richard (one of Prince George’s naval council), Ixv Horneck, Ensign, 242 Hospital, state of the naval hospital at Hamoaze, 79-80 Hotham, Colonel Sir Charles, 242 Howard, Lord, Ixiv Howe, Admiral Lord, Ixviii Hubbard, Captain John, 44-5, 173, 176, 187-8 Huntingdon, Captain John, 44 Huntingdonshire, xxxvii INDIA, xiii. See also East India Company Italy, 128, 141, 155, 157, 159- 161, 180, 186, 188, 195, 211, 218, 243-4 Iviza, island of (Balearic group), 101-2, 126 JACKSON, Captain Robert, 150 James, Duke of York and King of England, xvi, xxv; his conduct before and during the Revolution, xxx-xliii; his attempts to reconquer England, xlv, xlvii, liii, Ixiv INDEX 257 JAMES James, Prince of Wales, son of James II (commonly called the Old Pretender or the Chevalier de St. George ; 1688-1766 ; prevented from landing in Scotland by Byng 1708; landed in Scotland 1715; returned to France 1716), xxxi, xl—xliii Jeffries, Mr., 118 Jennings, Rear-Admiral Sir John (1664-1743 ; Vice-Admiral 1708 ; Admiral 1709 ; C.-in-C. Mediterranean 1713 ; Governor of Greenwich Hospital 1720 ; important matter connected with this officer will be published in Vol. II), Ixxv, 42, 44—5 ; with Byng in the Channel (1705), 62-3, 65, 73, 75-9, 84, 90, 93-5 ; 249 Jijona, 148, 170 Johnson, Captain, 44 Johnson, Colonel (Byng’s uncle), xx, xxxviii, xlviii Johnson, Philadelphia (Mrs. Byng, George Byng’s mother), xv, xvi Jones, Lieut.-Colonel, 185-6 KEIGWIN, Captain Richard (organised revolt at Bombay 1683 ; d. 1690), xxiv Kentish Knock, the, xxxii Kerr, Captain, 41, 44 Kersaint (Brittany), Ixxxi Killigrew, Admiral Henry (Joint Admiral with Delavall and Shovell 1693 ,’ 7-9, 25, 36, 41-2, 55-6, 61-2, 67, 69-70, 72, 75-9, 82-4, 86-96, 105-8, no-i, 113, 120, 127, 129, 246 Pocock, Admiral Sir George, xii, xv Pocock, Rev. Thomas, father of the above, xii, xv, 51 n. Pointis, Baron de, 15, 17 Port Louis, 36, 82 Porto Spezzia, 141 Portsall (Brittany), Ixxxi Portsmouth, xxxix, xl, xlii, xliii, xlvi, 1, Ix, Ixxi, Ixxvi, 3, 5, 12, 31, 36, 42-3, 53-4, 73, 76» 86-7> 89-93, 99, 105, 108-13, 246 Portugal, including King of, 37, 83, 124, 126-31, 138-40, *55» *63, *66> I 72» I 77 » Byng’s affair with, 189-92 Powis, William Herbert, first Duke of (1617-96), xlii Powley, E. B., author of The English Navy in the Revolution of 1688, xxxii, xxxvi n., xxxix Pretender, Young, ix Price, Captain John, 165, 173, 176-7, 180, 187-8 Prisoners, exchange of, at Cadiz, 46-51 ; method of exchange, 151 ROOKE Prizes, 151-2 Provence, 215, 218 RALEIGH, Sir Walter, Ixiv Ramsay, Colonel, (George Ramsay, Lieut. – General, 1704 ?), 207, 212-3, 233 Requena, 182 Revolution of 1688, xiii, xxxxliv Rhone, 220 Richards, Maj.-General John (1669-1709), 138-40 ; biographical note, 163 ; his defence of Alicante during 1707, 168-80 ; letters from, 168-70; letters to, 167-8, 170-1 ; 239 Ridge, Mr., xlii Rivers, Richard Savage, fourth Earl of, biographical note on, 161 ; 131, 147, 162 Rochefort, 36 Rodney, Admiral Lord, Ixviii, 38 Rooke, Admiral Sir George (1650-1709; Rear-Admiral 1690 ; present at battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur; destroyed remainder of French fleet at La Hogue ; Vice-Admiral 1692 ; Admiral and Lord of the Admiralty 1694; C.-in-C. Mediterranean 1695-6; C.-in-C. in Cadiz and Vigo operations 1702, and in Mediterranean 1704; captured Gibraltar and fought battle of Malaga ; naval councillor to Prince George 1702-6), xi, xii, xlvii, 1, Iv, Ixiv, Ixv, Ixviii— Ixxiv, Ixxvii, 4, 15, 35-8, 54, 65, 235, 249 ; letters from, 17, 46, 51-3 Rooke, Colonel, xxxviii INDEX 261 RUSSELL Russell, Admiral Edward, Earl of Orford (1653-1727 ; commanded allied fleet at Barfleur 1692 ; C.-in-C. Mediterranean 1694-5 ; created Earl of Orford 1697 ; First Lord of the Admiralty 1694- 1699, 1709-10, 1714-7), x, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxviii, xlixliv, Ivi-lix, Ixxx Rye, 78 SAILLY, Mons. de, 220 St. Anne’s Hill, 217 St. Catherine’s or Katherine’s Fort, 208-9, 219-20 St. Helena, island of, xxix, xlvi, 1 St. Helens, 18, 38, 43, 54, 88, 107—13, 119, 121 St. Hospice, Bay of, 197-8 St. Ives, 72 St. Jago (Cape Verde Islands), xxvi St. Malo, 68 St. Maximin, 220 St. Pol, 39, 55 St. Valette, 209 Salisbury, xxxviii Samson, Captain Michael, 202 Santa Cruz, Conde de, 122 Saragossa, Ixxviii Savoy, Duke of. See Victor Amadeus Schomberg, Meinhard, third Duke of (1641-1719), Ixxvii Scilly Islands, 41, 43, 55, 239 Seller, John (Hydrographer to Charles II, published The English Pilot and The Sea Atlas in 1671), xiii Sherborne, xxxviii Shetland Islands, 247 Ships :— Adventure, 17 Albemarle, 1, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81-3, 106, 120 SHIPS Ships (continued) :— Aldborough, 149 Anglesea, 55 Antelope, 133, 147, 149 Antelope hospital, 133 Association, 106, 133, 144, 146-7, 149, 152-3, 158, 162, 198-9, 202-3, 205- 210, 212-5, 239, 241, 243, 245 Auguste prize, 90-1 Barfleur, 43-5, 54 Blessing, xxviii, xxix Bolton, 56 Boyne, 44-5 Breda, 85, 88 Bridgewater, 44 Bristol, xxvii Britannia, li, 72, 74, 106 Burford, 123, 133, 149 Cambridge, 17, 68, 72, 113, 119, 123 Canterbury, 106, 112-3 Centurion, 44-5 Charles galley, 133 Chatham, 55, 90-1 Chatham’s prize, 41 Chichester, 127-8, 133, 161 Constable of St. Malo, 67,69 Constant Warwick, xliii, xliv Cornwall, 198, 202, 207-8 Coventry, 44 Crauweker, 198 Crown, 248 Cruiser, 79 Cumberland, 74-9, 106, 109, 112, 119 Dartmouth, n Defiance, xxxiv De la Warr, 56 De Prins, 198 Deptford ketch, xxiii, 55, 67 Devonshire, 106, 113 Dolphin, 44 Dorsetshire, 44-5, 74-8, 106, 109, 112, 119, 122 262 THE BYNG PAPERS SHIPS Ships (continued) :— Dover, xlvi, 119 Dragon, 3, 7, 9 Drayton, 56 Duchess, xlvi Dunkirk, 73, 75, 77, 89, J33» *46, 149, 208-9 Eagle, 10 6 Elizabeth, 91, 127-8, 133, 156, 161, 198, 202, 207 Enterprise, 79, 123, 133, 207 Essex, xliv, n, 44-5, 106, H3 Exeter, 55, 69, 90, 92 Firm, 73, 75, 77, 90, 106, 109 Fowey, 91 Fox, 79 Francis, xxvi Friend galley, 89 Fubbs yacht, 82-3, 125, 133 Garland, 123, 133 Gloucester, 41, 44 Grafton, 16, 54 Griffin, 123, 133 Guernsey, 44 Half galley, xxiii Hampshire, 85-6, 88, 93~5, 107, 109, in Hampton Court, 11, 46 122 Hawke fireship, 73, 75 Herbert galley, 247 Hope, xlvi Hunter fireship, 119, 121 Ipswich, 107, 109, in, 123, 133 Jeffreys hospital, 54, 156, 210, 213 Katherine yacht, 133 Kent, n, 12, 120 Kingston, 44-5 King William, 56, 158 Lancaster, 133 Leghorn galley, 56 Lennox, 44—6 SHIPS Ships (continued) :— Leopard, 123, 126, 133 Lightning, 44-5 Lisbon factor, 210 Litchfield, 85-6, 88, 93-5, 107, 109, in Little Betty, xxvii Lowestoft, 17 Lynn, 44 Mary, 55, 61, 67, 72, 113 Mary Rose, xvii, xviii Mary yacht, xli Matthews, 210 Mazarin galley, 56 Medway, 41, 44, 55, 74-8, 90, H3 Mermaid galley, 56 Milford, 157, 159 Moderate, 44 Monk or Monck, 44-5, 113, 119 Monmouth, 54, 73, 77, 91, 95, J 33» X 56» 202» 207» 223 Montague, 20, 46 Munckendam, 198 Muyden, 122 Namur, 44-5, 106 Nassau, viii, Ix, Ixix, 3-5, 44~5, 54, 73, 75, 77 Newark, 106, 109, 112, 119, 123, 198, 202, 207 Newcastle, 123, 133 New Hampshire, 115-6 Norfolk, 44-5, 68, 127 North Holland, 122 Northumberland, 30, 85, 88 Nottingham, 44-5 Orford, 44-6, 106, 120, 144, 149, 180, 207-8, 214 Oxford, xxiii, xxiv Panther, 123, 133, 149 Phoenix, xiii, xvii, xix, xxv, xxviii, xxix Phoenix fireship, 119-21, 123, 133, 156, 207 Plymouth, 74, 76-8 INDEX 263 SHIPS Ships (continued) :— Postillion prize, 20 Prince George, 122-4 Princess Anne hospital, 44-5, 54 Prudent Mary, xxvi Ranelagh, Ixxi, Ixxii, Ixxvi, 15, 17, 20, 36, 44-6, 51, 54, 65, 67 Reserve, xvii, xviii, xlv Resolution, 73, 75, 77, 107, 109, in, 123, 126, 133 Restoration, 30, 31, 127-8, *33> 156, 161 Revenge, n, 41, 44, 119, 122-3, 133, 148-9 Rochester, 55, 68, 89, 90 Roebuck, 44 Royal Anne, Ixxvi, 62, 73, 75, 11. 90, 95, ioo-i, 106, 113, 123, 133, 156, 162, 166, 173, 177, 180, 187, 202, 207, 239 Royal Catherine, 46-7, 51- 53 Royal Oak, xlix, 44-5, 73, 75, 77, 106, 109-11 Royal privateer, 67 Ruby, 53-4 Rupert, 44, 55, 123, 133, 146, 149-50 Russell, 3, 7, 73, 75, 77 St. Albans, xlvi St. George, 44-5, 119, 123, 133, 156, 198, 202 Salisbury, 17 Samuel and Anne, 210 Sheerness, 107 Shrewsbury, 10-2, 44-5, 106, 113, 122-3 Smyrna factor, 210 Somerset, 20, 73, 75, 77, 106, 109-11, 122-3, I 33> 156 Sorlingues, 149-50, 198 Squirrel fireship, 73, 75 Star, 44 SHOVELL Ships (continued) :— Stirling Castle, 30, 109, 112-3/119, 123, 133 Suffolk, xlvii Sunderland, 74, 76-8 Swallow, xvii, xliv Swallow’s prize, 133 Swift sloop, 72, 123, 133 Swiftsure, 44-6, 133, 156, 198, 202, 208 Syam hospital, 20 Tartar, 20, 144 Terror, 44 Thanet, 115-6 Thetis, 66-7 Tilbury, 45-6, 54, 156-7, 159, 202 Torbay, 17, 44-5, 127-8, X 33> J 56, 161, 198 Triton, 41, 44-5, 56, 67, 90, 133, 210-2 Triumph, 18, 20, 24-5, 73, 75, 77, 106, 120 Valeur, 79, 90, 133, 149 Victory, 411 Vulcan fireship, 45 Vulture fireship, 44-5 Walgaren, 122 Warspight, 44-5, 127, 133, 156 Warwick, 44, 90, 107 Wassenaer, 198 Weasle sloop, 56 William and Mary, 44 Winchelsea, 44, 144 Winchester, 17, 119, 121, 123, 125, 159, 180, 208 Windsor, 72-3, 75, 77, 95 Woolwich, xl, xliv Worcester, 87, 89 Worcester’s prize, 72 York, 198, 202 Shipwash, the, xxxvi Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Duke of (1660-1718), Hi Shovell, Admiral Sir Clowdisley (1650-1707; knighted in 1689 after considerable sea 264 THE BYNG PAPERS SICILY experience; Rear-Admiral 1690 ; distinguished himself at Barfleur ; Joint Admiral with Killigrew and Delavall 1693 » commanded fleets and squadrons in the Channel from then till 1702), xi, xli, xlvii, 1, Ix, Ixiv, Ixv, Ixviii, Ixx, Ixxi, Ixxv-lxxvii, Ixxxi ; letters from, 7-12, 17-25, 42-5, 53-5, 65-6, 72-4, 130- 133, 144-5, 146-52, 156-62, 201-15, 24 J >’ Prince George’s orders to, 146-7 ; letters to, 199, 246; his 1702 operations, 3-12 ; his 1703 operations, 15-32 ; his 1704 operations, 36-7 ; his 1705 operations, 61-2, 68, 84 ; his 1706 operations, 99, 103, 128-30 ; his 1707 operations, 137-9, 141-5, 152-3, 178, 180-1, 188 ; his attack on Toulon in 1707, 197, 216, 222-3, 226- 230* 233-4; 239, 243, 245, 249 Sicily, Ixii, Ixiii Soame, Sir William, 44 Solebay, xxxi Somerset, Charles Seymour, sixth Duke of (1662-1748), xliv, Iviii Sospel, 199 Soundings, the, xliv, 43, 55-6, 62, 65, 73, 78, 85-9, 94, 239 Southill, li n. Spanish Succession, War of the, liv, Ixi-lxiv, Ixvii, Ixix Spithead, xxxvii, xliv, 3, 5, 9-10, 12, 15, 30, 36, 43, 55, 63, 71, 78, 92-3, 100, 105, 109, 112-4, 116, 118-20 Stanhope, Brig.-General James (1673—1721 ; played an important part in the fighting in Spain; created Earl Stanhope in 1718 ; important matter connected with this officer will TOULON be published in Vol. II), letters from, 143-4, 165-6 ; Ixxix, 125, 140, 161, 186 Start Point, 3, 7 Stewart, Captain James, 44-5 Strafford, the Earl of, vii, xiii, Ixxxi, Ixxxii Straits of Gibraltar. See Gibraltar Sunderland, Charles Spencer, third Earl of (1674-1722 ; Secretary of State 1706-10 ; several important letters from him will be published in Vol. II), letter from, 145 Surat, xxvii-xxix Susa, 204 Swanton, Captain Thomas, letter to, 66-7 ; 67 Swift, Dean (author of The Conduct of the Allies), Ixxxi Sybourg, Colonel Frederic, 239 ; letter from, 241-2 TAGUS. See Lisbon Talbot, Captain Charles, xvii Tangier, xiii, xviii-xx, xxiii, xxiv, xlviii, 25, 37, 132-3 Tarragona, Ixxvii, 100 Taylor, Mr., 115, 118 Teneriffe, xxvi Tess6, Mans-Jean Baptiste Re”n6 de Froullai Comte de (b. 1651 ; Marshal de France 1703), Ixxviii, 100-1, 196, 216, 218-20 Tetuan, 37-8, 46 Thorburn, Captain, xxv Topsham, 108 Torbay, xxxvii, xlvi, 3, 7, 61, 78 Tortosa, 101, 139, 167-8, 170, 172,. 177-8, 182-6 Toulon, lii, Ixxx, 15, 35-9, 78, 100-1, 137-9, I41 * 147* J 58- 159, 188, 239, 241 ; operations against, 195-235 INDEX 265 TOULOUSE Toulouse, Admiral Louis de Bourbon, Comte de, Ixxiv, Ixxviii, 36-8, 100-1 Tourville, Admiral, Comte de, xlix, Hi Townsend, Captain Isaac, letter from, 79-80 Treasurer, Lord High. See Godolphin Trelawney, Colonel, his regiment, xxiv, Ivi Trevanian, Captain Nicholas, 128, 146 Trevor, Captain Tudor, 44-5 Turin, 159 Turkey Company and trade, 56, 244 Turner, Sir Christopher, xv, xlviii Turner, Colonel, 184 Tuscany, Ixii Tyrrell, Captain John, xxivxxix USHANT, 9, 42, 6l-2, 72-4, 83, 87 VADO, 217 Valencia, Ixxviii, Ixxix, 101, 125, 137-9, 141* J 43» 146-7* 153* *56, 160, 163-7, *7°-3» 175, 177, 181, 186 Van der Goes, Vice-Admiral, 137-8, 152-3, 155-6, 162, 166-7, 173, 176-7, 179-80, 187-8, 197-8 Var, river, 199, 212-5, 219-20, 223, 225-6 Viana, 129 Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy (became Duke in 1675 ; obtained Sicily by peace of Utrecht 1713 ; exchanged it with Emperor for Sardinia in 1718), Hi, 35, 101, 141, 154-5* 158-61, 180, 188 ; his operations against Toulon, 195-235; YORK letter to, 203-5 * letter from, 199; 243 Vigo Bay, Ixx, 4, 5, n, 35 Villafranca, 35 Villena, Ixxix, 138, 163-4 Virginia, 69 WAGER, Captain Charles (1666- 1743 ; Rear-Admiral 1707 ; knighted 1709; Admiral 1731 ; First Lord of the Admiralty 1733-42), 27 Walpole, Robert (1676-1745 ; naval councillor to Prince George ; first Prime Minister of England), Ixv, 115, 117, ;i66 A • : . , ‘ Wassenaer, Vice-Admiral, 101, 245 Wheeler, Admiral Sir Francis, xlvi Whetstone, Rear-Admiral Sir William, 209, 247-8 Whitaker, Captain Edward (1660-1735 ; Rear-Admiral and knighted 1706; ViceAdmiral 1708), 44-5, 51 Whitaker, Captain Samuel, 44- 45 William, Prince of Orange and William III of England, xiv, xxxi, xxxiii, xxxiv, xxxvixl, xliii, xliv, li-lvii, Ix-lxii, 39 Wingfield, Colonel, xxxviii Wishart, Rear-Admiral Sir James (Admiral and C.-in-C. Mediterranean 1713 ; superseded 1714), xi, 61, 65 Wright, Captain Lawrence, xvii Wynn, Captain Robert, 44-5, 83 XATIVA, 183 YARMOUTH, 247 York. See James, Duke of
William Cuthbert Brian Tunstall (1900-70) served as lecturer in English at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and from 1932 to 1937 as the fourth secretary of the Navy Records Society. During World War II, he served as naval correspondent for the BBC’s European services. Subsequently, he lectured at the London School of Economics and at the Royal Military College of Canada. In addition to his distinguished work as a naval historian, Tunstall was a rowing coach of some distinction. A member of one of his crews recalled that ‘during breaks in his coaching [‘Tunny’] would regale us with stories about the signal flags used at the Battle of Trafalgar. A great coach, and a grand character.’
Publications include:
• Admiral Byng and the Loss of Minorca (1925)
• The Realities of Naval History (1936)
• Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail (posthumously, 1990, edited by Nicholas Tracy)
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