Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . of James, first Earl of Aber-corn), was bred to the sea-service. Hisfather had served Charles I. and CharlesII. in Ireland. The son commanded in1668 the Deptford Ketch and the Night-ingale; in 1671/2 the Mermaid and theConstant Warwick; in 1673 tne Maryrose of 50 guns, which he commandedin the action with the Dutch, where hisbrother was killed ; in 1675 tne Margaretgalley, and in 1677 tne Charles, in whichhe captured a large Algerine galley aftera desperate fight. In 1681/2 he was ap-pointed to the Dragon, and Mar
Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day . of James, first Earl of Aber-corn), was bred to the sea-service. Hisfather had served Charles I. and CharlesII. in Ireland. The son commanded in1668 the Deptford Ketch and the Night-ingale; in 1671/2 the Mermaid and theConstant Warwick; in 1673 tne Maryrose of 50 guns, which he commandedin the action with the Dutch, where hisbrother was killed ; in 1675 tne Margaretgalley, and in 1677 tne Charles, in whichhe captured a large Algerine galley aftera desperate fight. In 1681/2 he was ap-pointed to the Dragon, and March 23,1684/5, to the Kingfisher, in which hecaptured the Scottish castle of Ellengregfrom the Duke of Argyle, whose ship heis also said to have taken in the WestIndies. See Lodges Peerage of Scot-land, v. 118, and Charnocks Biogra-phia Navalis, i. 310, which fails to recordhis death, and also confounds him withhis elder brother James, who lost his legin the action with the Dutch May 28,1673, and is buried in Westminster Ab-bey. See Chesters Westminster AbbeyRegisters, p.
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