Sir Edmund Nagle

Posted by jude de angulo on Sunday 27th of November 2022 02:56

Nagle was Commander of the Sussex Sea Fencibles from July 1803 to November 1805. and also Commander-in-Chief of the Guernsey Station in 1807, as noted in the Naval Chronicles, and in 1808 to 1810 he was Commander-in-Chief at Leith. In the July to December Issue (20) of the Naval Chronicles he is described as being a Baronet. ''The Gentleman's Quarterly' and Mogg's 'Patersons Roads' on 1822 he is called baronet of Esher ( just south of Hampton Court) near Elmsbridge. He's buried there in St Mary's C.o.E at East Molesey and a plaque in the church notes his importance as a nephew of MP Edmund''the Sublime' Burke and Groom of His Majesty's Bedchamber.

Posted by jude de angulo on Monday 5th of September 2022 07:34

Nagle became Admiral of the Blue in 1819, Baronet of Esher,
As did Elton & Curtis use his role as Groom to the Regent ( George IV) so also did C S Forester use the life of Edmund Nagle to create his premier naval hero Horatio Hornblower

Posted by jude de angulo on Monday 20th of December 2021 04:29

admiral sir edmund nagle , whilst in service to HRH George IV was commodore of the royal yacht "Royal George" and commanded the Royal George to Dublin in 1821 and to Edinburgh in 1822.
He was appointed to the role of Groom of His Majesty's Bedchamber in 1820 whilst George was still Prince Regent, and served in that role until his death, 6 months before his Sovereign master, thus being the longest serving and most famous of George's "butlers" and in so being the model for Ben Elton & Richard Curtis' "Edmund Blackadder esquire"