faithful and attached companions: sir edward pellew and the young gentlemen of hms indefatigable
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A research seminar presented at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth on the 14th of May 2014 by Lorna M. Campbell and Heather Noel SmithTRANSCRIPT
“…faithful and attached companions…”
Sir Edward Pellew and the young gentlemen of HMS Indefatigable
ByHeather Noel-Smith
and Lorna M. Campbell
National Museum of the Royal Navy Seminar Series, 14th May 2014
The Action between H.M. Frigates Indefatigable and Amazon and the French Droits de L'Homme off Ushant, 13th January 1797 by Derek G. M. Gardner, CC BY [email protected].
“We then much to our astonishment saw her to be a line of battle which of course surprised us but as we had begun then we must go through with it.”
-Nicholas Pateshall
Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall, circle of Domenico Pellegrini, © Sotheby’s.
“We then went at her again like bull dogs ...”
-Nicholas Pateshall
Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall, circle of Domenico Pellegrini, © Sotheby’s.
“...every creature was too earnestly and too hardily at
work to attend exactly to the run of
the ship…the sea was high, the people
on the main deck were up to their
middles in water, some guns broke
their breechings four times …all our masts were much wounded,
and the maintop mast completely
unrigg'd, and saved only by uncommon
alacrity.”
- Edward Pellew
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth,
by James Northcote, © National Portrait Gallery.
“…the men fought half way up their legs in water, cheering
and inspiring courage to all
around by their own animated
gallant example.”
- Robert Carthew Reynolds
Robert Carthew Reynolds by John Buncombe © Christie’s.
“…wherever a man fell, ten sprang up to take his place.”
- Jean Baptiste
Raymond de Lacrosse
Jean Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse by Antoine Maurin. Public domain
image.
Destruction of the Droits de L’Homme by Ebenezer Colls, © National Maritime Museum.
The Droits de L’Homme by James Lynn, © Bonhams .
“... the enemy, who had so
bravely defended
herself, lying on her broadside,
and a tremendous surf beating
over her.”
- Edward Pellew
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth,
by James Northcote, © National Portrait Gallery.
Le Vaisseau Le Droits de L’Homme, from La France Maritime by Amedee Grehan.
“... a gale of wind – a dead lee shore,
and an enemy’s at that – a crippled
ship – an exhausted crew and the
Penmark Rocks, that dread of
seamen, to be weathered – these
were the difficulties which
presented themselves to
Pellew as the day dawned.”
- Edward Hawke LockerEdward Hawke Locker by
Henry Wyndham Philips © Royal Museums
Greenwich.
Destruction of Le Droits de L’Homme by I Brydon, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
“... at eleven A.M. we made the breakers,
and, by the blessing of God,
weather’d the Penmark Rocks
about half a mile.”
- Edward Pellew
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth,
by James Northcote, © National Portrait Gallery.
Vaisseau Droits de l’Homme by Leopold le Guen, public domain image.
London Standard, 1848
Lloyds Weekly London Newspaper5 November, 1854
Pellew Papers, Devon Archives, CC BY [email protected].
Sir Edward Pellew, private collection.
Captain Sir Edward Pellew,
later, Admiral Lord Exmouth.
HMS Indefatigable Joining the Western Squadron by J.T. Serres, 1800, © Christies.
George John, 2nd Earl Spencer.
First Lord of the Admiralty, 1794 - 1801
George John, 2nd Earl Spencer,
by John Singleton Copely,© National Portrait Gallery.
Pellew to Spencer, 28 February 1799, © The National Archives.
“Is it fair then to presume Sir EP has no sensibility, no attachment, no feeling, that his heart must be adamant, that he can part from faithful, and attached Companions, grown from boys to manhood under him, without a sorrowful Countenance, or a Moistened Eye. He grants it may be thought so. But he begs to assert the Contrary”
- Sir Edward Pellew to Lord Spencer
The Droits de L’Homme Engagement
Muster table of His Majesty’s Ship the Indefatigable between 1st January and 28th February 1797, CC BY [email protected].
Age in 1797
Fleetwood Pellew
Fleetwood Pellew, by George Chinnery, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
First shipsNymphe
1793 - 1794Arethusa
1794 - 1795Indefatigabl
e1795 - 1799
George Chace Thomas Groube James Bray
Philip Frowd William Kempthorne
Richard Broughton
John Gaze John McKerlie George Cadogan
Pownoll Pellew John Thomson Jeremiah Coghlan
Robert Reynolds George Tippett John Harry
William Warden Henry Hart
Alex McVicar Nicholas Pateshall Fleetwood Pellew
Place of birth
The Western Squadron leaving Falmouth by Derek G M Gardner, © Bonhams.
Friends & Patrons • Richard Broughton• George Cadogan• William
Kempthorne• Robert Reynolds• John Thomson• William Warden
Family• Philip Frowd• Pownoll Pellew• Fleetwood PellewSilhouette of Captain Pellew, later Viscount Exmouth, by
William Wellings, © Christie’s.
Background and family circumstances
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“Mr Pateshall”
Mr Pateshall, © Herefordshire Archives.
Admiral Sir
Edward Pellew
Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, by
William Owen, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
Annotations to Osler’s Life of Admiral Lord Exmouth, private collection.
“Capt Bell and Capt Thomas Groube were both taken from a West Indiaman. Capts Gaze and McVicar the same (merchant vessels).”
- Fleetwood Pellew
A British Vessel Taking a Prize, by E.B. Eagles, 1805 © Royal Museums Greenwich.
Naval General Servic
Naval General Service Medal role, © The National Archives.
Broughton court martial
Broughton Court Martial, © The National Archives.
Kempthorne court martial
Kempthorne Court Martial, © The National Archives.
“The navy has lost its brightest jewel, you and your family the best of husbands and fathers, a wide circle of us a matchless friend and the country a stay and defender.”
- William Kempthorne to Fleetwood Pellew
George, 3rd Earl Cadogan by Sir Francis Grant, © Haggerston Press.
The Honorable
George Cadogan
George, 3rd Earl Cadogan
Admiral Cadogan, courtesy of Paul Frecker,
http://www.paulfrecker.com/
Robert CarthewReynolds
From Picturesque Views of Diamond Rock by Joseph
Constantine Stadler, © Royal Museums Greenwich
Kingston and Port Royal from Windsor Farm by James Hakewill, © The British Library.
A new map of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland &c. from the latest authorities, 1807, by John Cary, © David Rumsey Map Collection.
South Park Road Cemetery, © Madhu, http://theurgetowander.com/
The Battle of Trafalgar by C. F. Stanfield, public domain image.
The Bombardment of Algiers, by George Chambers, 1836, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
Sheerness Yard from the window of the Fountain Inn by Henry Moses, 1824, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall
Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall, circle of Domenico Pellegrini, © Sotheby’s.
Muskat Harbour from the Fisher-mens Rock, by Lt R. Temple, 1813 , © Royal Museums Greenwich.
The Charts and Plans Referred to in the Report from the Committee Appointed to Examine into Mr Telford’s Report and Survey, 15th June 1809.
HMS Vernon in a trail of sailing with the Experimental Squadron, unknown artist, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
The Repertory of Patent Inventions, Vol XIII, January – June 1849. London.
Leith Pier and Harbour by J Waddell, © Peter Stubbs, www.edinphoto.org.uk, used with permission.
Houses of Parliament Westminster, Thomas Rowlandson, 1808, public domain image.
The Anti-Corn-Law Bazaar, Theatre Royal Manchester, 1842, © West Sussex County Council.
Marine Society Trading Card, 1818, © British Museum.
Yard of Probationary House of the London Female Mission, © NMRC, English Heritage.
The Antiquarian Society by George Cruikshank, 1812, © The British Museum.
Nelson’s Column under construction by W.H.F. Talbot, © National Media Museum.
Captain Sir Edward Pellew, later 1st Viscount Exmouth by Thomas Lawrence, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
Captain Sir
Edward Pellew.
“My dear Fleetwood the will of God be done. You have lost the best of Father’s and I the most generous and kindest of friends that ever lived…..I will mourn in solemn silence the man who has ever been most dear to my heart….. He will find his reward in heaven whither his great spirit is flown. I never saw his equal not can I expect ever to look on his like again.”
- Jeremiah Coghlan to Fleetwood Pellew
“While I had life my heart was deeply impressed by your
multiple kindnesses.”
- William Kempthorne
Captain Jeremiah Coghlan,
“Intrepid Jerry”
Captain Jeremiah Coghlan by John Miers and John Field, © Royal
Museums Greenwich.
The Wreck of the East Indiaman Dutton in Plymouth Sound, 26 January 1796 by Thomas Luny © Royal Museums Greenwich.
Admiral Sir John Jervis,Earl St Vincent
Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), Earl St Vincent by William Beechy © City of
London Corporation.
Sword inscription © Peter Finer.
© Peter Finer.
Sabre presented to the Intrepid Coughlan.
Acting-Lieutenant Jeremiah Coghlan of HMS Viper by
Admiral The Earl St Vincent.
Blockade of Toulon, 1810-1814: Pellew's action, 5 November 1813 by Thomas Luny, © Royal Museums Greenwich.
Panorama in 360º of Rio de Janeiro, looking North-east, 1826 by William John Burchell © Collection Museum Africa, Johannesburg.
PCC Wills PROB 11: 2910, Will of Jeremiah Coghlan
The Hampshire Advertiser, Saturday, March 30, 1844.
Further Information
• Indefatigable1797.wordpress.com– http://indefatigable1797.wordpress.com
• Heather Noel-Smith–[email protected]
• Lorna M. Campbell– [email protected]