. A naval career during the old war : being a narrative of the life of Admiral John Markham, for Portsmouth for twenty-three years (lord of the admiralty, 1801-4 and 1806-7). olution, great knowledge and experience, and soundjudgment. The government naturally turned to LordSt. Vincent. But he was at Bath desperately Spencer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, actually Vincents second cousins widows second husband. It was nearcnougli to claim kindred when the fleet was in Torbay. ]Mr. Carydied in 1805. By his first wife he had two sons, and a daughter Mary,married to John Palmer Chi
. A naval career during the old war : being a narrative of the life of Admiral John Markham, for Portsmouth for twenty-three years (lord of the admiralty, 1801-4 and 1806-7). olution, great knowledge and experience, and soundjudgment. The government naturally turned to LordSt. Vincent. But he was at Bath desperately Spencer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, actually Vincents second cousins widows second husband. It was nearcnougli to claim kindred when the fleet was in Torbay. ]Mr. Carydied in 1805. By his first wife he had two sons, and a daughter Mary,married to John Palmer Chichester, Esq., of Arlington Court,co. This is puzzling, for, according to the Peerages, Captain Stop-ford did not marry until 1809. Ilis wife was Mary, daughter ofAdmiral Fanshawe, Commissioner at Plymouth Dockyard. Anotherdaughter of Commissioner Fanshawe was a very dear friend of ]\IariaMarkham—Penelope, wife of G. H. Duckworth, who was slain atAlbuera, the son of Admiral Sir John Duckworth. They had anonly daughter, Anne, born after her fathers death, and married toSir Pobert Percy Douglas, Bart. A third Miss Fanshawe, Catharine,married Sir Thomas Byam ,%. ^^:=:^^^^ [Page 173. The Blockade of Brest. i -ji made a journey to Batli to Rce liim personally, andentreat liim to undertake the command. There coiddl)e no doubt of the answer. If the governmentneeds my services, said the old warrior, I go. Itis of no consequence to mo whether I die afloat orashore. Ho got together as many officers as heeould from his old Mediterranean fleet, and hoisted hisflag in February, 1800. George Cjrey, who held thesame post in the Martinique expedition, was flag-captain, Mr. Tucker, secretary, and the gallantTroubridge, captain of the fleet. The flag-ship wasthe Ville de Paris, and the fleet consisted of forty sailof the line, in six squadrons, each under an admiral. Lord St. Vincents first step was to reissue all theorders for ensuring discipline and the gen
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