See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• SIR GEORGE POCOCK (1706-1792)

POCOCK (1706-1792)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, son of 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:

• POCOCK, SIR GEORGE (1706-1792)

Pocock, See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain in the See also:

• NAVY

navy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 6th of 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 1706, and entered the navy under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of his maternal See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

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

Captain Streynsham See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master (1682-1724), in the " Superbe " in 1718 . He became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in See also:

• APRIL

April 1725, See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in 1733, and See also:

• POST

post-captain in 1738 . After serving in the See also:

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

West Indies he was sent to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies in 1754 as captain of the " See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland" (58) with See also:

• REAR

Rear-Admiral See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

Watson (1714-1757) . Watson's See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron co-operated with See also:

• CLIVE, CAROLINE (1801-1873)
• CLIVE, CATHERINE [KITTY] (1711-1785)
• CLIVE, ROBERT CLIVE, BARON (1725-1774)

Clive in the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal . In 1755 Pocock became rear-admiral, and was promoted See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral in 1756 . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Watson he took the command of the See also:

• NAVAL

naval forces in the eastern seas . In 1758 he was joined by See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore Charles See also:

• STEEVENS, GEORGE (1736-1800)
• STEEVENS, GEORGE WARRINGTON (1869-1900)

Steevens (d . 1761), but the reinforcement only raised the squadron to seven small See also:

• LINE

line-of-See also:

• BATTLE

battle See also:

• SHIPS

ships . See also:

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

War being now in progress between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England the See also:

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

French sent a naval force from their islands in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Ocean into the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Bengal to the assistance of See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry . To intercept the arrival of these reinforcements for the enemy now became the See also:

• OBJECT

object of Pocock . The French force was indeed of less See also:

• INTRINSIC (through Fr. intrinsique, from Lat. intrinsecus, inwardly; inter, within, secus, following, from root of sequi, to follow)

intrinsic strength than his own . See also:

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

Count D'Ache (1700?-1775), who commanded, had to make up his line by including several Indiamen, which were only armed See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant ships .

Yet the number of the French was See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior and Pocock was required by the practice of his 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 to fight by the old See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official fighting instructions . He had to bring his ships into See also:

• ACTION

action in a line with the enemy, and to preserve his formation while the engagement lasted . All Pocock's encounters with D'Ache were indecisive . The first battle, on the 29th of April 1758, failed to prevent the Frenchmen from reaching Pondicherry . After a second and more severe engagement on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, the French admiral returned to the See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius, and when the See also:

• MONSOON
• MONSOON (Arabic Mausim, season)

monsoon set in Pocock went See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round to Bombay . He was back See also:

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

early in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, but the French admiral did not return to the Bay of Bengal till See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . Again Pocock was unable to prevent his opponent from reaching Pondicherry, and a well-contested battle between them on the loth of September 1759 proved again indecisive . The French See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was nearly bankrupt, and D'Ache could get no stores for his squadron . He was compelled to return to the islands, and the See also:

• ENGLISH

English were See also:

• LEFT

left in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the Coromandel and See also:

• MALABAR

Malabar coasts . Pocock went See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in 1760, and in 1761 was made See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath and admiral . In 1762 he was appointed to the command of the naval forces in the combined expedition which took See also:

• HAVANA (the name is of aboriginal origin; Span. Habana or, more fully, San Cristobal de la Habana)

Havana . The See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege, which began on the 7th of See also:

• JUNE

June, and lasted till the 13th of August, was rendered deadly by the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate .

The final victory was largely attributable to the vigorous and intelligent aid which Pocock gave to the troops . His See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize See also:

• MONEY

money was no less than £122,697 . On his return to England Pocock is said to have been disappointed because another officer, See also:

• SIR

Sir Charles Saunders (1713-1775), was chosen in preference to himself as a member of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, and to have resigned in consequence . It is certain that he re-signed his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in 1766 . He died on the 3rd of April 1792 . His See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument is in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey .