Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Charles Elphinstone Fleeming | |
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Born | 18 June 1774 |
Died | 30 October 1840 Leamington | (aged 66)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Admiral of the Blue |
Commands held | HMS Tisiphone HMS Tartar HMS Diomede HMS Egyptienne HMS Revenge HMS Bulwark HMS Standard HMS San Juan HMS Elizabeth West Indies Station Nore Command Portsmouth Command |
Battles/wars | Battle of Cape Finisterre |
Family and early life
Born Charles Elphinstone in 1774, he was the son of
Napoleonic Wars
With the outbreak of the
Egyptienne did not participate in the fighting herself, but while reconnoitring in advance of the fleet she captured a Danish merchant brig. After the battle she took the disabled Spanish 74-gun Firme into tow. After the battle, Admiral Robert Calder requested a court-martial to review his decision not to pursue the enemy fleet after the engagement. Fleeming was one of the witnesses. The court martial ruled that Calder's failure to pursue was an error of judgement, not a manifestation of cowardice, and severely reprimanded him.[8]
On 2 October Egyptienne captured the French
By late December Fleeming had left Egyptienne and was at Calder's court-martial. Fleeming then moved to command
Later life
Fleeming continued to rise through the ranks after the end of the wars with France. He was made a vice-admiral on 19 July 1821, was in command at the West Indies by 1828, and became an admiral in 1837.
Fleeming was Commander-in-Chief, West Indies from 1828 to 1829,[16] Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1834 to 1837[17] and briefly Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from April to November 1839.[18] He succeeded Sir Thomas Hardy as Governor of Greenwich Hospital in September 1839, holding the position until his death from influenza at Leamington on 30 October 1840 at the age of 66.[1] He was buried in Leamington parish church on 7 November.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Burke. The Annual Register. p. 173.
- ^ Winfield. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792. p. 359.
- ^ Winfield. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1793–1817. p. 219.
- ^ a b Winfield. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1793–1817. p. 110.
- ^ a b Winfield. British Warships of the Age of Sail 1793–1817. p. 124.
- ^ a b Elers Napier. The Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. pp. 112–3.
- ^ Fremont-Barnes. The Royal Navy: 1793-1815. p. 84.
- ^ Duckworth (1805).
- The European Magazine, and London Review, p. 468.
- ^ Colledge (2006), p. 3.
- ^ The European magazine, and London Review, Vol. 49, p. 73.
- W. Clowes and Sons. pp. 93–95. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ Clay. The Papers of Henry Clay. p. 973.
- ^ Lodge. The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 229.
- ^ Cundall, p. xx
- ^ William Loney RN
- ^ History in Portsmouth Archived 27 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
References
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- Fremont-Barnes, Gregory (2007). The Royal Navy: 1793-1815. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-138-0.
- Elers Napier, Edward Hungerford D (1862). The Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. Hurst and Blackett.
- Lodge, Edmund (1861). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Hurst and Blackett.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-295-5.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1794–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.