Clotworthy Upton (Royal Navy officer)
Clotworthy Upton | |
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Born | 1768 |
Died | 1822 At sea | (aged 53–54)
Buried | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Battles/wars |
Clotworthy Upton (1768–1822) was an officer in the
During the
Early life and career
Clotworthy Upton was born in 1768, the illegitimate son of
Command
In January 1801, Upton returned to the Royal Navy as
In celebration of the
Upton took command of HMS Junon in North America, in September 1813, and sailed in her for the Halifax Station.[9] On 3 April 1814, while cruising with HMS Tenedos, Junon chased the USS Constitution into Marblehead, Massachusetts.[1] The captain of Tenedos, Hyde Parker, wanted to follow but Upton ordered him to abandon the pursuit.[1]
Upton's last command at sea was
Personal life
Despite the marriage of his parents a year after his birth, Upton's illegitimacy could not be revoked and he was deprived of any legal claim on the family estate. He did however inherit from his father, who prior to his death in 1785, had set up a trust for all his children. Upton did not receive the family barony though, which passed to his brother John, the eldest surviving of the couple's three legitimate offspring.[1]
Upton was married in 1805, at St Pancras Old Church, London, to Elizabeth Walton, whose father was a wealthy American merchant. They had one child, a daughter, Eliza Mary, who went on to marry a Scottish lord.[1]
Upton died and was buried at sea, in 1822. He was on his way home from his appointment in Trincomalee where cholera had taken its toll on his fellow officers.[1]
Citations
References
- Clowes, William Laird (1997) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume IV. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-013-2.
- Hore, Peter (2015). Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials. Barnsley.: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848327795.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.