. Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day. on of James, first Earl of Aber-corn), was bred to the sea-service. Hisfather had served Charles I. and CharlesH. in Ireland. The son commanded in166S the Deptford Ketch and the Night-ingale ; in 1671/2 the Mermaid and theConstant Warwick; in 1673 the Maryrose of 50 guns, which he commandedin the action with the Dutch, where hisbrother was killed; in 1675 the Margaretgalley, and in 1677 the Charles, in whichhe captured a large Algerine galley aftera desperate fight. In 16S1/2 he was ap-pointed to the Dragon, and
. Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan age of New England to the present day. on of James, first Earl of Aber-corn), was bred to the sea-service. Hisfather had served Charles I. and CharlesH. in Ireland. The son commanded in166S the Deptford Ketch and the Night-ingale ; in 1671/2 the Mermaid and theConstant Warwick; in 1673 the Maryrose of 50 guns, which he commandedin the action with the Dutch, where hisbrother was killed; in 1675 the Margaretgalley, and in 1677 the Charles, in whichhe captured a large Algerine galley aftera desperate fight. In 16S1/2 he was ap-pointed to the Dragon, and March 23,1684/s, to th^ 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, ^^ ^ buried in Westminster Ab-bey. See Chesters Westminster AbbeyRegisters, p.
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