See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• SIR JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH (1748-1817)

DUCKWORTH (1748-1817)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LEATHERHEAD

Leatherhead, in See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, on the 28th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1748 . He entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy in 1759, and obtained his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission as See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in See also:

• JUNE

June 1770, when he was appointed to the " Princess Royal," the See also:

• FLAGSHIP

flagship of Admiral See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron, in which he sailed to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . While serving on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board this See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel he took See also:

• PART

part in the engagement with the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FLEET

fleet under .See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count D'See also:

• ESTAING, CHARLES HECTOR, COMTE

Estaing . In See also:

• JULY

July 1779 he became See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, and was appointed to the " Rover " See also:

• SLOOP

sloop; in June of the following See also:

• YEAR

year he attained the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• POST

post-See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain . Soon afterwards he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England. in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of a See also:

• CONVOY

convoy . The outbreak of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France gave him his first opportunity of obtaining marked distinction . Appointed first to the " See also:

• ORION
• ORION (or OARION)

Orion " and then to the " See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen " in the Channel Fleet, under the command of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe, he took part in the three days' See also:

• NAVAL

naval engagement With the See also:

• BREST

Brest fleet, which terminated in a glorious victory on the 1st of June 1794 . For his conduct on this occasion he received a See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal and the thanks of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . He next proceeded to the West Indies, where he was stationed for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at St Domingo . In 1798 he commanded the " See also:

• LEVIATHAN

Leviathan " in the Mediterranean, and had charge of the naval detachment which, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with a military force, captured See also:

• MINORCA(Menorca)

Minorca . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1799 he was raised to the rank of See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral, and sent to the West Indies to succeed Lord See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• SEYMOUR
• SEYMOUR, HORATIO (1810-1886)
• SEYMOUR, or ST MAUR
• SEYMOUR, THOMAS

Seymour . During the voyage out he captured a valuable See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish convoy of eleven merchantmen .

In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 18o1 he was the naval commander of the combined force which reduced the islands of St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew and St See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin, a service for which he was rewarded with the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath and a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £r000 a year . Promoted to be See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral of the See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, he was appointed in 1804 to the See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica station . Two years later, while cruising off See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz with Lord See also:

• COLLINGWOOD
• COLLINGWOOD, CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, BARON (1750-,8,o)

Collingwood, he was detached with his See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron to pursue a French fleet that had been sent to the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of St Domingo . He came up with the enemy on the 6th February 18o6, and, after two See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours' fighting, inflicted a See also:

• SIGNAL

signal defeat upon them, capturing three of their five vessels and stranding the other two . For this, the most distinguished service of his See also:

• LIFE

life, he received the thanks of the Jamaica See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, with a See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword of the value of a thousand guineas, the thanks of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English parliament, and the freedom of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• LONDON

London . In 1807 he was again sent to the Mediterranean to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch the movements of the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . In command of the " Royal See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George " he forced the passage of the See also:

• DARDANELLES (Turk. Bahr-Sefed Boghazi)
• DARDANELLES (Turk. Sultanieh Kalehsi, or Chanak Kalehsi)

Dardanelles, but sustained considerable loss in effecting his return, the Turks having strengthened their position while he was being kept inplay by their diplomatists and See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• SEBASTIANI, HORACE FRANCOIS BASTIEN, COUNT (1772–1851)

Sebastiani . He held the command of the See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland fleet for four years from 1810, and at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he was made a See also:

• BARONET

baronet . In 1815 he was appointed to the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief command at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth, which he held until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 14th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1817 . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DUCKWORTH, SIR JOHN THOMAS (1748-1817)

Duckworth sat in parliament for some time as member for New See also:

• ROMNEY (NEw ROMNEY)
• ROMNEY, GEORGE (1734-1802)
• ROMNEY, HENRY SIDNEY, EARL OF (1641-1704)

Romney . See Naval See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, xviii.; Ralfe's Naval See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography, ii .