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/. NAMES OF PERSONS ADAM, Charles, captain, no, 141, 167. Died, admiral and K.C.B., in 1853 Addington, Henry, 5, 8, 11, 14-15* 17-19, 34-5, *76, 35i, 4°2- Speaker of the House of Commons, 1789-1801 ; prime minister March 1801 to May 1804 ; created Viscount Sidmouth January 1805 ; home secretary 1812-22; died in 1844 Alcock, Lieut. R., 40-1 Allan, Lieut. John, 368 Arbuthnot, Charles, ambassador at Constantinople, 96 Archdeacon, Mr., 350 Auchmuty, General Sir Samuel, 249, 250, 256, 261-2, 268, 276, 287, 289. Born at New York in 1756 ; served with the royal army during the war of independence ; afterwards in India, in Egypt, and with especial distinction at Monte Video and Buenos Ayres in 1806. Died suddenly,when commanderin-chief in Ireland, in 1822 Augereau, in command at Bayonne, 114, 116 Aylmer, the Hon. Fred. William, commander, 365 Aylmer, John, captain, 22, 24 BAIRD, Dr. Andrew, inspector of hospitals, 30. Surgeon and acting-physician of the fleet with Lord St. Vincent Baker, Lieut., 75 Baker, Mr., 84 Baker, Edward, * a charming youth’ his death, 81 Ball, Mr., surgeon, 381-2 Banks, Mr. David, 127, 134, 140-1, 146, 164, 167. An ‘ intelligent y pilot employed to fix a light-ship on the Galloper Banks, David, a passport for, ‘ is it our friend? 7 139 Banks, Sir Joseph, president of the Royal Society, 49 Barbron, Charles, a French prisoner, evidence of, 122 Barham, Lord, 27, 50, 72, 239, 352. Charles Middleton, born 1726, was controller of the navy 1778- 90 ; baronet 1790 ; Lord Barham 1805 ; first lord of the admiralty 1805-6 ; died in 1813 Barker, Mr., 100 Barr£, French commodore, 91 Barrilli, Mr., 329 Bass, Edward, comdr., 2, 24 Bastard, John, comdr., 374 Bateman, Captain Charles P. B., 232 Batten, Mr., of Chatham, 180 Bayntun, Henry William, captain, 207-8, 213, 217, 225, 288, 290-2, 295. Died an admiral and G.C.B. in 1840 Beaufort, Francis, captain, 247. For many years hydrographer of the navy ; K.C.B. ; died in 1857 Beaver, Captain Philip, 135 ; his proposed shield, 428-30. See A/’.ft.S. xx. 391 F F2 436 INDEX Bedford, Duke of, 66 Bedford, William, captain, 368 Bentham, Samuel, 14, 25, 342, 346. Naval architect and engineer, inspector of naval works ; general in the Russian service, and knight of the Russian order of St. George Bentinck, Governor, 83 Beresford, Captain J. P., 139 Beresford, Viscount, general, 60, 258, 292, 296 Berkeley, the Hon. Geo. Cranfield, admiral, l my unworthy eleve,’ 50; c at his old tricks,’ 60, 359, 410, 412. Born 1753; served, as a youngster, in the Alarm, with Lord St. Vincent; captain of the Marlborough in the battle of ist June; G.C.B. in 1814; died in 1818 Berkeley, Lieut.-Colonel James, 21 Bertie, Captain Thomas, 30, 391 Bickerton, Admiral Sir Richard Hussey, 22, 24, 35. Born in 1759 ; second in command in the Mediterranean, 1800-1 ; commander-in-chief, 1801-3, and again second, under Nelson, till 1805. Afterwards, a lord of the admiralty and commander-inchief at Portsmouth. Died in 1832 Bicknell, Mr. C., solicitor to the admiralty, 6 Bignel, Mr., purser of Assistance, Duke of Kent interested in, 4 Bishop, Mr., 109 Black, Mr., 39 Blackman, 167 Blackwood, Captain the Hon. Henry, 100, 121, 146 Blagden, Sir Charles, 346 Blane, Dr., 2. Better known as Sir Gilbert Blane. Bligh, Captain John (Theseus), 28 Bligh, Vice-Admiral Richard Rodney, commanding at Leith, 29, 33, 35, ’34 Bligh, Captain William (Breadfruit), 108, 110-11, 113, 140 JBogue, Captain J. B., his death, 374 Bonaparte, 100, 102, 106, 112, 157,, 187, 3H> 358, 383, 3^5 Bonie, Mr., 88 Bowen, Captain James, i, 44, 52, 54 Bowyer, Captain, 94 Bowyer, Major-General, 79 Boyles, Captain Charles, 82 Brabazon, Mr., 377 Bradley, Captain William, 3 Bragge, Mr., 6 Bredin, Mr., 115 Brenton, Edward Pelham, commander, 416 Brooke, Robert, Governor of St. Helena (d. 1802), 203 Broughton, Captain William Robert, 111 Brown, John, an alias Q{ Robb, 142 Brown, Captain William, 422-3 Brown, Mr. William, master, 405 Brown, William, master attendant in Portsmouth Yard, 332-3 Brunette, French general, prisoner, 90 Bucks, Marquis of, 36, 50 Bullen, Captain Joseph, 135 Buller, Captain Edward, 58, 398 Bunce, Lieut. James, 21 Bunce, Mr. (carpenter), 357 Burrell, Lieut. Justinian, 220 Butcher, a smuggler, 147 Byron, Admiral John, daughter of, 167 CALCRAFT, John, M.P. for Rochester, 182 Calder, Admiral Sir Robert, 30, 34. Captain of the fleet in the Mediterranean, and in the battle of Cape St. Vincent; commander-in-chief in the battle off Cape Finisterre, July 22, 1805 ; 1 severely reprimanded’ for not having followed up the advantage gained. Died in 1818 Caledon, Lord, first governor of the Cape, 207-8 Campbell, Colonel Duncan, 4, 21, 25 Campbell, Captain George, 88 Campbellj Captain Patrick, 145 INDEX 437 Canning, Mr., 52, 66 Canon, Mr., chaplain of the Centaur, 426 Capel, Captain Bladen, 2, 74, 96 Carpenter, Captain Charles, 82 Carter, Mr. J., a constituent at Portsmouth, 3 Castlereagh, Lord, 45 Chads, Lieut. H. Ducie, 208 Chamberlayne, Edwin Henry, commander of the Charwell, 285 Champion, Lieut. Charles, commanding gun-vessel Snipe, 143 Charteris, Lieut. Edmond, of the marines, 40 Chatham, Lord, 16 Cheyne, 107 Churchill, master shipwright, 60 Clarence, Duke of, 16, 119 Clements, Captain John, 35 Clewlow, Mr., secretary, 350 Clive, Mr., 17 Cochrane, Lord, 47, 141, 153-4, 366, 369 Cochrane, the Hon. Sir Alexander, 56, 153, 209, 397 ; letters from, 363-9; born 1758; rear-admiral with Duck worth in battle of St. Domingo in 1806 ; K.B.; governor of Guadaloupe to 1814; commander-in-chief at Plymouth 1821 ; died at Paris, 1832 Codrington, Edward, captain of Orion, 63 Coffin, Sir Isaac, 208, 223; letters from, 414-17 ; complaint of harsh treatment, 415-16 Collingwood, Lady, 73 Collingwood, Lord, 68, 70-4, 96, 98, 241-3, 260-1, 263, 388 Collins, Mr., 345 Collis, Mr., 377 Colpoys, Sir John, 69, 86, 365; letter to, 425 Compton, Lieut. William, 27 Congreve, Major-General William, his mortar vessel, 181, 378-9 Conn, Captain John, 63 Corbet, Captain Robert, 70, 273, 277, 297 ; letter from, 306 Cornwallis, Admiral the Hon. William (Billy), 6,30,34,125,147,381 Cornwallis, Marquis, 84 Cotton, Admiral Sir Charles, 38, 44, 51, 56, 63-4. Born 1753; captain of the Majestic in the action of June I ; vice-admiral under Cornwallis and St. Vincent off Brest ; commander-in-chief in the Tagus, 1807-8 ; died suddenly at Plymouth in 1812 Craig, Sir James, 105-6, 429 Craufurd, General, 208, 218, 241, 249-50, 256-7, 262, 265, 268-9, 272, 279, 287, 302, 396 Croft, Lieut. William, 90-1, 427 ; letters from, 431-3 Cumberland, Duke of, 28 Cuming, Captain William, I Cunningham, 119; commissioner, 380 Curtis, Lady, 413 Curtis, Sir Roger, 203, 264 ; letter from, 418. Captain of the fleet with Howe in 1794 ; president of the court-martial on Lord Gambier in 1809 ; died 1816 Curzon, Captain the Hon. Henry, 364 Cuthbert, Mr., chaplain, 396 DALRYMPLE, Alexander, 140, 142, 228. First admiralty hydrographer, appointed in 1795 > f°r~ merly a Madras civilian; had devoted himself for many years to the collection of materials, and to engraving charts of coasts and ports ; published a valuable work on early voyages in the Pacific; died 1808 De Bergne, Madame, 167 De Dunstanville, Lord, 16, 17 De Rippe, Lieut. James, 40-1 De Winter, Dutch admiral, 105, 161 Dick, Mr., his malpractices, 19 Dickson, Captain E. S., 76 Diddams, N., master builder at Portsmouth, 397 Digby, 149 Dilkes, ‘that animal,’ 42; ‘has taken a crotchet,’ 367. John 438 INDEX Dilkes, captain of the Salvador del Mundo, flagship of Sir John Colpoys at Plymouth Dix, Lieut. Edward, 192 Dobie, Mr., 236 Domett, Admiral Sir William, 335 Douglas, a reputed spy, 171 Douglas, Admiral Billy, 50 Douglas, Captain John Erskine, 410 Driffield, Mr., 180 Drummond, Captain Adam, 4 Drury, Captain Thomas, 30 Du Berne, 170 Duckworth, Admiral Sir John Thomas, 28, 44, 54-5, 92, 358, 389; letters from, 79-101 ; reconciliation with his son, 83 ; his son aide-de-camp to General Nugent, 86. Born in 1748; captured Minorca, 1798 ; commanded in the battle of St. Domingo, 1806 ; baronet 1813 ; died 1817 Duke, Mr., 379 Dumaresq, Comdr. Philip, 24, 76 Dundas, Lord, 198-9 Dundas, Sir D., 105, 147, 165-6 Durban, Captain William, 163-5, I7i, 175 Durham, Captain Philip, 63, 65, 105. Born 1763 ; lieutenant and officer of the watch of the Royal George when she foundered; died, an admiral and G.C.B., in 1845 EARLE, Sir James, 418 Eldon, Lord, lord chancellor, 16 Elford, Sir W., 401 Elias, Mr., 405 Eliot, Lord, 96 Ellenborough, Lord, 7, 15, 26 Ellis, Mr., 405 Elphinstone, Captain Charles, 36, 37? Elphinstone, Captain Thomas, i a dull dog,’ 46 Elton, Lieut., 374 Erskine, Sir J. St. Clair, 35 Erskine, Thomas, Lord, 33 Essington, Captain William, 32-3, 113, 165-6 Evans, 359 FANE, Captain Francis William, second cousin of the Earl of Westmorland, 3, 27 Fanshawe, Commissioner, letter from Captain Martin to, 399 : letter on the scurrilous pamphlet, 402-3 Fanshawe, Captain Robert, 82, 145, 198, 212 Farquhar, Captain Arthur, 73 Faulknor, Rear-Admiral Jonathan, 54 Fernandes, Mr., appointed to Speedwell, 105 Ferrier, Captain John, 8 Filey, Mr., deputy-consul at Oran, 74 Finlay, Captain Justice, 245, 261, 265 FitzRoy, Lord William, 24, 27 Fitzwilliam, Lord, 433 Fleeming, Captain C. Elphinstone, 62, 106, 120-1, 166 Forbes, Captain Robert, 77 Forbes, General, 80 Fothergill, Captain William, 247 Fox, General, 100 Fox, Mr., n, 50, 59 Fraser, Major-General Mackenzie, 100 Frederick, son of Sir John, in a consumption, 42 Fremantle, Captain T. F., 416 GAMBIER, Lord, admiral of the fleet, 50, 179, 189, 334, 347 ; anonymous letter to, 419. He was born at New Providence, Bahamas, in 1756, where his father was governor ; captain of the Defence in the battle of June i ; for many years a lord of the admiralty ; commanderin-chief at Copenhagen in 1807, for which he was made a peer ; and at Basque Roads in 1809 INDEX 439 for which he was tried by courtmartial, but acquitted ; died 1833 Gardner, Captain Alan Hyde, 61, 82, 125 Gardner, Lord, admiral, 13; should have eight ships of the line for the coast of Ireland, 29, 35, 45, 105. Born in 1742; captain of the Duke in the battle of April 12 ; commodore and commander-inchiefat Jamaica, 1786-90; rearadmiral in the battle of June i ; made a baronet; commander-inchief on the coast of Ireland 1800 ; created a peer 1806 ; commander-in-chief in the Channel 1807 ; died 1809 Garlies, Lord, 52, 239, 352 ; letter from, 422. Afterwards Earl of Galloway. Died, an admiral, in 1834 Garrett, Captain Henry, 3, 64 Garthshore, William, 132. Son of Maxwell Garthshore, M.D.; born 1764; M.P. Launceston 1795, Weymouth 1796 ; F.R.S. ; lord of the admiralty 1801-4 ; died in 1806 George, Sir Rupert, 32-3, 321, 359. Captain of 1781 ; first commissioner of transport, 1796 ; knighted, 1804; baronet, 1809. Died 1823 Gillitt, Mr., 34 Gilman, a Dover pilot, 123, 128 Glassford, Mr. John, 383 Godwin, Matthew, comdr. of the Trompeuse, 139 Gooding, Lieut. J. G., 236-8 Gore, Sir John, 38-9, 49, 374 Gosselin, Lieut. Corbet, 350 Gourly, Lieut. John, 190, 192 ; letter from, 192-5, 200 Gower, General, 288, 291 Gower, Sir Erasmus, 351 Grseme, Alexander, admiral, 109 Grafton, the Duke of, 27 Graham, Edward Lloyds, comdr. of the Zephyr, 166 Grant, * a fine lad,’ 246 Graves, Sir Thomas, 29; letter from, 424 Grenville, Lord, 9, 183 Grenville, Mr. T., 65, 97, 224, 231, 269, 281, 299, 340, 400, 415. Brother of Lord Grenville, the prime minister ; first lord of the admiralty, October 1806 ; retired from Parliament in 1818, and devoted his latter years to literature and to the collection of a library, which he left to the nation; died, unmarried, in 1846, aged 91 Greville, Mr., 206 Grey, General, 246, 249-50, 256, 261-2, 268 Grey, Mr. C. (see Lord Howick), 19, 3i, 36, 75, 352. Born 1764 ; first lord of the admiralty, 1806 ; foreign minister, 1807 ; became Earl Grey, 1807 ; prime minister, 1831-4 Grey, the Hon. G., on sub-lieutenants, 57 ; letters from, 393-8 Griffiths, Captain A. J., 116-17. Lieut. of the Culloden in the battle of June i, 1794; and her first lieutenant in the battle of Cape St. Vincent Grinfield, General, 23 Grosett, Comdr. Walter, 59 HAMILTON, Captain T., 33 ; high opinion of new sounding machine, 225 ; letters from, 310-49. Lieutenant of 1777 ; captain of 1785 ; commanded a district of the Sea Fencibles 1798-1801 ; in June 1803 was appointed a commissioner of the transport board ; rear-admiral 1809 ; vice-admiral 1815. Seethe * Diary of Sir John Moore/ i. 182 Hamilton, Vice-Admiral Charles, 29 Hamilton, Captain, Sir Charles, 152, 167, 323 ; invented washing decks with a hose, 340 Hammond, Mr. George, foreign under-secretary, 31 Hamond, Sir Andrew Snape, 12 ; suspected to be in collusion with 440 INDEX Jeffrey 37 ; 334. Son of Robert Hamond, a shipowner ; entered the navy 1753; captain, 1770; governor of Nova Scotia, 1780; created baronet, 1783 ; commodore and commander-in-chief at the Nore, 1785-8 ; comptroller of the navy 1794 to 1806 ; M.P. for Ipswich 1796 to 1806 ; died 1828 Hancock, Lieut, 120 Hancock, Captain Richard, 76 Hand, Lieut, censure passed on, 21 Hardy, Sir T. M., 358, 408 Hargood, Captain, 212 Harness, Dr. John, chief commissioner for sick and hurt seamen, his appointment of surgeons, 48, 209 Harris, Lieut., 150 Harrison, Lieut, 228 Hart, Lieut. Henry, 374 Harvey, Admiral Eliab, 43, 49, 53, S^S, 367, 389 Hatton, Mr., 70 Haultain, Captain Charles, 73 Hawkesbury, Lord, secretary of state for foreign affairs in the Addington Ministry, 31, 135, 139, 151, 162. Afterwards Earl of Liverpool and prime minister, 1810-26 Hawkins, Comdr. Edward, 111, 225, 229-30 Hedges, case of the, 33 Hellard, Lieut. William, 364 Henderson, William, 42, 353 Hendry, Lieut W., 61 Henslovv, Mr., 6 Henslow, Sir John, surveyor of the navy, 337-8 Herbeant, Louis, French prisoner, evidence of, 122 Herbert, Captain the Hon. Charles, 431 Hey wood, Captain Peter, 205, 217, 228, 231, 244 Hill, Captain Henry, 7 Hill, Lieut, 20-1 H hides, Christopher, 377 Hislip, Brigadier-General, 351 Hobart, Lord, secretary of state for the colonies in the Addington Ministry, 5, 16, 23, 27, 29, 165, 321 Holmes, Lieut, 389 Honyman, Captain Robert, 8, 149- 5o, 153 Hood, Sir Samuel, 50, 52, 56-8, 61, 223-4, 231-2, 234, 239-41, 260, 302, 391, 409 ; letters from, 350- 62 ; declines a seat at the board, 352, 354, 409 ; loss of his arm, 396. Born 1762 ; served with his cousin, Lord Hood, in the West Indies, and with Nelson at the Nile ; commodore and commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands station 1803 ; rearadmiral and second in command in the Baltic in 1808 ; baronet 1809; commander-in-chief in the East Indies 1812; died at Madras 1814 Hope, Mr., of Amsterdam, 314 Hope, Captain George, 107, 117, 134, 146, 151, 179, 258 Hope, Captain W. J., 340 Hopley, Mr. W. M., storekeeper at the Cape, 247 Hotham, Captain, m, 115 Howick, Lord, 46-7, 49, 50, 52, 56-7, 59, 68-70, 93,169,180, 182, 243, 301-2, 304, 329, 338, 346, 358, 370. Afterwards Earl Grey, and prime minister 1830-4 Hughes, Captain W., 226 Hume, Captain, 82 Hunter, Lieut John, 205, 207 Hurd, Captain Thomas, 60, 228. Succeeded Dalrymple, and was hydrographer from 1808 to 1823. He introduced the system of issuing regular supplies of charts to the ships on each station IMPEY, Captain John, 94 Innes, Lieut-General H., colonel commandant of marines at Chatham, 21 JACKSON, Mr. John, master attendant at Portsmouth, 31, 355 INDEX 441 Jeffrey, John, M.P. for Poole, put up to attack Lord St. Vincent, 37,45) 5°; is swinged, 187 Jenkins, Mr., acting-master, 54 Jennings, Mr., a clerk, 106 Jephson, judge of admiralty at Gibraltar, 227 Jerome Bonaparte, 48, 60, 74, 179, 320, 358, 375 Jervis, Captain, W. H., 373 Jervis, Mr., 6 Johnstone, a pilot, 115 Jones, Captain, of the army, 226 Joyce, Comdr. John, 220 Joynes, Mr., chaplain, 358-9 KANTZOW, Mrs., 59 Keats, Captain R. G., 56-8, 60-1, 64, 408 Keith, Lord, 2, 27, 31, 33, 34, 36, 143, 178-80, 190, 197 ; letters from, 102-76. George Keith Elphinstone, son of Charles, Lord Elphinstone, was born in 1747 ; captain in 1775; captured the Cape in 1795 > created Lord Keith in 1797 ; commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean 1799-1801 ; in the Downs, 1803-7; and of the Channel fleet, 1812-15 ; viscount in 1814; died in 1823 Kelly, Mr., ill-treatment of, 76 Kelly, a youngster, 404 Kent, Duke of, 4 Kent, Mr., to be steward of the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, 28 King, Mr., of the treasury, 183 King, Mrs., 94 King, Captain Richard, 58 King, Sir Richard, 182 Kirkaldie, a pilot, 140-2 Knight, Admiral, 71, 73, in, 227 ‘ Knight of the Sword/ See Smith, Sir Sidney LA CROPE, Captain-General of Guadaloupe, 83 Lake, the Hon. Warwick, Lieut., 104. Rose rapidly to the rank of captain, but was cashiered in 1810. Afterwards third viscount Lane, Captain Charles Henry, 404 Laroche, Captain Christopher, 414 Lashe, M., of Ostend, said to be French spy, 144 Lavie, Captain Thomas, 3 Law, Mr. Ewan, 5, 7-9. Elder brother of Lord Ellenborough, and brother-in-law of Admiral Markham ; had been a judge in India Lawford, Captain John, 37, 46, 52 Lechmere, Captain William, 73, 88 Lee, Captain Richard, 21-2 Leigh, General, 167 Leigh, Mrs., 167 Lenthorn, a base agent of Jeffrey, 38 Lethbridge, Colonel, 86 Lewis, 82, 175 Lindsay, Ben, 146 Liniers, Jacques, 288-90, 297, 305. A French naval officer, when still very young, entered the Spanish service; was at the siege of Gibraltar; commanded the Spanish and colonial force in the River Plate in 1807 ; Count of Buenos Ayres LinoiSj French admiral, 179 Lisle, Lieut., 27 Listen, Mr., 311 Littlehales, Captain B. R., letter from, 404 Lloyd, Lieut., always in his cabin sea-sick, 64 Lockwood, Mr., complaint against, by Sir James Saumarez, 76 Lodington, Captain John, of the marines, 21 Louis, Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas, 50, 56, 96, 100, 352 Luke, a reputed spy, 168 Lukin (afterwards Windham), Captain William, 53 Lynn, Dr., 4 McARTHUR, Mr., 239 Macdonald, Comdr. Francis, 90- 9i Macdonnell, Comdr. Randall, 27 Mackellar, Captain J., 16. Captain 442 INDEX of the Terpsichore ; dismissed the service by sentence of courtmartial May 26, 1802, for scandalous, cruel, and oppressive conduct Mackenzie, Captain Adam, 107 McLeod, General, 81 Maingy, Lieut. Henry, 75 Maitland, Captain F. L., 168 Malcolm, Captain Charles, 16, 77 Maling, Captain Thomas J., 166 Manby, Captain Thomas, 139 Mansfield, Charles, 63 Markham, Osborne, 25-7, 50, 66 Marsden, Mr., 2, 37-8, 76, 190, 206, 257, 277, 359,387,389. Born in 1754; eight years at Bencoolen in the service of the E.I.C., 1771-9 ; second secretary to the admiralty in 1780 ; first secretary, 1804-7 ; author of a ‘ History of Sumatra/ an edition of ‘ Marco Polo,’ and ‘ Numismata Orientalia’; F.R.S. ; died 1836 Marsh, Mr., 38 Marshall, 7 Martin, ‘ Sir John Colpoys’ friend,7 86 Martin, Rear-Admiral George, 102, 208, 229, 387-8, 393, 396; letter from, 421 Martin, Captain T. Byam, repudiates the authorship of a scurrilous pamphlet, 399-403 Massev^s patent log, good report on, 223 Matson, Captain Richard, 178 Maxwell, Captain Murray, 352 Mayne, Lieut. Robert, 205, 207 Meanels, a common smuggler, 252 Melville, Lord, 66, 108, 179 Middleton, Sir C., 176. See Barham, Lord Milne, Captain David, 121,170,174 Missett, Major, 100 Mitchell, Sir Andrew, 27 Mitford, Henry, captain of the York, 117 Moira, Lord, 35 Monet, French general, 144 Montagu, Admiral George, 31, 103, 114, 120, 182,215, 227, 231,233, 235, 236 ; letters from, 387-92, 393) 395) 4I.4-. In 1794 commanded a division of the Channel fleet, separate from Howe ; commander-in-chief at Portsmouth 1803-8 ; he died in 1829 Montalembert, Baron, 80 Moore, Captain Graham, 323-4,327 Morrels, master of a cutter, 144 Morris, Captain J. N., no, 124, 127-8, 167, 171 Mosse, 46. Clerk of the rope-yard at Portsmouth ; his father, captain of the Monarch, was killed at Copenhagen in 1801 Mowat, Lieut. William, 350 Mudge’s chronometer unsatisfactory, 244 Mundy, Captain George, 4 Murray, Admiral Sir George, 36. Born in 1759 ; captain of the Colossus in the battle of St. Vincent and of the Edgar i^i the battle of Copenhagen ; captain of the fleet with Nelson, 1804-5 ; died suddenly at Chichester 1819, 56 ; letters from, 201-98 ; Mr. J. Grenville on, 299 Murray, Lieut., 103-4 Muschel, Mr., 170 NAPIER, the Hon. Admiral, 116 Nash, Captain, 193, 200 Neale, Sir Harry Burrard, 69, 105, 132, 382. Born 1765 ; captain 1793; in 1795 took the name of Neale; his ship, the San Fiorenzo, refused to join the mutiny at the Nore ; captain of the fleet under Lord Gambier at Basque Roads ; commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean 1823-26 ; died 1840 Nelson, Lord, 68, 211, 357-8, 385 Nepean, Sir Evan, 4, 8, 10, 13, 21, 23, 29, 31, 136. Born in 1751 ; purser of Foudroyant with Sir John Jervis ; he succeeded Sir Philip Stephens as secretary of the admiralty in 1795 j baronet INDEX 443 in 1802 ; a lord of the admiralty, 1804-6; governor of Bombay, 1812-19 ; died in 1822 Neville, Captain, 12 Newhouse, Captain John, * that imprudent man,’ 107 Nicholls, Admiral Sir Henry, 14 ; his letter a true type of his character, 16; 38,47, 56, 59, 3oo Northesk, Lord, 93 Norway, Commander, 39 Nourse, Commander Joseph, 352 Nugent, General, 86 . OAKLEY, Mr. H. P., 147 Oliver, Captain R. D., 37-8, 121, 156, 160, 163, 169 Oliver, Lieut. J. M., of the marines, 372 Orchard, Mr. B., carpenter, 427 Osborn, Captain John, 183 Osmond, D., 167 Ottley, Mr., 6 Otway, Captain R. W., 86 Oughton, Captain James, 27 Owen, Captain Edward W. C. R., 128,132-3, 145,150-2,180; letter to Lord Keith, 128 PAGET, Captain Charles, 32 Parker, a reputed traitor, 171 Parker, Lieut., 48 Parker, George, 3, 16, 28 Parker, Sir Hyde, 381 Parker, John, 40, 56, 59 Patton, Admiral Philip, 109, 119, 132, 137. 147-8, 151, 155, 170, 172, 275 Patton, Captain Charles, 155-6, 214 Peake, Henry, master builder in Deptford Yard, 61, 324, 327, 33<>> 334, 337-8, 346-7 Peake, John, secretary in the office of the inspector-general (Samuel Bentham), 337 Pelham, Lord, 16 Pellew, Admiral Sir Edward, afterwards Lord Exmouth, 53, 206,249, 262-3, 273-4, 276, 278 ; letters from, 371-6. Pelly, Comdr. Charles, 12 Penn, 43 Perceval, Hon. Spencer, attorneygeneral in the Addington ministry, 33 inoculated with malignant venom, 52. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1807, and prime minister 1809; murdered 1812 Petty, Lord Henry, 66 Phillimore, Lieut. George, 205, 207, 225 Pichegru, French general, arrested, 161 Pilfold, Lieut. John, 371 Pitcairn, David, M.D., F.R.S., 2 Pitt, Mr., 45, 52, 113, 127, 141, 157, 161, 166, 402 Pitt, an intelligent midshipman, 44 Plampin, Captain Robert, captures la Bellone, 374 Pole, Admiral Sir Charles Morice, 8, n, 14,68-9. Chairman of the commission on naval abuses, 1803-6; married, in 1792, Henrietta Goddard, a cousin of Admiral Markham ; died 1830 Popham, Admiral Sir Home, 56, 210, 242-3, 246-7, 249-50, 258-9, 265, 270, 275, 290, 296. Born 1762 ; captain in 1795 ; F.R.S. 1799 ; in 1803 his code of signals was adopted for the navy ; captain of the fleet with Lord Gambier in 1807 ; commander-inchief at Jamaica, 1817; died in 1820 ; an excellent observer and surveyor Potter, 393 Prevost, Comdr. James, 242 Price, Lieut. John (2nd), 59 Price, Mr., 415 Prior, Henry, midshipman, 212 Proby, Lord, in, 151 Pulteney, Sir James, 165 Purvis, Rear-Admiral John Child, 73, 182 RATHBORNE, Captain Wilson, 44, 46 Ratsey, Captain Edward, 273-4, 278-9 444 INDEX Read, Mr., 6 Redmon, Comdr. William, 217 Rennie, Messrs,, & Co.: report on Plymouth, 43 Richardson, Miss, 207 Richardson, Mr., 208 Richbell, Captain Thomas, first lieutenant of the Centaur with Admiral Markham, 3. He had no further active service ; and was afterwards a Thames Police magistrate Richmond, Duke of, 218 Ricketts, Captain Tristram, 58 Ridge, Lieut. J. J., 205, 207, 292 Robb, a secret agent, 142-6 Roberts, Mr. Thomas, shipwright and surveyor, 322, 336, 338, 340 Robertson, Mr., acting agent victualler at the Cape, 247 Rochambeau, French general, 90-1, 312 Rogers, Captain Thomas, 63-4 Rose, Mr., 31 Rowley, Admiral B. S., 134, 175 ; letters, 177-83, 432 Rowley, Mr. Joshua, letter from, 426 Rowley, Captain Josias, 302 Rule, Sir William, 61, 324, 338,345, 348, 380. Surveyor of the navy 1793-1806 Russell, Vice-Admiral Thomas Macnamara (Paddy), 29, 31, 110-11, 113, 120, 124, 145, 151, 154, 180; letters from, 184-87 ST. CLAIR, David, 4 St. Vincent, Earl, 78, 88, 102, 107, 115, 140-1, 145, 150, 158, 167, 174, 229, 336-7, 343, 352, 360, 394, 398, 402-3, 409, 412, 418- 19, 422 ; letters from, 1-67 Sargeant, Mr., master of the Active, 117 Saumarez, Sir James, 229, 381 ; letters from, 75-8 Schomberg, Captain C. M., 74 Schoor, Mr. Van der, 316 Scott, Lieut., 81, 188-9, 196, 198 Scott, Captain Matthew, 57 Scott, Sir Wm., 19-20, 27, 369 Scourfield, Mr., 426 Scraggs, mate, 144 Scriven, Lieut. Timothy, 350 Searle, Captain John Clarke, 114, 142, 151, 178 ; letter from, 142 Searle, Commander Thomas, 398 Seater, Captain John, 107, 116 Sebastiani, M., 99, 100 Seppings, Mr., afterwards Sir Robert, master-builder at Chatham, 33i Sheffield, Mr., 13 Shepheard, Lieut. William, 16, 114 ; commander, 76 Shepherd, a clergyman, 338 Sheridan, Mr., 3, n, 19 Shipley, Captain Conway, 360, 361 Short, Comdr. Joseph, 49 Sibrell, Lieut. John, 106 Sierre, Lautoune Lorin, French prisoner, examination of, 123 Simpson, Mr., a sub-lieutenant, 58 Sinclair, Sir J., 174 Skinner, Lieut., 149 Skinner, Lieut. F. G., 385 Skottowe, Lieut. G., 61 Smith, General, 140 Smith, Lieut., 17, 351 Smith, Admiral Sir W. Sidney, 68, 71, 73,98, 100, 107, 113, 115-16, 122, 126,138-45, H7-8, 157, 170, 173, 182,312, 353. Born 1764; captain, 1783 ; in 1789-90 served with the Swedes in the Gulf of Finland ; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, 1792; defended Acre against Bonaparte in 1799; served under Lord Keith on the coast of Flanders, 1803-14 ; died in 1840 Snipe, Dr., 254 Spencer, Lord, 12, 18 Spencer, Mr., ordnance storekeeper, 214, 216 Spicer, Captain Peter, 424 Stanhope, Admiral, 177; letters from, 377-8o Stanhope, Captain H. Edwin, 50 Stanhope, Mr. Spencer, 71-2 Steel, Lieut. George, 363 Stephens, Sir Philip, 69. Born in INDEX 445 1728 ; clerk in the navy office and senior clerk at the admiralty from 1751 to 1757 ; under-secretary, 1759-63 ; secretary, 1763- 95; baronet, 1795 5 c™d l?1^, 1795-1806 ; granted a pension, i,5oo/. a year ; died in 1809 Stewart, Captain, 70,103, 113, 117- 19,139, 144, 149-50,157, 168, 173 Stewart, Lieut, 155 Stirling, Admiral Charles, 49, 56, 246-7, 250, 255-6, 258, 269-70, 276,279, 281-2, 284-5, 288, 290-3, 295, 297-8 ; letters from, 300-305 Stopford, the Hon. Robert, commodore, 23, 56-7, 211-12, 217, 220-1, 230, 241-5, 248, 251-3, 256-8, 260-2, 265, 267, 273 ; letter from, 406-7 Strachan, Sir Richard, 49, 179 ; letters from, 408-13 Strutt, Lieut. Isaac, 169 Stuart, Captain, see Stewart Stuart, Lieut, 126 Stuart, Lord George, 374 Sullivan, Mr. James, court-martial on, 404 Sullivan, Mr. John, under-secretary of state for the colonies in the Addington Ministry, 23, 28 Summers, Lieut. James, 6. No pension was given him, but he seems to have died in 1803 Sutton, John, captain of the Channel fleet, letters from, 381-6 ; report on enemy’s fleet at Brest, 384 TATHAM, Captain Sandford, 197 Taylor, Lieut., 22 Taylor, Mr., 16, 24 Taylor, Captain William, 83 Thesiger, Captain Frederick, 321 Thomas, Rev. Richard, 364 Thompson, Lieut. John, 3; commander, 287, 289, 292-3, 307. Notwithstanding Murray’s high praise, he was not posted till 1810 Thompson, Sir Thomas Boulden, comptroller, 300 Thornbrough, Admiral Sir Edward, 28,36, 49-50, 52, 58,64, 95, 104-5, I”, U5, 123, 127, 146, 1 S 1 > 153, 1.57-3, 164, 185, 255, 353. Born in 1750 ; rear-admiral in the North Sea under Lord Keith 1803-5 ; in the Mediterranean with Lord Collingwood 1806-9 ; constantly employed until 1818; died in 1834 Tierney, Mr. George, 18,19. M.P. for Southwark in 1796; a persistent opponent of Pitt, with whom, in 1798, he fought a duel; treasurer of the navy 1802; president of the board of control 1806 ; master of the Mint 1827 ; died in 1830 Tilly, Lieut. Charles, 368-9 Tinker, Bladen, 417 Towry, Commissioner, 7 Tracey, Mr., 350 Trotter, Dr. Thomas, 4 Troubridge, Captain E. T., 246, 370 Troubridge, Sir Thomas, 4. 6,8,13, 14, 16,28-9, 31,33-4, 36,86,90, 155, 174,206,244-5,247-8,252-3, 256, 259, 262, 265, 269, 271-4, 279, 284-5, 293. 302, 337, 35o-i, 358, 363-5, 369, 376, 402 ; letter from, 370 Tucker, Mr. Benjamin, 6, 8, n, 12, 16, 17, 20-1, 24, 27, 31, 35, 51, 56, 59, 61-2, 67, 154, 174, 210, 284, 334- Secretary to Lord St. Vincent from 1798, and continued with him at the admiralty ; second secretary to the admiralty January-May 1804, and again February i8o6-April 1807 ; died 1820 Tucker, Mr. Joseph, 62, 334, 355, 372, 409. Brother of Benjamin Tucker ; master builder at Plymouth ; surveyor of the navy with Sir Robert Seppings in 1813; superannuated in 1831 Tumper, a reputed spy, 171 Turner, Mr., 363 VAN DER SCHOOR, Mr., 316 Vansittart, Mr., secretary of the treasury, 9 446 INDEX Vashon, Captain James, I ; rearadmiral, 175 ; letters from, 188- 200 Vashon, Captain J. G., 16 Verheuil, Dutch admiral, 185 Vesey, Captain Francis, 36 Vicary, Mr., surgeon of the hospital at the Cape, 247, 278 Villaret-Joyeuse, French admiral, at Martinique, 87 Villiers, Mr., 22 Viney, 121 WADE, Mr., 89 Waldegrave, Captain G. G., afterwards Lord Radstock, 241, 243 Wallis, Captain James, 36. A captain of 1797 ; a lieut. of 1777 Warren, Captain Samuel, 300 Warren, Sir John Borlase, 44, 49, 50, 55-6, 60-1, 128 Watson, Lieut., 32 Weir, Dr. John, inspector of naval hospitals, 30 ; his mock inquiry, 38 Wellesley, Marquis, 66 Whidbey, Mr. Joseph, master attendant at Woolwich, 34, 134, 159, 389 ; best man to direct the new works at Plymouth, 60; letter from, 159-60 White, Sir Arthur, 359 White, Captain John Chambers, 22 Whitelock, General. 283, 287-90, 293, 298 Whitshed, Rear-Admiral J. H., 28, 109 Whitworth, Lord, 317 Whorwood, Lieut. W. H., 24 Wickham, Mr., secretary for Ireland in the Addington Ministry, 36 Wicks, Mrs., of Flushing, 171 Wilkinson, Mr., agent victualler, River Plate, 292 Willaumez, French admiral, 48, 375 Williams, Captain R., 3 Williamson, Mr., 350 Willis and Waterhouse, Messrs., 88 Wilmot, Lieut. David, 42, 353 Wilmot, Lieut. William, 157 Windham, Mr., secretary of state for the colonies, 49, 249 Winthrop, Captain Robert, 361 Wolfe, Captain George, 2 Wolley, Captain Thomas, 48 Wood, Captain Athol, 46, 55 Woodman,H. F., a midshipman, 351 Woollcombe, Comdr. Edward, 352 Wright, John, commander, 180 Wright, John Wesley, commander, 31, 119-23, 127, 132-4, 137-8, 140,142, 154,157-8,162,170,173, 318. An excellent linguist, but of very little naval experience, he was put in command of the Vincejo rather as a political agent, and made himself nearly as obnoxious to his commanding officers as to the French Government. On May 8,1804, the brig was driven by stress of weather into Quiberon Bay, was surrounded by French gunboats and forced to surrender. After being kept a close prisoner in the Temple for eighteen months, Wright was found dead on the morning of October 27, 1805. Whether he had been murdered, had committed suicide, or had died from natural causes, has never been determined Wright, Mr., 405 YARKER, Comdr. Robert, 200 York, Duke of, 23, 107 Yorke, Mr., 9 ; first lord of the admiralty, 1809-12 Yorke, Sir Joseph S., 39 ; captain of the Barfleur, 41, 369 Young, Admiral William, a connection of Mr. Tierney, 18 ; 37-8, 49; a compound of paper and packthread, 50 ; 54, 58, 63, 73, 94-6, 220, 409. Born in 1751 ; commander-in-chief at Plymouth 1804-7, and in the North Sea 1811-15 Young, Dr. Thomas, 340, 343~4 INDEX 447 //. NAMES OF SHIPS ABUNDANCE, 11, 13 Achille, 49, 58, 383 Active, 24, 117, 152, 183 Adamant, 395 Admiral Mitchell, 133, 137 Advice, 351 Africa, So-i, 209, 211, 213, 219, 223, 233, 239, 241, 244, 260, 274, 276,284, 360 Africaine, 70, 105 Aigle, 44, 144, 358 Aimable, 139 Ajax, 97-8, 100, 364 Alacrity, 432 Albion, 375 Alexander, 94 Alexander, transport, 277 Alexandria, 390 Alnwick Castle, Indiaman, 262 Alonzo, 192 Amaranthe, 140 Amazon, 385 Ambuscade, 105 Amelia, 105, 127, 160, 182 Amethyst, 44, M4> i?i, 39& Antelope, 113, 120, 123, 151, 178-9 Apollo, 174 Arab, 140-1, 148, 179 Ardent, 171, 183, 250, 281, 284-5, 393-4 Argo, 182 Ariadne, 174 Ariel, 199 Assistance, 4 Atalanta, 173 Atlas, 393 Audacious, 392, 409 Aurora, 2 Autumn, 167 Avenger, 119, 121 BARFLEUR, 39, 40-1, 43,102 Basilisk, 122, 132-3 Batavier, 117 Beaulieu, 177, 378 Bedford, 368 Belleisle, 48, 60 Bellerophon, 422-3 Bellette, 178-9, 225 Bellone, P., 374 Bittern, 13 Blanche, 104, 177 Blenheim, 245, 248, 253, 259, 261, 271, 274, 279,284-5 Bloodhound, 131, 141 Bonetta, 135 Boyne, 336 Braakel, 168 Brave, 94 Brave of St. Malo, 2, 169 Brilliant, 134 Britannia, 93-4 CAESAR, 408, 410, 412, 416 Caledonia, 325-6, 328, 333-4, 338, 348, 409 Cambridge, 405 Camel, 90, 107, 210, 218-9, 220-2, 240, 249-50, 253, 257, 260, 276, 281, 292 Camilla, 7, 388, 390 Campion, 261 Canada, 383 Canopus, 96, 100 Cape Packet, merchant vessel, 262 Captain, 359-60 Carnatic, 329 Carysfort, 4, 126, 151, 198 Centaur, i, 5, 42, 52, 91, 93, 226, 233-4,236,240-1,260,339,350-3, 355,358-9,36o, 362,382-3,393-4, 405 Cerberus, 75, 103 Ceres, 262 Champion, 134, 137-8, 149, 388-9, 394 448 INDEX Chance, 390 Charlotte, schr., 167, 175 Charlotte, see Queen Charlotte Charwell, 75, 393 Chesapeake, 410 Chiffbnne, 127, 140, 162, 171 Circe, 117 Clyde, 377-8 Colossus, 62 Commerce de Marseilles, 326 Comus, 230-1, 360 Constance, 116 Constant, 388 Cormorant, 215, 218-9, 221, 223-7, 229, 231, 233, 237, 240, 242-3, 261, 263, 281, 289 Corso, 378 Countess of Elgin, 131 Courageux, 30 Crescent, 44, 75, 160 Culloden, 358 Cumberland, 89 Curlew, 167 Cyane, 350 DAPHNE, 280, 292, 294 Dapper, 388-9 David Scott, Indiaman, 262 Defence, 36, 105, 151, 360 Defiance, 372 Demerara, prize, 368 Diadem, 288, 290-3, 295, 302-3 Diamond, 44, 46, 53 Diana, 163, 390 Diomede, 281, 284, 304-5 Dispatch, 209, 211, 213, 219, 225, 229 Donegal, 94 Dover, 81 Dragon, 49, 56-7 Dreadnought, 63, 392 Driver, 27 Dryad, 3 Duchess of Cumberland, 131 Duquesne, 91 ECHO, 89 Eclipse, 388 Edgar, 86 Egmont, 386 Egyptienne, 53, 62, 103, 106, 337 Elephant, 390 Elphinstone, Indiaman, 262 Emerald, 181, 350 Empress, 115 Emulous, 183 Endymion, 32, 74, 96 Essex, Indiaman, 262 Ethalion, 144-5 Etna, 180 Eurus, 329 Euryalus, 36, 148 Excellent, 74 Experiment, 39 Express, 351 FAME, 49, 63, 323-4, 327, 333 Fancy, 178 Faversham, smack, 112 Favorite, 109 Fisgard, 383-4 Flirt, 106, 137-8 Fly, 249-50, 256, 262, 267-8, 276, 287, 289, 292-3, 307 Flying-fish, 209-10, 219-20, 236, 238, 258, 260, 263, 280 Formidable, 61-3 Fortunee, 131 Foudroyant, 29, 55, 63,368, 424,427 Furieuse, F., 310 Fury, 120, 398 GALLOPER, 127, 139, 141, 150 Ganges, 260, 359-60 Gannet, 24 Gelijkheid, 105, in, 162, 175 Gibraltar, 47, 388-9 Gladiator, 414 Glatton, 117, 161, 177 Glenmore, 60 Glory, 58, 301 Gorgon, 390 Grasshopper, 398 Greyhound, 245, 370 Griffin, 121, 126, 133, 137 Growler, 58 Guardian, 345-6 HANNIBAL, 90 Harpy, 131, 172 INDEX 449 Harrier, 245, 247-8, 252-3, 261, Lord Nelson, hired cutter, 144 270, 278, 282, 285, 370 Loyalist, 264 Haughty, 219-21, 249, 253, 260-1, Lynx, 123, 148, 164 265 Hecate, 117 Hecla, 177, 179 I MACASSAR, 370 Holder, 168, 177 | Magicienne, 82, 116 Hermes, 145, 215, 218-19, 221, 223, j Magnificent, 373, 391 225, 281 Hero, 117, 126, 145 Hibernia, 36-41,43-9, 51-2, 54-7, 60-2, 325, 327, 345 Hindostan, 182 Hippomenes, 360 Hoop schuyt, D., 186 Hound, 132, 13/1, 137 8, 174 Howe, 177, 298, 378 Hussar, 3, 422 Magpie, 414 Majestic, 185-6 Malabar, 180-2 Malta, 49 Mars, 37, 38, 44, 382-3 Medusa, 244, 280, 298 Melpomene, 104, 153 Merlin, 123 Meuse, 120 Mignonne, prize, 89 Minorca, 241, 260, 263 ! Modeste, 377 ILLUSTRIOUS, 36, 145, 151, 160, 322 Monarch, 46, 62-3, 102, 104-5, 114, Immortalitd, 114, 128, 131 Impe’tueux, 37, 42, 48 Impregnable, 348 Inconstant, 163 ! Inflexible, 157, 174 | Invincible, 381 ! Iphigenia, 82 137, 172, 175, 178, 232 Montagu, 34, 182 Morgiana, 427 JALOUSE, 178-9 Java, 245, 248, 253, 259, 261, 271 Julia, 200 KENT, 63, 102, 168, 353 Kingfisher, 172-4, 390 LANCASTER, 258, 281, 284 Landrail, 361 Lapwing, 103 Lark, 123 Latona, 46, 52 3 Lavinia, 52, 94 Leander, 397 Leda, 105, 131, 150, 286, 302 Leopard, 115, 131 Leviathan, 79, So, 82-4, 86-7, 329 Lily, 27, 270 Loire, 168 London, 55 NAIAD, 3, 182-3 Namur, 4, 62 Narcissus, 78 Nelson, 335, 358 I Neptune, 31, 212, 401, 405 ! NeVeide, 212, 219-21, 242-3, 248, ! 253, 260-1, 283, 286-7, 292-4, 297, 306-7, 309, 394 Nightingale, 192, 197 Nile, 374 Northumberland, 365, 368, 427 Nymphe, 360 OCEAN, 73, 348, 388 Olympia, 209,211,215,217,219-20, 222, 226-7, 236-7, 239, 242-3 ; Olympic, 214 j Orestes, 120 j Orion, 63, 74-5, 97, 371, 391, 405 ! PALLAS (see Macassar), 370 Paulina, 249, 251, 253/255, 260, i 262, 270, 277, 280, 388-9 i Paz, schooner, 292, 295 G G 450 INDEX Pegasus, 180 Penelope, 46, 104 Perseus, 133 Pheasant, 393 Phcebe, 200 Phoenix, 138 Pigeon, 414 Pigmy, 16-17 Plantagenet, 331 Pluto, 162 Polyphemus, 209-19, 221-3, 225-6, 228, 230-3, 235-8, 246-3, 245-6, 248, 251, 253, 257, 260, 263, 271, 275-7, 280, 282, 284,290, 294, 296 Pomona, 374 Pompde, 71, 100, 353 Powerful, 374 Prince, 31, 34, 73 Princess Royal, 49, 62, 433 QUAIL, 361, 414 Queen, 70 Queenborough, cutter, 162 Queen Charlotte, 325, 328, 335, 347 RACEHORSE, 77, 389, 390 Raisonnable, 145, 154, 174, 284, 292-3, 295 Ramillies, 63 Rattler, 146, 148 Rattlesnake, 374 Redwing, 392 Renown, 65 Repulse, 98, 100, in, 120, 145, 162, 336, 339 Revenge, 39, 49, 331-2 Rifleman, 177, 181 Robust, 422 Rocket, 173 Rolla, 293 Romulus, 181, 386 Royal George, 93-6, 98, 100, 330, 335, 3?8 Royal Sovereign, 400 Royal William, 389-90 Ruby, 104, 145, 187 ST. ALBANS, 138 St. George, 49, 63, 391 St. Margarita, 127 St. Vincent, cutter, 176 Salvador del Mundo, 28, 42, 94-95 Sampson, 94 San Esperanza, 4 San Josef, 58, 77-8, 338 Sans Pareil, 332-3, 398 Saracen, 225, 227, 240, 242-3,260-1 279-80, 287, 289-90 Satellite, 179 Sceptre, 336, 375 Scorpion, 120, 164 Scourge, 160 Seaforth, 364 Seahorse, 70 Seine, 104-5 Shannon, 119-120, 123, 183 Shark, 90-1 Sinclair, 262 Sir Edward Hughes, 262-3, 272-4, 276, 278, 280 Skylark, 179 Snipe, gun-brig, 142-3 Solebay, 377 Southampton, 134 Speculator, 137-8 Speedwell, 104 Speedy, 148, 223, 225, 226-7, 231, 241, 243, 261, 263 Spencer, 55, 242, 249, 252, 255, 257, 260, 262, 267, 280, 393 Spider, 102 Squirrel, 134 Stately, 168 Staunch, gun-brig, 292 Sulphur, 131 Superb, 55, 92-3, 382, 386 Swallow, 108, 174 Swift, 180 Swiftsure, 320 Sybille, 63 TAMAR, 83 Temeraire, 397 Terpsichore, 374 Terrible, 371 Texel, 192, 199 Thames, 200 Theseus, 6, 179-82, 242, 249, 252, 255, 257, 260-2, 267-8, 360 Thisbe, 280, 289, 293, 296 INDEX 451 Thrasher, 177 Thunder, 98 Tonnant, 373, 389 Topaze, 7, 179 Tourterelle, 388 Trafalgar, 358 Tremendous, 183 Tromp, 43 Troubridge, armed ship, 178 Trusty, 160-1, 168 ULYSSES, 350-1 Unicorn, 118, 280, 296 Union, 334, 33° Uranie, 431 Utrecht, 103, 162, 177 VENERABLE, 372 Venus, 108 Veteran, 171 Victory, 331, 336, 357 Vigilant, 91, 432 Ville de Paris, 36, 53, 332-3, 381, 383 Vincejo, 134, 173 Virginia, 157, 164, 166, 171 Virginie, 139 Volontaire, 398 Vulture, 148 WAGTAIL, 414 Walmer Castle, Indiaman, 262 Warrior, 49, 398 Warwick, 109 West, 118 Winchelsea, Indiaman, 145, 262 Windsor Castle, 37, 39, -52, 55, 98 Woodcock, 192 Woolwich, 2, 247 YORK, 107, 108, 138, 146 ZEALAND, 177, 181-3 Zemeter, 143 Zephyr, fire-ship, 109, 144
Clements Robert Markham was born on 20 July 1830 at Stillingfleet, Yorkshire, where his father was vicar. He was educated at Cheam and Westminster School. He was offered a cadetship in the Royal Navy through family connections, and in June 1844 joined Admiral Seymour’s flagship HMS Collingwood for a four year voyage through the Pacific. This voyage enabled him to learn Spanish. He decided, though, that he would prefer to be an explorer rather than a naval officer. However, he stayed in the navy for a brief period in the Mediterranean. Early in 1850 he volunteered for an expedition to search for Franklyn’s lost expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, returning to England in October 1851. He decided to leave the Royal Navy taking issue with the amount of idleness that occupied long periods of his service along with his distaste for corporal punishment. He left the Royal Navy at the end of 1851.
His initial exploration expeditions were to Peru (1852-3 and 1859-60) and India (1861). He was employed as a junior clerk in the Inland Revenue and then the India Office, which allowed him time off to travel. In 1867 he became head of the India Office’s geographical department and was attached to Sir Robert Napier’s HQ for the military expedition to Abyssinia in 1867-8, for which service he was awarded the CB. He returned to the Arctic in 1875-6.
He was elected to the Royal Geographical Society in 1854 and in 1863 he was appointed honorary secretary, a position he held for 25 years. He was also secretary of the Hakluyt Society until 1886, subsequently being president until 1910, and translating 22 volumes from Spanish into English. In 1873 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1888 he resigned as Hon. Secretary of the RGS, but in 1893 he was elected President, as a result of a dispute over women members. Also in 1893 he was promoted to KCB. Markham devoted his time to supporting Antarctic exploration, organising the funding of the Scott expedition of 1901-4, and consistently supporting Scott rather than Shackleton. He died on 30 January 1916 overcome by smoke when he set fire to his bedclothes while reading by candlelight.
His publications include
• Franklyn’s Footsteps (1852)
• Cuzco and Lima (1856).
• A History of the Abyssinian Expedition (1869).
• General Sketch of the History of Persia (1874).
• A Memoir of the Indian Surveys (1878).
• Peruvian Bark (1880).
• A narrative of the life of Admiral John Markham (1883)
• The Life of Christopher Columbus (1892).
• The Life of Captain Stephen Martin, 1666 – 1740 (Navy Records Society, 1895)
• The Letters of Admiral John Markham, 1801-07 (Navy Records Society, 1905)
• The Incas of Peru (1912).
See also
• Elizabeth B aigent “Clements Robert Markham (1830 – 1916”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (O.U.P., 2006).
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