. The British in Capri, 1806-1808 . , and imprisoned at * Jean-Baptiste Nompere (1756-1834), Comte de Champagny, Due de Cadore;born at Roaune. 74 THE BRITISH IN CAPRI Pizzo, an Italian port on the Mediterranean, in theprovince of Cantanzaro, where he was tried by court-martial and condemned to death. He was shot onOctober 13th, 1815. A man of spirit and activity, withfew mental qualifications, and noted for his personalelegance, he met his fate with the undaunted couragefor which he was ever famous. Some of the books consulted for Chapter II. :— Interesting facts relating to the fall and death
. The British in Capri, 1806-1808 . , and imprisoned at * Jean-Baptiste Nompere (1756-1834), Comte de Champagny, Due de Cadore;born at Roaune. 74 THE BRITISH IN CAPRI Pizzo, an Italian port on the Mediterranean, in theprovince of Cantanzaro, where he was tried by court-martial and condemned to death. He was shot onOctober 13th, 1815. A man of spirit and activity, withfew mental qualifications, and noted for his personalelegance, he met his fate with the undaunted couragefor which he was ever famous. Some of the books consulted for Chapter II. :— Interesting facts relating to the fall and death of Joachim Murat, King ofNaples. By Francis Maoirone (sic). Published in 1817. ** Memoirs of the life and adventures of Colonel Maceronl (sic), late aide-de-camp to Joachim Murat, King of Naples, etc. Published in 1838. History of the Kingdom of Naples, 1734-1825. By General PietroCoUetta ; translated from the Italian by S. Horner. Published in1858. ** Joachim Murat, Marshal of France and King of Naples. By A. Sir Richard Church CHAPTER IIISib Richard Church THIS chapter contains an account of the defenceof Capri, 1806-1808, from The life of SirRichard Church, , , Commander-in-Chief of the Greeks in the War of Independence,by Professor Stanley Lane-Poole, and Sir RichardChurch in Italy and Greece, by Mrs. E. M. Church,supplemented by letters lent, and information given,kindly by her son Colonel A. B. Church, a great-nephewof Sir Richard Church. Richard Church was born in 1784. He was thesecond son of Matthew Church, a merchant of theCity of Cork. His mother was a daughter of JohnDearman, of Braithwaite, Yorkshire. His parents weremembers of the Society of Friends, and he was broughtup in their persuasion. Before he was sixteen years ofage, he ran away from school, and enlisted : but, hisfather bought a commission for him in the 13th Foot,with which Regiment he went through the Campaignin Egypt in 1801, being present at the capture of Cairoand Al
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