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Lord James Saumarez (1^st Baron de Saumarez)

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth11.3.1757 - St Peters Port, Guernsey, Guernsey ODNB
First Known Service9.1767ODNB
FatherMathew Saumarez (1718-1778)ODNB
MotherCarteret le MarchantODNB
Uncleref:1359
Uncleref:1359
Half-sisterSusannahref:1359
BrotherPhilip (1750-?)ref:1359
SisterAnn (1752-?)ref:1359
BrotherJohn (1755-?)ref:1359
BrotherThomas (1760-?)ref:1359
SisterCharlotte (1763-?)ref:1359
BrotherRichard (1764-?)ref:1359
BrotherNicholas (1766-?))ref:1359
SisterMary (1768-?)ref:1359
BrotherCarteret (1770-?)ref:1359
Last Known Service22.7.1830ODNB
Date of Death9.10.1836 - St Peters Port, Guernsey, Guernsey ODNB

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
8.1770	11.1770	Montreal (32) 1761-1779 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Midshipman	ODNB
8.11.1770	15.2.1772	Winchelsea (32) 1764-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Midshipman	ref:1359
15.2.1772	4.1775	Levant (28) 1758-1780 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Midshipman	ref:1359
9.8.1775		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination	ref:1359
9.10.1775	11.7.1776	Bristol (50) 1775-1810 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman	ref:1359
11.7.1776	7.9.1776	Bristol (50) 1775-1810 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Acting Lieutenant	ODNB
7.9.1776		Lieutenant	ADM 6/21
25.1.1778	19.4.1779	Spitfire (8) 1778-1779 British 8 Gun Unrated Galley , Lieutenant and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/508 Issued by Lord Richard Howe (1^st Earl Howe)British Naval Sailor Marine Service 1736-1799 , North America Confirmed 9.2.1779	ODNB
1781	5.8.1781	Fortitude (74) 1780-1820 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant	ODNB
5.8.1781		Battle of Dogger Bank
5.8.1781	6.9.1781	Preston (50) 1757-1815 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Acting Captain and Commanding Officer	ODNB
23.8.1781		Commander	NL1865-3
23.8.1781	7.2.1782	Tisiphone (8) 1781-1816 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship , Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/329	ODNB
12.12.1781		2nd Battle of Ushant
7.2.1782		Captain	NL1865-3
7.2.1782	23.9.1782	Russell (74) 1764-1811 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/536 Issued by Sir Samuel Hood (1^st Viscount Hood of Whitley)British Naval Sailor Service 1741-1790 , North America Confirmed 2.11.1782	ADM 6/23
12.4.1782		Battle of the Saintes
22.1.1793	3.1794	Crescent (36) 1784-1808 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/196	ODNB
19.10.1793		Crescent vs Reunion
6.11.1793		Appointed Knight Bachelor	TKE2
1795	1799	Orion (74) 1787-1814 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
23.6.1795		Action of Ile Groix
14.2.1797		2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
1.8.1798		Battle of the Nile
14.8.1798		Commander of the Saumarez's Squadron 1798
3.1799	31.12.1799	Caesar (80) 1793-1821 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
1.1.1801		Rear-Admiral of the Blue	NL1865-3
1.1.1801	c.13.8.1802	Caesar (80) 1793-1821 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue	BWAS-1793
13.6.1801		Created 1^st Baronet	ODNB
6.7.1801		Commanded the British Squadron at the Battle of Algeciras Bay
12.7.1801		The Gut of Gibraltar
5.9.1801		Appointed Knight Bachelor	TKE1
1803		Albion (74) 1802-1836 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue	BWAS-1793
6.1803	6.1805	Diomede (50) 1798-1815 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue	BWAS-1793
23.4.1804		Rear-Admiral of the White	NL1865-3
9.11.1805		Rear-Admiral of the Red	NL1865-3
1806	1808	Inconstant (20) 1783-1817 British 20 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Red	BWAS-1714
4.1807	7.1807	Prince of Wales (98) 1794-1822 British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral	BWAS-1793
18.3.1808	9.12.1808	Victory (98) 1765-2019 British 98 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Admiral	W009
25.8.1808	26.8.1808	Commanded the English Squadron at the Capture of the Vsevolod
8.4.1809	12.1809	Victory (98) 1765-2019 British 98 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Admiral	W009
11.3.1810	3.12.1810	Victory (98) 1765-2019 British 98 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Admiral	W009
31.7.1810		Vice-Admiral of the Red	NL1865-3
2.4.1811	25.12.1811	Victory (98) 1765-2019 British 98 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Admiral	W009
14.4.1812	15.10.1812	Victory (98) 1765-2019 British 98 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Admiral	W009
3.6.1814		Admiral of the Blue	NL1865-3
4.6.1814		Admiral of the Blue	NL1835-3
2.1.1815		Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath	TKE1
18.7.1819	21.11.1821	Appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom	E-WIKI
12.8.1819		Admiral of the White	TRN3
21.11.1821	15.2.1832	Appointed Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom	E-WIKI
22.7.1830		Admiral of the Red	TRN3
1831		Created 1^st Baron de Saumarez	E-WIKI

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

ref:1359Anthony Sullivan, Book

ADM 6/21 Archive

NL1865-3The Admiralty, Digital Book

ADM 6/23 Archive

TKE2George Dames Burtchaell, William Arthur Shaw, Digital Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

TKE1George Dames Burtchaell, William Arthur Shaw, Digital Book

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

W009Unknown, Web Site

NL1835-3The Admiralty, Digital Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

TRN3William Laid Clowes, Digital Book

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 16th of June 2012 21:27

1795 March until 1796 Dec cap Sir J. Saumarez appointed to Orion 74 under Lord Bridport on Rochefort blockade

Posted by Cy on Sunday 1st of April 2012 09:15

Bob
The email you supplied has been bounced as invalid so I can't reply to you directly

Posted by Bob Brooks on Saturday 31st of March 2012 19:34

Although he had recieved a commission as "acting [flag?] Lieutenant" by Sir Peter Parker on 11 July 1776, his initial formal commission as a Lieutenant was on 07 Sep 1776 when he was commissioned in America by Lord Howe as [supernumerary or "flag"] 5th Lieutenant, HMS Chatham, 4th/50 (confirmed by Admiralty on 22 Dec 1778 with six other "supernumerary" lieutenants' commissions [ADM 6/21/491]. His commission dated 25 Jan 1778, also by Lord Howe, was for the command of HM Armed Gally Spitfire (confirmed by Admiralty on 09 Feb 1779 [ADM 6/21/508])

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