#1st Viscount Exmouth

[alineuponthewind]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth - James Northcote

[artist-charles-turner]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1818, Charles Turner

[ltwilliammowett]

top five historical captains/commanders?

Hi, Here we go. I am writing the gentlemen here with their full titles, as they were also captains in former times

1. Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth- feared and not without reason. (left)

2. Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith - way ahead of his time and an amusing character. (right)

3. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet- great man and thanks to his wife we still have HMS Victory. (left)

4. Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão- Seawolf, a great sailor and inventor. (middle)

5. Rear admiral Sir James Clark Ross - thanks to him the magnetic North Pole was discovered, for me he is one of the great discoverers. (right)

p.s. I like Nelson but it's not in my personal top 5. 

[nebris]

The Bombardment of Algiers was an attempt on 27 August 1816 by Britain and the Netherlands to end the slavery practices of Omar Agha, the Dey of Algiers. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers.

There was a continuing campaign by various European navies and the American navy to suppress the piracy against Europeans by the North African Barbary states. The specific aim of this expedition, however, was to free Christian slaves and to stop the practice of enslaving Europeans. To this end, it was partially successful, as the Dey of Algiers freed around 3,000 slaves following the bombardment and signed a treaty against the slavery of Europeans. However, this practice did not end completely until the French conquest of Algeria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1816)

[theadmiralwho]

1st Viscount Exmouth.

The Right Honourable Edward Pellew, 1818, Thomas Lawrence

[ltwilliammowett]

Admiral Edward Pellew (1757–1833), 1st Viscount Exmouth, by Samuel Drummond (1765–1844) c. 1816

This portrait was created in honour of Pellew's great victory in the Bombardment of Algiers 1816

[artist-charles-turner]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1818, Charles Turner

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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1815, Charles Turner

[artist-charles-turner]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1815, Charles Turner

https://www.wikiart.org/en/charles-turner/edward-pellew-1st-viscount-exmouth-1815

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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1818, Charles Turner

[artist-charles-turner]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1815, Charles Turner

[artist-charles-turner]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1818, Charles Turner

[artist-charles-turner]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1815, Charles Turner

[ltwilliammowett]

Rear- Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833) with the Dutton in the background by James Northcote 1804

Pellew entered the Royal Navy in 1770. He made a number of voyages on several ships before commanding two ships at the Newfoundland station.

During the 1793 war with France, he was captain of a ship, the Nymphe, and his success fighting in this war made his name as a gallant and courageous officer. In this command he distinguished himself by saving the entire crew of the shipwrecked transporter Dutton with great personal daring (26 January 1796), that he was raised to Baronet, of Treverry in the County of Cornwall in 1796.

Pellew was promoted to rear admiral in 1804 and was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies. On his return from the east, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean and then of the North Sea.

In 1814, he was made Baron Exmouth of Canonteign and two years later was created Viscount Exmouth for active service in Algiers.

[artist-charles-turner]

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1818, Charles Turner

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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, 1815, Charles Turner