James Ashley Maude
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Born | 1786 |
Died | 1841 |
Allegiance | Great Britain United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy |
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Sir James Ashley Maude (1786–1841) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the Royal Navy.
Origins
James Ashley Maude was the third son of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden, by his third wife, Isabella Elizabeth Stanley, sister to the 1st Viscount Monck.[1] His ancestor, Christopher Maude, a member of the Irish House of Commons, emigrated from Yorkshire, and settled at Dundrum, County Tipperary, about the year 1639.[1]
Career
James Ashley Maude entered the Royal Navy in 1799, as midshipman on board the
After this escape, Maude followed Lord Keith into the Minotaur, 74 guns; and was present, in that ship, at the blockade and consequent surrender of Genoa, in the summer of 1800.[3] On 3 August 1801, being then in the Phoenix, 36 guns, Captain (afterwards Sir Lawrence W.) Halsted, he also witnessed the capture of a French 40-gun frigate, the Carrere, near Elba; and on 2 September 1802, the destruction of the Bravoure, 46 guns, and re-capture of a British 32-gun frigate, the Success, near Leghorn.[3]
The Phoenix returned home from the Mediterranean in June 1802; and Maude appears to have subsequently served under Captain
Shortly after this event, Lieutenant Maude was appointed to the Many officers in the fleet were desirous of being volunteers in this service. I could not resist the earnest request of Lieutenants Lord Viscount Balgonic, the Hon. James Ashley Maude, and the Hon. William Waldegrave, of the Ville de Paris, to have the command of boats, in which they displayed that spirit which is inherent in them.[4] In November 1809, Lieutenant Maude received an order to act as commander of the Wizard sloop, in which vessel he was first employed, under Captain the Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, of the Bulwark, 74 guns, in destroying all the batteries between Tarifa and Gibraltar, with the concurrence of the Spanish authorities; and subsequently, in convoying some transports laden with corn, from Sardinia to Cadiz.[5] Whilst performing the latter service, he suffered severely from the effects of fever, and was consequently obliged to invalid.[5] His commission as commander bears date 22 October 1810.[5]
On 15 February 1812, Captain Maude was appointed to the Nemesis, 28 guns, armed en flûte.[5] In this ship, after escorting troops to Lisbon and Catalonia, he convoyed a fleet of transports to North America, where he was very actively employed, under the immediate orders of Rear-Admiral (afterwards Sir George) Cockburn; particularly at the capture of Portsmouth and Ocracoke Island, in North Carolina, on 12 July 1813.[5] In the rear-admiral's official letter, on this occasion, it is stated, that Captain Maude, "with much laudable zeal", attended to render him his personal assistance wherever circumstances might require it.[6]
When on his return from the Halifax station, Captain Maude fell in with the Actæon sloop, and assisted in capturing a French schooner privateer, of 14 guns and 95 men.[5] He paid off the Nemesis, at Plymouth, in March 1814; obtained post rank on 11 March; and was next appointed, on 18 October following, to the Favorite, 26 guns.[5] In the beginning of 1815, he took out the treaty of peace, concluded at Ghent, between Great Britain and America; and on 13 March, only nineteen days after his departure from Washington, he arrived at the Foreign Office with the ratification of the same, by the President and Senate of the United States.[5]
After the
Captain Maude's next appointment was on 15 May 1824, to the
Whilst thus employed in the protection of trade on the coast of Cuba, Captain Maude was recalled home, to take the command of the The French frigate Armide was directed to place herself alongside the outermost (Turco-Egyptian) frigate, on the left hand entering the harbour; and the Cambrian, Glasgow, and Talbot next to her, and abreast of the Asia, Genoa, and Albion; the Dartmouth and the Musquito, the Rose, the Brisk, and the Philomel, were to look after six fire-vessels, at the entrance of the harbour. * * * * Captain Fellowes executed the part allotted to him perfectly; and with the able assistance of his little, but brave detachment, saved the Syrene (French flag-ship) from being burnt by the fire-vessels. And the Cambrian, Glasgow, and Talbot, following the fine example of Capitaine Hugon, of the Armide, who was opposed to the leading frigate of that line, effectually destroyed their opponents, and also silenced the batteries.[8] Captain Maude continued on the Mediterranean station until August 1828; and paid off the Glasgow, at Chatham, on 8 September.[9] He died in 1841.[10]
Personal life
Captain Maude married, on 18 October 1817, Albinia, second daughter of his Grace the Hon. Charles Brodrick, D.D., the Archbishop of Cashel.[9]
Honours
- Companion of the Order of the Bath(United Kingdom)
- Knight of the Order of Saint Louis (Kingdom of France)
- Knight of the Order of Saint Anna (Russian Empire)
References
- ^ a b c Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. p. 424.
- ^ Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. pp. 424–425.
- ^ a b c d e f Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. p. 425.
- ^ qtd in Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. pp. 425–426.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. p. 426.
- ^ qtd in Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. p. 426.
- ^ a b c d e f g Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. p. 427.
- ^ qtd in Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. pp. 427–428.
- ^ a b Marshall 1833, vol. 4, pt. 1. p. 428.
- ^ The British Museum.
Sources
- Marshall, John (1829). "Hon. James Ashley Maude". Royal Naval Biography. Supplement. Part 3. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. pp. 249–250. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Marshall, John (1833). "Hon. James Ashley Maude". Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 4. Part 1. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. pp. 424–428. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Sir James Ashley Maude". The British Museum. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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