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Title: Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I

Author: Sir John Ross

Release Date: July 11, 2008 [EBook #26031]

Language: English

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MEMOIRS
AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

ADMIRAL
LORD DE SAUMAREZ.

FROM
ORIGINAL PAPERS IN POSSESSION OF THE FAMILY.

BY SIR JOHN ROSS,
CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.
1838.

LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL, BENTLEY,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.

Transcriber's note: Minor spelling inconsistencies--mainly
hyphenated words--have been harmonised. Obvious printer errors
have been corrected, but the original spelling has been
retained.

The Latin number (i) behind a word refers to the transcriber's
notes at the end of this e-book.

CONTENTS
OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

Genealogy of the family of Saumarez.--Curious Record.--Branches of
the late family.--Marriage of the late Lord de Saumarez. Page 7

CHAPTER II.

Commencement of his Career.--His Education.--Visit of the Duke of
Gloucester to Guernsey.--Decides for the Navy.--Is put on the
Solebay's books.--School at London.--Embarks in the
Montreal.--Winchelsea, Pembroke, Levant.--Smyrna.--Returns
home.--Passes for Lieutenant.--Embarks in the Bristol.--Proposal to
leave the Navy.--Attack on Fort Sullivan.--Gallant Conduct.--Is made
Lieutenant.--Bristol, Chatham, Lady Parker.--Commands the
Spitfire.--Rhode Island.--Many Engagements.--War with
France.--Appearance of the French Fleet under