The first part of the volume contains a selection from the correspondence and papers of Lt Robert Tomlinson between 1768 and 1796, together with his essays on naval manning and timber preservation.
Robert Tomlinson was a protégé and loyal supporter of Sir Edward (later Lord) Hawke. He provided the parliamentary opposition with evidence with which to defend Hawke’s reputation as First Lord after he retired in 1771, and to attack Lord Sandwich.
The second part contains selected papers and correspondence of Nicholas Tomlinson from 1783 to 1836. The third son of Robert Tomlinson, he entered the Navy in 1772, and pursued a colourful career which nearly came to grief after he commissioned his own privateer. He was removed from the list of post captains in 1798, but his knowledge of the Baltic (he had served in the Russian navy) led to his participation in the attack on Copenhagen in 1801, following which his rank was restored.
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INDEX NOTE. -Owing to the large number of footnotes in the original text, it has been found impracticable to refer specifically to notes in the index ; references must therefore be taken to refer to the entire page. The following abbreviations have been used :-App. = Appendix ; T. = Table. ABERARACT ABERARACT (?), Rocks of, 282 Able seamen, 105, 125, 127-8, 1 33, 1 36-9, 1 43- 4, 146, 151, 154, 1 57, 198 Acapulco, 19 Admiralty Courts, 288 Adriatic Sea, 382 Africa, 92, 367 Ahab, 96 Aix, Isle of, 76 Ajaccio, 383 Albion, Forests and Sea Power, 205-7, 220 Algiers, Dey of, 359 All Saints, Bay of, 16 Alton, ix, xv, 39, 53, 95, 264-6 America, 12, 16, 55, 58, 92 , 98, 1 79, 187, 2I2 American Colonies, xii, 4, 8, 9, 55, 58, 98, III ; duties on, xi, 3, 8 ; peace with, 9, 97-8 Andes Mountains, 17, 19 Andrews, Rev. Mr, 374 Angels, Bay of, 16 Anson, Admiral Lord, 91, 165, 170 ; Life of, by Barrow, io8 Anson, Viscount General, 372 Anti-Malevolence (R. Tomlinson), letter from, 76 Antwerp, 344, 37o Apaches Indians, 16 Apes’ Hill, 831 Appleby, Io7 Arbuthnot, Admiral M., 68 Archangel, 93 Articles of War, 35, 197, 35o, 353 Asia, 92 Astley, Sir Edward, M.P., 72, 107 BIRT Atlantic Ocean, 176 Attorney-General, 66, 107, 347, 353 -5 BALTIC oak, 207 Baltic Sea, viii, xxii, 27, 310-I I, 314, 323 Barham, Lord, 206, 32o ; Papers, 2 35 Barletta, 382 Barlow, Sir Robert, Commissioner at Chatham, 337 Barnard, Mr, solicitor, 87 Barré, Colonel, 64, 75 Barrow, Sir John, Secretary of the Admiralty, io8, no ; letter from, 346 Barry, i56 Basque Roads, 345, 37o Bathz, 338 Bayes, 69 Beachy Head, 185 Beard, Mr N., 362 Beckett, Miss, letter from, 36 Bedford, Duke of, 3 Bedford, Whigs, 3, 4 Belts, The, 307 ; see also Great Belt Bendall, Mr, 49 Bentham, Brigadier-General, 78 Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish. See Portland, Duke of Bernard, John, shipbuilder, 42, 256 Bertie, Captain, 279 Beveland, North, 328 ; South, 328-9 Bickerton, Admiral Sir Richard, 349 Bicknell, Mr, Solicitor to Navy Board, xxv, 353 Birt, Miss S., 87, 89 ; letters from, 86, 88 2 C 386 INDEX BISCAY Biscay, Bay of, 279, 285 Blackstone, Mr Justice, 193 Blackwall, 256 Bladen, S., pamphlet by, 148 Blamise, stationer, 95 Blankett, Rear-Admiral J., 7, 8, 54 , 62-4, 61, 74 ; letters from, 53, 59, 73 Blaydes, Mr, shipbuilder, 227 Bligh, Admiral Sir Richard Rodney, IoI Blythe, 128, 1 54 Bolton, sixth Duke of, 45 Bombay, 169 Bornholm, 311 Bossiney, 72 Boston, 23 Bouillié, Marquis de, 74 Boulogne, To Bounties, 108-9, 120-1, 129, 138, 144 Bradall, Mr, 112 Bradley, Dr, Treatise on Gardening, 249 Brazil, 364 Brenton, Capt. E. P., letter to, 377 ; Naval History, 377, 379 ; Life of St Vincent, 377 Breskens, 327-8, 33o Breslau, 1 94-5 Brest, 72, 164 Bridport, Admiral Lord, 283, 286, 289 Bristol, 156, 184 Bristol, Earl of, 6 ; letters from, 39, 40, 43 Brougham, Baron Henry, letter from, 356 Bruges, Count de, 278 Bruges, Viscount de, 278 Bryant, S. A., master of the Venerable, 353, 355 Buckingham, Duke of, The Rehearsal, 69 Buenos Ayres, II, 18, 19, 339 Buller, Mr, Lord of the Admiralty, I07 Bulstrode, 293 Bunbury, Sir Charles, M.P., 71 ; letter from, 209 Buonaparte, Napoleon, 288, 359 Burke, Edmund, Thoughts on the Present Discontents, 4 Burlington, 1 54 CHRISTIAN Burn, General Andrew, 39 Burney, Captain James, xvii ; letter from, 277 Burney, Fanny, 2 77 Burrows, Life of Hawke, 83 Bute, Lord, 8 Byng, Admiral John, viii, 6 Byron, Vice-Admiral John, 70 CADIZ, II, 2I-2, 55-6 Cadsand, 325, 32 7-9, 330-3 1 Calais, 369, 374 Calder, Admiral Sir Robert, 375 California, IT, 15, i6 Callao, 19, 20 Caine, 64 Camelford, 356 Campbell, Mr, xviii, xxvii, 365 Camperdown, Battle of, 331 Camvere, 325 Cape Verde Islands, 107 Cardiff, II2 Carhampton, Earls of, see Luttrell, Henry Lawes, and Luttrell, John Carkett, Captain, 7o Carlscroona, 310-II Carmarthen, 156 Catherine of Russia, 368 Cattegat, the, 306 Cawsand, 358 Chads, Captain, 76 Chambers, Doctor, 223, 226, Chambers, Cyclopedia, 222 Channel, English, 6o, 366 Charles I, King, vii Charlton, 357 Charlton House, 357 Charnock, 9, 45 Chatham, 24, 37-39, 92, 227-8, 23 1-3, 2 37, 2 56, 337 Chatham Chest, 129, 136-7, 140 Chatham, first Earl of, xi-xiii, 3, 4, 8, 64, 74, 76-8, 84, 91, 107 Chatham, second Earl of, 331 ; letter to, 76 Cheltenham, 99 Cherbourg, 76 Chile, 12, 18, 19 Chinipas, mines of, 15 Chipping Wycombe, 64 Christian, Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh, 278, 288 257 INDEX 387 CHUNCO OF PERU EUSTATIA Chunco of Peru, 17 Cinaloa, mines of, 15 Clarence, Duke of, see William IV, King Clyde, River, 366 Coal trade, 122, 128-9, 139, 148-9, 155-6, 162, 173, 175-7, 201 Coastal trade, 139, 148, 176-7, 201 Cochrane, Lord, 370 Cockermouth, 107 Colchester, vii, xv, xvi, xxvi, 291 Coleyter, 371 Colne River, 23, 24 Colot Sand, 36o Commissary, The, 69 Congreve, Colonel, 357 Congreve, General, 323-5 ; letter to, 323 Cook, Captain, 8, 93, 2 77, 381 Coote, Sir Eyre, 325 Copenhagen, xxiii, xxiv, xxviii, 299- 301, 308, 310-1I, 33 1 , 336, 37 1 Cork, 146 Cornish, Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel, 169 Cornwallis, Lord, xvii, 64 Corsica, 4, II Counsel for the Admiralty, 353 Courts Martial, 1oI, 129, 1 34, 1 39, 187, 365, 381 ; conditions for sitting on, 346-355 Cowper, William, 5, 6 Crimps, practices of, 148, 178, 186-9 Croker, J. W., Secretary of the Admiralty, 353, 35 8, 36o ; letter from, 353 ; letter to, 346 Cronberg Castle, 306-8 Cronstadt, 299, 300-4, 311 Crown, Admiral Robert, letters from, 366, 372 ; autobiography for Naval Chronicle, 375-6 Crown Batteries, 307, 309-10 Cuddalore, battle of, xviii, 2 77 Cumberland, 72 Cumberland, Duke of, 10 Curacoa, 365 DANTZIG, 27 Darby, Vice-Admiral George, 59 Dartmouth, xix Dartmouth, second Earl of, 6, 30 Deal, 33 2, 334-5, 337, 365 Declaratory Act, the, 8 Demosthenes, 95 Denhaak Battery, 328 Denmark, 27, 299-301 , 305, 307 fleet of, see N. Tomlinson’s plan to destroy, and his actions with Parker’s fleet Deptford, 226, 232-3, 257 Deputy-Judge-Advocate, 353-4 Derby, The, 71 Deshook Battery, 33o D’Estaing, Admiral, 88 Devon and Tooke, solicitors, 347 letter to, 352 Dictionary of National Biography, xvi, 107 Dillen, Captain, 374 Dobrée and Manwaring, The Floating Republic, 294 Domburgh, 328, 330-I Domett, Admiral Sir William, 307, 349 Dorchester, Dorset, 321 Dover, 294 Downs, The, 24, 349, 36o Droge Sand, 361 Dublin, 28o Dudman, Randal, shipbuilder, 42 Duerloo Channel, 3 25, 328, 330, 359 Duyveland, 328 EAST Capel Roads, 325 East India Company, 93, 146, 164, 166-8, 207, 2 35, 2 77, 334 East Indies, xvii, 26, 67, 124, 164, 168-9, 170, 1 92 , 367 Edwards, Captain Home, 375 Effingham, Earl of, 63 Egypt, 8, 33 1 Elboog, 327, 329 Elijah, 31 Ellerby, Mr, Master of the Jason, 336 Elsinore, 306, 310 Essex, 23, 361, 37 1 , 379 Essex County Chronicle, xix Essex Herald, 362 Estwich, Mr, 99 Etaples, Road of, xviii Europe, 92, 278, 281 Eustatia, see St Eustatius 388 INDEX FAIRLEIGH FAIRLEIGH, 185 Falkland Islands, 4, 5 Faulkner, Thomas, 18, 19, 21-2 Finland, Gulf of, 299, 300 Fisher, Roger, shipbuilder, 42, 220, 235 Fishing trade, 132 Flanders, 72 Florida, 107 Flushing, xxv, 328-9, 33 1 , 338, 34o-2, 348-9, 358-61, 364-5 Foote, Samuel, The Commissary, 69 Foreign Seamen, 123-4, 16o, 162, 1 77, 1 79 Forest Products’ Research Laboratory, Opinion on R. Tomlinson’s Essay on Timber Preservation, 207-8 Forth, Firth of, 1 55 Fox, Charles James, 9, 71, 292 France, 2 7, 55, 58, 164, 214 Fraser, Rear-Admiral Percy, xxi, xxii, xxviii, 283, 288, 294 Fungus, Zachary, 69 GALBIS, Marquis de, 13 Gambier, Admiral Lord, 291 ; letter from, 290 Gentleman’s Magazine, 8, 10 George II, King, Act of 14th year of, 128, 181; 22nd year of, 344, 347-51, 355 ; 31st year of, 107, 127 George III, King, xii, xiii, 3-5, 8-11, 2 9, 41, 54, 58, 118, 174, 293, 318-19, 359 ; Act of 19th year of, 35o-I George IV, King, 357 Germaine, Lord G., 74, German Oak, 207 Gibbs, V., Attorney-General, 347, 353-5 Gibraltar, 21, 97, 321, 381 Gilchrist, Captain, 172 Glasgow, 1 57 Godwin, Thomas, 265 Good Hope, Cape of, 8, 107, 124, 339 Gordon, Lord George, 6o Gosport, 2 33 Grafton, Duke of, xi, xiii, 3-5, 107 Graham, Aaron, magistrate, 294, 317, 3 1 9, 322 , 363 ; letters from, 294, 316 HAWKE Graham, Sir James, IIo Grasse, Comte de, 64, 69 Graves, Admiral Samuel, 112 Graves, Admiral Sir Thomas, 309 Gravesend, 178 Gray, Charles, 123 Gray’s Inn, 347 Great Belt, xxiv ; see also Belts, The Great Yarmouth, 72 ; see also Yarmouth Green, Thomas, his scheme for manning the Navy, I I2 Greenland, 195 Greenland Fishery, 157 Greenock, xviii Greenwich Hospital, Io6, 1 35-7, 1 43, 15o, 184, 1 93-4 Greetham, Mr, Deputy-Judge-Advocate, 353-4 Grensted Green, 382 Grenville, Lord, xiii, 3-5, 8 Guiaquil, 19, 20 Guiet, Isle de, 282 Guinea, 195 HABEAS CORPUS, Writ of, 162 Hales, Dr, Vegetable Experiments, 219, 223, 2 35, 2 53 ; Vegetable Statics, 221 Halifax (N.S.), 159 Halley, Dr, 194-5 Hallowell, Captain, 381 Hammoaze, The, 146, 152 Hammond, William, 93, 2 55-6 Hampshire, 65, 252, 264-5, 268 Hampstead, 321 Hamway, Jonas, 123, 165 Harrington, 17o Hartley, 128, 1 54 Hartwell, Sir Francis J., DeputyComptroller of the Navy ; letters from, 335, 338 Harwich, ix, xv, 30, 256 Harwich, Mayor of, ix, xv, 3o Haslar Hospital, 183 Havana, 67 Hawke, Admiral Lord Edward, viii, x-xv, 6, 40-I, 45, 48 , 76-8, 83-4, 8 7-91, 95, 99, IOO, III, 207 ; letter from, 87 ; his ` cargo of courage,’ viii, x ; expedition to Rochefort, x, 76-8 ; adminis- INDEX 389, HAWKE tration as First Lord, xi-xiv, 40-I, 44- 5, 48, 68, 78, 83-4, 206 ; blamed by Sandwich, xii, 41-3, 90 ; desire for R. Tomlinson’s promotion, xi, xv, 83, 96 ; loan to R. Tomlinson, 83, 87-9 ; Burrow’s Life of, 83 Hawke, Lady M. B., 86, 89, 92, 94, 96-I0I, 281 Hawke, Lord Martin Bladen, xviii, 83-4, 86-7, 288-9o, 320-I ; letters from, 85, 89, 90, 93-4, 96-IOI, 277-8, 28o, 287 ; continues loan to R. Tomlinson, 83, 89, 90, 94 ; desire for R. Tomlinson’s promotion, 93, 96, 98-102 ; interest in N. Tomlinson’s promotion, 97, 100-2, 277-81, 287-9 Hazael Cliffs, Hull, 230, 232 Henderson, Rear-Admiral George, 336, 349 Henry, Cape, 68 Hervey, Augustus, see Bristol, Earl of Hervey, Dr, 216 High Wycombe, 8 Hildesley, Mr Justice, The Press Gang, 86, Io8 Hillier, Commander C. W., 331 Hillier, Commander George, 331, 349 Hillsborough, Lord, 6, 8, 58 Hinder Bank, 327 Hines, Mr, 113 Hispaniola, 70 Hobbs, Captain James, viii Holland, 27, 124, 142, 172, 174, 256 Honiton, 72, 107 Hood, Admiral. Lord, 69, 289 Hook, Dr, 249 Hope, Sir John, 331 Hope, The, 177-8 Horace, 202 Horn, Cape, 19 Horse Shoe, The, 64 Hotham, Admiral Lord, ix House of Commons, 9, 66, 109, 207, 209, 214, 361 ; Committee of, 1771, 42, 205, 207, 218, 235 ; Journals of, 44-5, 105-6, 109, 235 ; reports of Special Committees of, Io8 ; see also Parliament House of Lords, 8, 9, 44, 83, 94 ; see also Parliament JUNIUS Howe, Admiral Lord, 57, 76-7, 85, 95, 99-IOI, 107, 206, 367 ; letters from, 39, III, 2II-14 Huen, Isle of, 308 Hughes, Admiral Sir Edward, xviii, 8 Hull, 9o, 93, 147, 156, 225, 2 3 1 , 291 Humber, River, 1 57 Huntingdon, 7 Huntley, Marquis of, 331 Hussey, Mr, M.P., 72 Hutchinson, The Press Gang, 86, Io8, I IO Hutchinson, Colonel, 311-12 IMPRESSMENT, ix, XXiii, 29, 30, 33-4, III, 117-18, I23-4, 66, 86, I05, 142-3, 153-5, 158, 161, 165, 170-2, 176, 179, 181-3, 196, 200-I, 285-6 ; cost, of, 23, IIO, 1 44-9, 152 ; evils attendant on, 67, 86, 117, 119-23, 1 3 1-2, 1 54, 1 59, 1 7 1-92 , 1 96-7 ; legality of, Io8, 130-3, 193, 200, 319 ; from protections, 13o-1, 171, 176, 178, 318-19 ; see also Bounties, Manning the Royal Navy, Press Gang, Protections India, 168-70, 1 74, 375 Inquisition, Spanish, 14 Inscription Maritinze, . 105 Ireland, 27, 59, 1 45-6, 1 54, 1 5 6, 163, 193 ; Lord Lieutenant of, 28o Italy, 27, 382 JAMAICA, 69 James, Naval History, 381 Jervis, T., Counsel to the Admiralty and Navy Board, 353, 355, 362 Jervoise, Mr, M.P., 72 Jesuits, viii, 3 ; their account of Spanish Rule in Mexico, 11-23 Jobenson, 93 Johnson, Dr, 205, 244 Johnstone, Governor George, M.P., 107, 375 Jones, Mr, Agent for Prizes, letter to, 343 Judge Advocate, 347, 35 0-I Junius, Letters of, 6 390 INDEX KEARSLEY KEARSLEY, G., his Rights of Sailors Vindicated, 117-19, 157 Keats, Admiral Sir Richard, 339, 34 1-2, 355-6, 378 Kedar, Tents of, 31 Keith, Admiral Lord, 8 Kent, 23, 382 Keppel, Admiral Lord, 6, 8, 93, 96-7, 99 Kimbolton Castle, 74 Kings, First Book of, 31, 96 Kingston-upon-Hull, 255 ; Trinity House, 255 Kioge Bay, 310-I I Knight, Mr, Acting Solicitor for Navy Board, xxv Knight and Jones, solicitors, 355-6 Kol Point, 306 Konigsburg, 26 LANDMEN, 105-6, 12 5-9, 1 33, 1 36-9, 1 43- 4, 146, 151, 1 54-5, 1 57, 1 95, 198 Lansdowne, Marquis of, see Shelburne, Lord Lawford, Captain, 346-7,349 Le Blanc, Mr Justice, xxv Le Four Passage, 282 Legge, Hon. Henry, Commissioner of the Navy, letter from, 335 Legge, William, see Dartmouth, Earl of Leghorn, viii, 11, 12, 22 Legislature, The, see Parliament Leigh Roads, 331 Leith, 1 47 Lennox, Charles, see Richmond, Duke of Lewes, xxvi Lichfield, 372 Lillo, Fort, 34 2 , 344 Lima, 19 Lincoln, 7 Lincolnshire, 2 55 Lind, Dr, 159, 184 Linhaven Bay, 64 Lion Walk Chapel, Colchester, vii, xvi Liskeard, xxiv, 362 Liverpool, 70, 156-7, 170, 184, 195, 220, 235 Lock, J., shipbuilder, 92 MANNING London, 22, 43, 65, 85, 95, I12, 126-8, 134, 143, 147-8, 156, 171, 252, 296, 312, 361 London Gazette, 371 London, Lord Mayor of, 191 Lonsdale, Earl of, see Lowther, Sir James Loretto, 15, 16, 20 Lostwithiel, Io7 Lot, 34 Louisbourg, 8, 159 Lowenhoeck, Mr, 249 Lowther, Sir James, M.P., 72 Lowthorp, Mr, 2 44 Luttrell, Henry Laves, M.P., 9 Luttrell, Captain James, M.P., 9, 10 Luttrell, Captain John, M.P., xvii, 9, Io, 46, 49, 298 ; letters from, III, 112 Luttrell, Temple, M.P., 9, 1o, 46, 49, 86, 106-9, 207, 209 ; letter from, 66 ; introduces Bill for Manning the Royal Navy (q.v.), 1°6-8, 113 Lynn Regis, 156 MACKELLAR, Captains John and Peter, 3 1 7 Mackworth, Sir Herbert, M.P., 112 Madras Roads, xxvii, 2 77 Malden, River, 23, 24 Malden Water, 24 Maldon, 361, 371 Malvern, 99 Man, Admiral R., 291 ; letter from, 291 Manchester, 4th Duke of, 74 Manfredonia, Gulf of, 382 Manila, 169 Manning the Royal Navy, 34, 57, 66-9, 91-2, 105, 112 ; Bill for, based on R. Tomlinson’s Plan, 7, 9, 26, 33, 49, 66, 86, i o6-8, 113-14 ; Act of 1696 for, 1o6, I o8 ; Barrow’s Essay on, io8, I 10 ; Green’s Plan for, II2 ; R. Tomlinson’s Essay on, referred to, ix, xiv, 85, io5-6, Io9-13 ; practicability and advantages of Tomlinson’s plan for, 142, 1 54-73 ; its proposals to limit length of service, io5-6, 12I, 123-4, 126-8, 138-9, 144, 16o-1, 165-6, 168, 176, 181, INDEX 391 MANWARING 184, 187, 196-7 ; its proposal to raise wages, 106-7, 121, 126-7, 142, 1 44, 1 5 1-3, 190, ig8 ; its scheme for pensions, 105-6 ,109, 121, 1 35-7, ’43, 184, 1 93-9 ; its proposed re-distribution of prize money rates, 105, 1 37-9 ; its estimated financial benefits, 106, 121, 143-54, 177, 180, 202 ; proposed manner of enlisting, 107, 125, 1 34 ; assigning wages to dependants, 107, 121 ; abridgement of protections, 1 39-4 1 ; protection against further service, 129-30, 184 ; proposed penalties, 129, 1 33-4, 1 40; manner of avoiding permitting men to serve in peace time only, 128 ; burden on parishes of existing system, 121, 130, 202 ; objections of Merchants’ Service answered, 142, 173-80 ; effects of scarcity of seamen, 163-5, 173-80 ; its similarity to Pulteney’s plan, 109- io ; see also Impressment, Press Gang, Protections, Merchants’ Service Manwaring and Dobrée, The Floating Republic, 294 Mariner’s Mirror, The, 208 Marsh, Francis, letters from, 78, 113 Marshall, Naval Biography, xvii, 317 Martinique, 67, 69, 74 Mary, Queen, Statute of, 193 Maryport, 170 Mediterranean Sea, viii, 164, 285, 364 Medway, River, 36-7 Melton Constable, 107 Melville, Lord, 371 Mendozino, Cape of, 16 Merchants’ Service, 122, 128, 142, 153, 159-60, 162, 165-6, 186 ; conditions of service in, 105, 108-9, 120, 193 ; proposed limitation of wages in, under R. Tomlinson’s plan, 128, 130, 142-3, 180-2 ; men’s opposition to proposed limitation, 142, 182-93. See also Manning the Royal Navy, R. Tomlinson’s Essay on Mesech, 31 Mexico, 3 ; Jesuits’ account of Spanish rule in, 11-23 ; climate of, NEALE 14, 16, 17 ; products of, 14-16, 18-20 Meztizo of Peru, 17 ; see Chunco of Peru Middle Ground, The, 306, 308-9 Middleton, Sir Charles, see Barham, Lord Midhurst, 71 Milborne Port, io, 207 Milford, 156 Miller, Captain Ralph Willett, 381 ; letters from, 381, 383 Mills, Henry, timber-merchant, 42 Minchin, Humphrey, M.P., letter from, 72 Minorca, 164 Mississippi River, 16 Moll, Dr, History of Wood Preserving in Shipbuilding, 208 Montagu, George, see Manchester, Duke of Monte Video, 18 Moore, Admiral Sir Graham, xxv, 364 Moorsom, Admiral Sir Robert, 349 Moray Firth, 1 55 Morbihan River, xviii Mozart, Mithridates, 384 Mulgrave, second Baron, 7, 43, 67, 72 ; letter to, 41 ; opposes Luttrell’s Bill for Manning, 107-8, 113 ; opposes inquiry into decay of ships, 209 Mull, Isle of, 365 Murry, Captain, 311 Mutiny of the Fleet, of 1797…294 Naval Chronicle, viii, x, xvi, xvii, xx-xxii, xxv, xxvi, xxviii, 7, 205, 235, 365-6, 374-5 Naval Chronology, xvi, 7 Naval Institutions, The, 352 Naval Officer at Deal, see Trounsell, Mr Navy Board and Navy Office, xxv, 41-2, 45, 48, 121, 129, 1 35, 1 50 210, 220, 229, 245, 251, 271, 283, 294,325, 333, 337, 339, 345, 361-2 ; letters from, 335, 337 letters to, 333, 335 ; abstract of, 61 Neale, Captain Pendock, xx, xxi, 285-6 392 INDEX NEATH Neath, 156 Nelson, Admiral Lord, xxiv, xxviii, 7, 288, 308-12, 339, 381, 383 ; letter to, 305 Nelson, Mr, Secretary of the Navy Board, xxv Nepean, Sir Evan, Secretary of the Admiralty, xxi, 289, 305, 312, 314 ; letter from, 283 ; letters to, 282, 284,286-7,299,305,319 Neville, Charles, letter from, 323 New Cross, Naval School, 283 Newark-on-Trent, 7 Newcastle, 128, 154, 170 Newfoundland fishery, 156, 162 Newman, Captain, xxiii, xxviii, 314, 3 18-1 9 Newport, I.O.W., 72, 251 Newport Pagnell, 32 Newton, Rev. John; xiv, 5, 6, Io8 ; letters from, 3o, 33 ; his impressment, 5, 6, 33 ; his conversion, 6, 33, 35 ; his activities in the Slave Trade, 6 ; his activities at Olney, 6, 32 Nile, Battle of the, 288, 358 Noah, 34 Nolle Battery, 329, 33 1 Nore, The, 29, 146-7, 152, 172, 1 77, 184 Norfolk, 72, 107 North, Lord, xi, xiii, 4, 6, 8, 9, 64, 72, 107, 292 North Beveland, see Beveland North Sea, 24, 3 1 5 Northern Trade, 155, 162 Northern Tropic, 70 Norton, Fargus, Purser, 1 47 Novo Reyno de Grenada, 12, 18 O’BYRNE, Naval Biographies, xvi, xvii, 317 October Hurricane, 5o, 69, 70 Ogilvy, Rear-Admiral William, 356, 377-8 Okehampton, 72 Olney, 6, 32 Omoa, siege of, xvii Oporto, xx, xxi, 284-5 Ordinary seamen, 105-6, 125-8, 1 33, 136-8, 1 43-4, 1 5 1 , 1 54, 1 57-9, 195, 198 PHIPPS Osio, mines of, 15 Ostend, 327 Ostimuri, 15 Otway, Rear-Admiral William A., 325 ; letter from, 341 ; letter to, 344 Outer Deep, The, 308 Owen, Admiral Sir Edward W. C. R., 339-4 0; letter from, 338 Owen, Captain William, 375 PAITA, 20 Palliser, Admiral Sir Hugh, 107 Pantherville, Fort, 356 Paraguay, 12, 18, 19 Paris, 10 Parker, Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde, the elder, 59 Parker, Admiral Sir Hyde, the younger, xxiii, xxviii, 305, 307-9, 311-12, 317-20 ; letter from, 314 ; letter to, 312 ; reports favourably on N. Tomlinson, xxiii Parliament, ix, 7, 8, 41, 43, 45, 71-3, 89, 96, IOI, 105, I1I-I2, 115-18, 120, 122, 131-3, 137-9, 1 42 , 1 55-6, 158, 162, 177, 181, 184-5, 187, 191-3, 198, 201-2 ; see also House of Commons, House of Lords Parliamentary Committee of 1780, 108 Parliamentary Debates, 75 Parliamentary History, 7, 83, 86, 106, 207 Paton, 170 Paul I, Czar, 376 Peake, Henry, Surveyor of the Navy, letter from, 338 Pensions, 108-9, 193 ; see also Manning the Royal Navy, R. Tomlinson’s plan for Penthievre, Fort, 377 Pepys, Samuel, 8 Perceval, Rt. Hon. Spencer, letter to, 364 Perry, Mr, shipbuilder, 42 Peru, 12, 14, 17-20 Petty, Sir William, shipbuilder, 8 Petty, William, see Shelburne, Lord Philip, King, Statute of, 193 ; of Macedon, 95 Phipps, Henry, 7 357 ; INDEX 393. PHIPPS Phipps, Constantine John, see Mu grave, Baron Pickford, Lieutenant, 282 Pimeria, 15, 16 Pitt, John, see Chatham, second Earl of Pitt, William the elder, see Chatham, first Earl of Pitt, William, the younger, 293-4 Plumer, Thomas, Solicitor-General, 352-3, 355 Plymouth, xx, 272, 277, 283 Po, River, 382 Pocock, Admiral Sir George, 169 Pole, Captain Sir Christopher, 375 Pole, Hon. Wellesley, Secretary of the Admiralty, 33 2-4, 345, 349 letter from, 323 ; letters to, 324, 33 1 , 336, 343 Pontefract, vii, 99 Poore, John, Senior and Junior, timber merchants, 251, 264 ; junior, 268 Popham, Rear-Admiral Sir Home, 339-40, 363 ; letter to, 339 Porte, The, 25 Porten, Sir Stanier, 5, 24-5, 28-9 ; letters from, 28, 29 ; letter to, 25 Portland, 172 Portland, Duke of, . 7, 9, 292-3 ; letter from 293 ; letter to, 292 Portsmouth, 24, 73, 123, 183, 218, 2 32-3, 2 50, 256-7, 325, 3 28-9, 354, 367 Portugal, 364 Potosi, mines of, 18 Powleft, Harry, see Bolton, Duke of Press Gang, 7, 69, 86, io8, 123, 146, 152, 179-80, 191-2. See also Impressment, Protections, Manning the Royal Navy Price, Dr, 195 Prince Regent, The, see George IV, King Privy Council, 186 Prize Money, io6, 321, 343-4. See also Manning the Royal Navy, R. Tomlinson’s plan for Proby, Captain Charles, viii Protections, 1I 2, 13o-I, 139-41, 1 43, 1 55, 171, 176, 185, 200-I, 318. See also Impressment, Press Gang, Manning the Royal Navy, R. Tomlinson’s Plan for RYDE Protestant Association, 6o Prussia, 25-7 Pulteney, Sir William, Scheme for Manning the Royal Navy, io8-io Put, The, 328 Pybus, Charles Small, M.P., 294 QUEBEC, 8 Quiberon, Royalist Expedition to, xix, 279, 355-6, 377-9 Quito, I2, 16, 18-20 RAMOTH-GILEAD, 96 Rasen, The, 327 Redbridge, 268 Red Sea, 367, 375 Reed, Mr, shipbuilder, 251 Rehearsal, The, 69 Revel, 299-301, 311 Rhé, Isle de, 283 Richmond, third Duke of, 6, 7, 40, 98 Rider, Captain W. B., letters from, 365, 366 Robinson, Dr Nicholas, xvi ; Mrs, i13 Rochefort, Expedition to, x, 76-8 Rochford, fourth earl of, xi, xii, 5, 24-5, 28-9 Rockingham, Lord, xiii, 4, 7-9, 83, 95-6, 107 Rockingham Whigs, 3-5, 7 1 , 74, 292 Rodney, Admiral Lord, 6, 7, 65, 67, 70, 73 Rome, 17, 95 Rompot, The, 329 Roompor, The, 344 Round Meeting House, Colchester, see Lion Walk Chapel Rowley, Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua, 69 Royal Marriage Bill, 71 Rule, Sir William, Surveyor of the Navy, letter from, 335 Run, coming home by the, 179, 187 Russia, 8, 210, 299-301, 305, 307, 375 ; attempts to build nursery for seamen, 25-8 ; fleet of, see N. Tomlinson’s plan to destroy, and his actions with Parker’s Fleet Russian Ambassador, xviii ; letter to, 209 Ryde, I.O.W., 325 394 INDEX ST DOMINGO ST DOMINGO, expedition to, 278 St Eustatius, 74 St Germans, 362 St Helena, 114 St Lucia, 67, 70 St Vincent, Cape, Battle of, 381 St Vincent, Admiral Lord, xxiii, xxv, 284, 286, 305-6, 361-2, 364, 379, 383 letters from, 360, 371 ; letters to, 283, 295, 297, 3 1 7, 34 1 , 358 , 36o St Vincent, Lady, 359 Saints, The, 285-6 Salisbury, 72 San Antonio, River, 15 San Borja, Harbour of, 16 San-Buena-Ventura, Bay of, 15, 16 Sandal Castle, Yorkshire, vii Sandwich, Earl of, ix, x, xiv, 6-8, 24-5, 28-9, 45, 55, 66-8, 74, 84, 94, 107, 206-7, 232 ; blames Hawke’s Admiralty administration, xii, 44- 45, 83, 90 ; his administration at the Admiralty attacked, 6, 40-75, 90-3, 207, 210 Sandwich Papers, xiii Sandy Hook, io8 San Lucas, Cape de, 15 Saunders, Admiral Sir Charles, 59, 84 Savile, Sir George, M.P., 7, 71, 107 ; letter to, 51 Savilias, Don Pedro, Governor of Buenos Ayres, 18 Scarborough, 1 47, 1 54 Scarthingwell, 86 Scheldt, River, 327-29, 338, 341-3, 358-60, 364, 370 Scheldt, East, 329 ; West, 328 Schoak, Mr, 288 Schowen, 325, 3 28-9, 33 1 Scotland, 155, 162 Sea Fencibles, xxiv, xxvi, 319 ; orders to, 316 ; signals for, 315 Secretary of the Admiralty, see Nepean, E., Stephens, P. R., Pole, W., Croker, J. W. ; Second Secretary, see Barrow, J. Secretary of State for the Colonies, 6,8,58 Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 9 Secretary of State for the North, xi, 5, 58 SHIPS Secretary of State for the South, xi, 5,8,28,58 Seris, 15, 16 Seven Years’ War, 67-8, 91-2, 206, 232 Severn, River, 1 57 Sheerness, ix, 23-4, 37, 177-8, 294, 346 Shelburne, Lord, xiv, 3, 7, 8-9, 53, 59, 6o, 63-4,73, 75, 107 ; letters from, 53, 65 ; letter to, 54 resigns from Chatham’s administration, 4, 8 ; attacks North’s administration, 8, 53, 65 ; his attitude to American rebellion, 8, 9 ; forms a cabinet and draws up peace terms, 9 ; fall of his administration, 9, 99 Shields, 128, 1 47, 1 54-5 . Ships of the Royal Navy, state of repair of, 46-53, 61-3, 68-72, 90-92, Essay on Timber preservation, passim, App. I, T. I, II ; speedy decay of, 58, 209, 217, 225, 227-9, 248, 256, 261 Ships’ names (ships of the Royal Navy or warships taken as prizes by it, unless otherwise stated) : Achilles, 256, App. I, T. I Africa, 48-9, II2, App. I, T. I Agamemnon, 309-II Aigle, 342 Ajax, 46, 50-I, 70, App. I, T. I, II Albion, 46, 51, App. I, T. I, II Alcide, 51, App. I, T. II Alcmene, 50 Alexander, 51, ioo-i, App. I, T. II Alfred, 51, App. I, T. II Amazon, 5o, 310 Ambuscade, xxi, 283, 286 America, 46, 52, App. I, T. II Andromeda, 5o Antelope, viii Aquilon, App. I, T. I Ardent, 47, 166, 225, 227-8, 2 30-33, 247 Arrogant, 256, App. I, T. I, II Asia, 47, 52 , App. I, T. I, II Attack, 338 Augusta, 47, App. I, T. I INDEX 395 SHIPS Ships’ names (continued) : Aurora, xxi-xxii Barfleur, 46, 48, 51, App. I, T. I Beaver’s Prize, 50 Bedford, 46, 51, App. I, T. II Belleisle, 52, App. I, T. I, II Belliqueux, 51 Bellona, 51, 309, App. I, T. I Berwick, 46, 50-1, 70, App. I, T. II Bienfaisant, xvii, 51, App. I, T. I, II Blanche, 50, 306, 310 Blenheim, 256, App. I, T. I Bombay Castle, 381, 384 Boscawen, viii Boyne, 47, 50, 256, APP. T. I, II Bristol, xvii, 50, 86, 277-8 Britannia, 51, App. I, T. I, II Buckingham, App. I, T. I Buffalo, 52, App. I, T. II Burford, 47, 52, 92, App. I, T. II Cambridge, App. I, T. I Canada, 46, 51, I01, App. I, T. I, II Captain, 256, 381, App. I, T. I Carcass, 7 Centaur, 51, App. I, T. I, II Centurion, 50 Chameleon, 50 Charon, xvii, 298 Cherub, 374 Clyde, 338, 340 Conqueror, 46, 50, App. I, T. II Conquestador, App. I, T. I Comte D’Artois (French), xvii Cormorant, 375 Cornwall, 50, App. I, T. I, II Courageux, 51, 381, App. I, T. II Culloden, 46, 51, App. I, T. II Cumberland, 46, 51, App. I, T. II Deal Castle, 50 Defence, 46, 51, 309, App. I, T. I, II Defiance, 47, 50, 309, App. I, T. II Diana, 375 Diligenté, 52 Dorsetshire, 256, App. I, T. I SHIPS Ships’ names (continued) : Dublin, 51, App. I, T. I, II Duke, 46, 51, 146-7, App. I, T. II Duke of Athol (Indiaman), xvii, 2 77 Dunkirk, App. I, T. I, II Eagle, 47, 52, App. I, T. II Edgar, 51, App. I, T. I, II Egmont, 46, 50-3, 70, App. I, T. I, II Elephant, 310 Elizabeth, 46, 50, App. I, T. I, II Endymion, 50 Essex, App. I, T. I Europa, 47, App. I, T. II Europe, 52, App. I, T. I Exeter, 47, 52, App. I, T. I, II Falkland, 2 57 Fame, 50, App. I, T. I, II Firm, App. I, T. I Fogeux, 146 Formidable, 46, 51, App. I, T. II Fortitude, 5i Foudroyant, 51, App. I, T. II Fox, 308 Furnace, ix, 98 Galatea, 355 Gibraltar, 51 Glory, xix Grafton, 46, 50-1, App. I, T. II Greenwich, 164 Harpy, 312 Hector, 46, 50-1, 70, App. I, T. II Hercules, App. I, T. I Hero, 51, App. I, T. I Impetueux, 346, 34 8, 353 Infanta, App. I, T. I Inflexible, 51 Intrepid, 47, 51, App. I, T. I, II Invincible, 47, 51, App. I, T. I, II Jason, 336, 339, 343 Juno, xviii Kent, 51, App. I, T. I Kite, ix La Edad de Oro (Spanish merchantman), xxi Lancaster, App. I, T. I La Nymphe, xvi, xxi-ii, 283 La Pomone, xix, 356 Lark, 356, 377-9 I, 396 INDEX SHIPS Ships’ names (continued) : La Suffisante, xix, 280, 282-3, 287, 297, 320, 379 Laurel, 50 Lennox, App. I, T. I, II Lion, 47, 50, 52, 69, App. I, T. II London, xxiii, 46, 51, 305-8, 310, App. I, T. I, II Lord Hawke (privateer), xx-xxii, 283-6, 288-9, 370 Lynn, viii Magnanime, 52 Magnificent, 46, 5o, App. I, T. I, II Marlborough, 46, 51, 232, App. I, T. I, II Medway, viii, 50, 52, App. I, T. II Mercury, 376 Modeste, 52, App. I, T. I Monarch, 46, 51, 315, App. I, T. I, II Monarcha, 50, 52 Monmouth, 47, 51, App. I, T. II Montague, 50, 51, 70, App. I, T. I, II Morgan (French privateer), xx Namur, viii, 51, App. I, T. I, II Neptune, App. I, T. I Nonsuch, 47, 51, App. I, T. II Northumberland, App. I, T. I Ocean, 51, App. I, T. I, II Orford, App. I, T: I Pactolus, 368 Panther, 52, App. I, T. I, II Peggy, 1 47 Pelter, xviii, xix, xxv, 279, 320, 356, 377-9 Pembroke, App. I, T. I Phaeton, 374 Pheasant, 124 Preston, 5o Prince, App. I, T. I Prince George, 46, 51, 215, App. I, T. II Prince of Wales, 47, App. I, T. I, II Princessa, 52 Princess Amelia, 51, App. I, T. I, II Princess Royal, 46, 51, 146-7, App. I, T. II SHIPS Ships’ names (continued) : Prince William, 52 Prothée, 52 Prudent, 47, 52, App. I, T. I, II Queen, 46, 51, App. I, T. I, II Racehorse, 7 Raisonable, 47, 50, 228, App. I, T. I, II Ramillies, viii, 47, 51, 166, 233, 237, 309, App. I, T. I, II Regulus, xviii, 382 Repulse, 53 Resolution, ix, xiv, xv, xvii, 30, 33-4, 37-8, 47, 5 1 , 93, 115, 226, 232, App. I, T. I, II Revanche (French), xx Reyna, App. I, T. I Rhetvizan (Russian prize from Sweden), 376 Ripon, 52, App. I, T. I, II Rising Sun (merchantman recaptured ?), 289 Robust, xix, 46, 51, App. I, T. I, II Romulus, 68 Royal Ann, 146 Royal George, 51, App. I, T. I, II Royal Oak, 47, 51, App. I, T. I, II Royal Sovereign, 146 Royal William, 206, 217-18, 220, 244, 248, 257, App. I, T. I Ruby, 47, 50, 52 , 69, 70 Russell, 47, 51, 309, App. I, T. I, II St Albans, 47, 51, 166, App. I, T. I, II St Antonio, App. I, T. I St George, vii, 310-I1, App. I, T. I Salisbury, i66 San Domingo, 32 7, 338, 340, 342 Sandwich, 51, App. I, T. II San Vincente, 50 Savage, xviii, 365 Scamander, 368 Sceptre, xxv, 363 Seahorse, i66 Serpent, 297 Shrewsbury, 5 1-3, 257, App. I, T. I, II Somerset, App. I, T. I Southampton, 172 INDEX 397 SHIPS Ships’ names (continued) : Soverano, App. I, T. I Stag, xx, 283-6 Standard, ix, 94 Stirling Castle, 47, 5o, 70, App. I, T. II Suffolk, 46, 51, App. I, T. I, II Sultan, 47, 50, App. I, T. II Superb, 51, 339, App. I, T. II Temeraire, App. I, T. I Temple, 225 Terrible, 51-2, 65, 166, App. I, T. I, II Terror, 331 Thetis, xvii, 114 Thunderer, 5o, 69, 279, 356, App. I, T. II Tiger, 169 Tigre, App. I, T. I Torbay, 51, App. I, T. I Trident, 47, 5o, 52, 70, App. I, T. I, II Triumph, 47, 51, 256, App. I, T. I, II Ulysses, 5o Union, 51, App. I, T. I, II Unité, 382-3 Valiant, 51, 25o, App. I, T. II. Venerable, 308, 339, 353 Vengeance, 47, 50-3, 7o, App. I, T. II Venus, 5o Venus (Russian prize from Sweden), 376 Vesuve, xix, 278-9 Victory, 8, 46, 51, 217-18, App. I, T. I, II Vigilant, 47, 52, App. I, T. II Warspight, App. I, T. I Warwick, 164 Worcester, 47, 52, App. I, T. I, II Yarmouth, 47, 5o, App. I, T. I, II Shrewsbury, 109 Shuldam, Admiral Lord, II2 Siera-Prieta, 15 Silver-Cópens, 174 Silver-Keys of Hispaniola, 70 Sluys Roads, 327, 329 Smith, Admiral Sir Sidney, xviii, xxvii, 289, 331 Smith, Mr, shipbuilder, 251 Smithfield, 32 Smollett, 131 SYDNEY Snodgrass, Gabriel, shipbuilder, 205, 235 Sodom, 34 Solicitor-General, 66, 35 2-3, 355 Sonora, Province of, 15 Sound, The, xxiv, 299, 306-8 Southampton, 72 South Beveland, see Beveland Southwark, 291 Spain, 4, 27, 55, 58, 285 ; her rule over Mexico, i1-23 ; her preparation for war with England, xviii, 4-5, 21-3 Spencer, Lord, xx, ioo-i, 277-8, 281, 287, 289, 293- 5 ; letter from, 290 ; letters to, 214, 278, 369 Spencer-Wilson, Sir Thomas, see Wilson, Sir Thomas Spencer Spithead, 152, 183 ; mutiny at, 294 Squillacci, Marquis di, 22 Stamp Act, repeal of, 3 Staples, Captain, 297 Stephens, Sir Philip, Secretary of the Admiralty, letter from, 29 Sternpost, Captain, see Bolton, Duke of Steward, Colonel, 311 Stewart, Captain J., orders to Sea Fencibles, 315-16 Stirling, Captains Walter and Archibald, viii Stockbridge, 9-10 Stoke-on-Trent, 372 Stone Grounds, 325 Storr, Captain Robert, viii Strachan, Admiral Sir Richard J., xxiv, 333-4, 336-9, 342, 345, 348-9, 363, 37o ; letters from, 338, 340; letters to, 33 2 , 339 ; his general rendezvous for the Fleet at Walcheren, 325, 327 ; secret memorandum from, 327-31 Strall, Colonel, M.P., 371 Stuart, Captain Lord William, 341 Suffolk, 71 Suffren, Admiral de, 107 Sunbury, 76, 84 Sunderland, 128, 1 47, 1 54-5 Surveyors of the Royal Navy, 226 Sussex, 357 Swansea, 156 Sweden, 27, 299 ; fleet of, 299, 310-11 Sydney, Viscount, see Townshend, Thomas 398 INDEX TADCASTER TOMLINSON TADCASTER, 86 Tagus, River, 381 Talbot, Earl, III Taramaura, mines of, 15 Taunton, Mr Justice, 363 ; letter to, 355 Tengoes, 329 Ter Veer, 331 Thompson, Captain Edward, 45, 106-7 Thompson, John, D., Commissioner of the Navy, letter from, 338 Thomson, Summer, 237 Thornton, Henry, M.P., 291 Thornton, Robert, M.P., 291 Thornton, Samuel, M.P., 291-2 Thoughts on the Present Discontents, 4 Thurlow, Edward, Attorney-General, I07 Timber, unseasoned, xiii, 48, 83, 91-2, 206, 228, 232, 247-8 ; Lord Sandwich’s alleged maladministration of, 41-3, 207 ; exhaustion of, 42-3, 57, 206, 217, 231-2, 255-6 ; merits and demerits of foreign, 43, 206-7, 226 ; R. Tomlinson’s experiments with, xv, 78, 206, 224-5, 2 33, 251-5, 262-272 ; R. Tomlinson’s Essay on Preserving, referred to, ix, 44-5,205-13 ; covering building slips, 205, 208, 213, 217, 225-9, 232-8, 243-4, 249-5 0; standing to season, 218, 220, 225-35, 237 drying in the sun, 227-35, 246 -42 , 248 ventilation, 207, 217, 239 , 250 ; causes of decay, 207, 217-26 ; best soil for growing, 219, 225 ; sinking to season, 228 ; pickling to season, 219, 226 ; burning to season, 206, 208, 224-5, 2 3 1 , 233, 237, 240-51, 255, 2 57 ; anointing with turpentine and oils, 206, 208, 243-8, 25o ; boiling, 208, 218-19, 221, 223, 228, 237-8, 241-2, 248 ; boiling in salt water, 224, 241 ; caulking seams, 235-9, 248-9, 25 1 riming seams, 248 ; respective merits of summer and winter felled, 205-6, 208, 217-18, 220-1, 223, 225, 246, 25 2 , 255, 257, 259-64, 271 ; structure of wood, 207, 216, 219, 2 34- 5 ; structure of sap, 207, 216, 219, 221, 234, 255, 257-64, 269 Toke, Mr, 363 Tomlinson, Elizabeth (née Ward), xxvi, 289, 322, 358, 365-8, 372, 375, 3H2-4 Tomlinson, Colonel John, vii Tomlinson, Rev. J. P., letter to, 36 Tomlinson, Matthew, vii Tomlinson, Vice-Admiral Nicholas, referred to, x, xiv, xvi-xxix, 6o, 65, 90, 93, 100-2, 11 4, 275, 278-9, 283-4, 288, 290-I, 293-4, 298, 317, 323, 33 1 , 335, 339, 348-50, 352, 354-6, 359, 364-6, 372-3, 378, 381-4 ; letters from, 280, 82, 284, 286-7, 295, 297, 299, 305, 312, 3 1 7,31 9, 324, 33 1-3, 335-6, 339, 34 1 , 343-4, 346, 352 , 355, 358, 360, 362, 364, 369, 377 ; letters to, 277, 28o, 287, 289, 292 , 294, 298, 3 1 4, 316, 320, 32 3, 335, 337-8, 340-I, 346, 353, 356-7, 360-3, 365-6, 371-2 ; Memoir of, in Naval Chronicle, viii, xvii, xx, xxvi ; his passing Certificate, xvii ; blown up in explosion in Madras Roads, xvii, xviii, 277-8 ; rescues Mr Campbell from drowning, xviii, xxvii, 365 ; rescues a fisherman in a gale, xviii, 366 ; serves with Russian Navy, xviii ; exploits in the Pelter, xviii, xix, 320, 355-6, 366, 377-9 ; covers retreat of the Emigrés at Quiberon, xix, 355-6, 377- 9 ; exploits in La Suffisante, xix, xx, 280, 282-3, 320, 366 ; promoted Post Captain and fits out privateer, xx ; makes wrong use of private signals, xxi, xxvii, 283-7, 297-8, 32o, 369-70 ; removed from Post list, xxi, 288, 296 ; attempts to obtain re-instatement, xxii, 287-99, 314, 317 ; his Memorial to the King, xx, xxii, xxvii, 29o-I, 293-5 ; dispute with Captain Fraser, xxii, 289, 294 ; lawsuit with Captain Newman, xxiii, 314, 317-19 ; accompanies Parker’s Fleet to the Baltic, and his report on the Campaign, xxiiiv, 275, 305-12, 314 ; plans to destroy Danish and Russian Fleets, xxii-iv, 299-305, 307, 311 ; by fireships, 301-5 ; restored to Post INDEX 399 TOMLINSON list, xxiii, xxvii ; attempts to obtain • restoration of original seniority, xxiii, xxvii, 317-20, 369-71 ; criticism of Parker’s anchorage at Copenhagen, xxiv, 308-10 ; criticism of Nelson’s tactics at Copenhagen, xxviii ; employed with Sea Fencibles, xxiv, xxvi, 315-17, 319 ; commands fireships with Walcheren Expedition, equipment of fireships, xxiv, 2 75, 323-5, 331-46, 361 , 363-4, 369-71 ; helps in destruction of arsenal at Flushing, xxv, 364 ; criticism of Walcheren operations, 34 1-3 ; further proposal for sending fireships to the Scheldt, 358-61, 364- 5 ; disputes his right to sit on a Court Martial, xxiv, xxvii, 341 , 344,346-55 ; prosecuted by the Navy Board, xix, xxv-xxvi, 294, 339, 355-8, 361–4 ; his Memorial about his prosecution, xxvi, 357-8, 363 ; partnership with a bankrupt shipbuilder, xxvii, 343 ; his death, xxvi ; his litigiousness, xxii-xxiii, xxvii, 289, 294, 3 1 4, 3 1 7-19, 343-4, 346–55 ; his general character, xxvi-xxix Tomlinson, Commander Philip, xvi, 6o, 65, 98, 320-I Tomlinson, Captain Robert, referred to, vii-xvii, xxvi-xxix, 3, 6-9,. 83, 86, 93-4, 105-10, 113, 118, 189, 205-7, 281, 288, 294-5 ; letters from, 25, 41 , 5 1 , 54, 76, 209, 214, 289, 292, 320 ; memoranda by, 44 ; letters to, 28-30, 33, 39-40, 43, 53, 59, 62-6, 72-4, 78, 85-90, 93-4, 96-1OI, 111-13, 209, 211-14, 28o, 288-91, 293 ; his passing certificate, viii ; encounter with Jesuits, viii, 3, 11-23 ; proposal to turn Malden Water into a harbour, 23-5 ; information to Government concerning Russia, 25-8 ; early relations with Lord Edward Hawke, x, xi ; faithfulness to, and support of, Lord Edward Hawke, xii, xiv, 45, 48, 76-8, 99-loo ; plan for burning French and Spanish Fleet in Cadiz Bay, 55- 7 ; plan for constructing ships, USHANT 48-9, 57-8, 66, 71, 75, 209-15 ; on impressment service, ix, 29-30, 105, 117, 187, 1 90 ; his death, vii, xvi, 373 ; his learning, xv, xvi ; his eccentricity, xiv, xv ; his piety, xiv, xvi, 30-9 ; his general character, xiv-xvi, xxvi-ix, 40, 6o, 66, 280-I ; see also Manning the Royal Navy, Luttrell’s Bill for, and Tomlinson’s Essay on ; Timber, Tomlinson’s experiments with, and Essay on Preservation of Tomlinson, Commander Robert, the son of the above, xvi, 6o, 65, 114, 320-1, 381-2, 384 Tomlinson, Commander Robert Cosby, grandson of the elder Robert, 36, 38-9 Tomlinson, Sarah (née Robinson), xvi, 32, 35, 6o, 63-5, 74-5, 78-9, 86-8, 90, 92, 94, 96-8, Io0-I, 113, 280-1, 288, 294, 321-2 Tomlinson, William, of Pontefract 99 ; letter from, 288 Took, Mr, Mrs, Miss, 369, 374 Topsham, 214 Torbay, 59, 73, 2 77 Totty, Admiral, 311 Toulon, 339 Townshend, Charles, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 3, 72, 107 Townshend, Charles (` Spanish ‘), M.P., 72 Townshend, Thomas, M.P., 72, 107 Towton, 84, 86 . Treasury, First Lord of, 9 Trevenna, 72 Trieste, 384 Trincomalee, 108 Trounsell, Mr, Naval officer at Deal, 334 ; letter to, 332 Truth (Robert Tomlinson), letter from, 41 Tucker, Mr, of the Courageux, 381 Turks and Turkish Service, 28, 289 Twitcher, Jemmy, see Sandwich, Earl of Twisleton, Colonel, 86 Tyne, River, 157 Tyrel, Captain, 381 USHANT, 285 400 INDEX VEER VEER, 339 Veer Channel, 328, 33o Veer Gat, 328 Venetians (building slips), 205 Vera Cruz, 22 Victualling Board, 325 View of the Naval Forces of Great Britain, 106, 109 WALCHEREN, Isle of, 325, 328-31, 34 1-2, 345 ; expedition to, xxiv-vi, see Nicholas Tomlinson’s part in Wales, 162 Wallet, The, 24 Walpole, Robert, 4 Walsingham, Captain, 69 Ward, Captain James, xxvi, 381, 3 83- 4 ; letter to, 381 Ward, Miss Maria, 322, 374-5, 382-3 letter to, 383 Ward, Ralph, xxvi, 383 Ward, Captain William, 35o Warp, The, 1 77 Warren, Admiral Sir John, xviii, xix, 106, 109, 279, 282, 355-6, 378 ; his View of the Naval Forces of Great Britain, 106, 109 Wellesley-Pole, see Pole, Hon. W. Wellesley Wellington, Duke of, 323 Wells, Mr, shipbuilder, 42 Wesley, John, 6 Western, Baron Charles of Rivenhall, xxvii, 371 ; letters from, 361-3 ; letter to, 362 Western Ocean, 24 West Indies, 73, 164, 179, 187, 195, 278, 298, 367-8 Westmorland, 72 West Put, 3 2 5, 32 7, 329 West Scheldt, see Scheldt, River Wevil, 233 Weymouth, 213, 322 Weymouth, Lord, xi, 5 Whig Opposition, 9, 71, 72 ; its ZUYLESTEIN factiousness, 4, 5 ; unites against Government, xiii, 4, 5 ; difficulty of uniting, 3, 9 Whitaker, Commander Thomas, 33 1 Whitby, 93, 154 Whitchurch, 72, 107 Whitefield, George, 6 Whitehaven, 156, 162, 170 Wieling Channel, 328-9, 339-40, 359-61 Wight, Isle of, 2 77 Wilberforce, Mr, 291 Wilkes, John, 4, 9 William IV, King, 298 ; letter from, 298 ; Act of, II() Williams, Mr, bookseller, 322 Williamson, Mr, 369 Wilson, Sir Thomas Spencer, 364 ; letter from, 357 Winchester, 45 Woolwich, 232, 248, 2 56, 323, 325, 33 1 , 334, 346, 349, 357 Workington, 17o Wright, Robert, surgeon, xxi YARMOUTH, 154, 306, 371-2 ; see also Great Yarmouth Yarmouth Roads, 147, 1 72 Ye Sette of Odd Volumes, io8 Yonge, Sir George, M.P., 72, 107 York, 95 York River, 302 Yorke, Charles Philip, 362, 366 Yorke, Admiral Sir Joseph, xx, xxi, 283-4, 359 Yorkshire, vii, x, 85-6, 255 Yorktown, xvii, 302 Young, Admiral Sir William, 289, 291 ; letter from, 290 ZOUTLAND BAY, 327, 329-30 Zoutland Village, 33o Zuylestein, William Henry de Nassau, see Rochford, Earl of
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