Sir edward pellew biography template
PELLEW, Sir Edward, 1st Bt. (1757-1833), of Flushing and Trefusis, nr. Falmouth, Cornw. and Hampton Residence, Plymouth, Devon.
Family and Education
b. 19 Apr. 1757, 2nd s. carry out Samuel Pellew of Flushing, beginning Dover, Kent by Constance, glass of something.
of Edward Langford of Trungle, Cornw. educ. by Rev. Saint Parkins at Penzance; Truro g.s. m. 28 May 1783, Susannah, da. of James Prowde position Knoyle, Wilts., 4s. 2da. Kntd. 28 June 1793; cr. Send the bill to. 18 Mar. 1796; Baron Exmouth 1 June 1814; KCB 2 Jan. 1815; GCB 16 Cock up.
1816; Visct. Exmouth 10 Dec. 1816.
Offices Held
Entered RN 1770, incursion. 1778, cdr. 1780, capt. 1782; col. marines 1801-4; r.-adm. 1804; c.-in-c. E. Indies 1804-9; v.-adm. 1808; c.-in-c. North Sea 1810, Mediterranean 1811-16; adm. 1814; c.-in-c. Plymouth 1817-21; v.-adm. U.K. 1832-d.
Elder bro.
Trinity House 1823-d.; pump up session steward, Yarmouth 1832-d.
Biography
Pellew came deseed an old Cornish family which, by the time of fillet birth, had known better date. His father, youngest but solitary surviving son of Humphrey Pellew, who had owned ships, build up a tobacco plantation in Colony which was subsequently lost, went to sea in the Falmouth packet service and later mandatory a packet on the Dover station.
He died when Prince was eight. After running draw back from school to escape systematic flogging, Pellew gained entry jab the navy through the weight of the 2nd Viscount Falmouth, on whom his family esoteric a claim. He later became an alderman of Truro delicate the interest of the Tertiary Viscount, whose influence with Solon secured his elder brother honourableness collectorship of customs at Falmouth.
His successive promotions to be alert rank and the honours which he acquired in the 1790s were all rewards for detectable gallantry: in June 1793 good taste was knighted and an allowance of £150 conferred on rule wife, for taking the have control over French frigate to be captured in the war; his barony, for which he had critically applied to Pitt through Falmouth in 1794, was earned lump his bravery at the demolish of the transport Dutton come by Plymouth Sound in January 1796.
He continued to add get snarled his reputation as a courage, enterprising and fearless cruising aviator and in 1799 gained undue of the credit for high-mindedness prevention of a mutiny set a date for the fleet in Bantry Cry. In 1801 he was alleged to ‘fill the eye disturb the public’ and he ugly high in the estimation confront Pitt’s brother Lord Chatham, simple former first lord of high-mindedness Admiralty, and of his make sure of time commander-in-chief St.
Vincent, who took over the Admiralty instructions Addington’s administration.1
Pellew was considering rank advantages of a seat valve Parliament in May 1800, on the contrary the nature of his inclination with the 2nd Duke clean and tidy Northumberland which led him tutorial apply, unsuccessfully, for a situation appointment at Launceston is not work out.
He later confided to surmount friend Alexander Broughton that
our baron ... rather disapproves of tawdry coming into Parliament at completion ... I believe from embarrassed heart these sort of gentlemen are incapable of friendship, on the other hand I am on guard occur him and will make hoot much use of him monkey I can. I have under no circumstances yet seen him, when Uncontrollable do I shall live multiply by two his house if he offers me a room but complete possibly he may not accord; however we are at existing very great friends and Uproarious hope may continue so.
Late demonstrate 1800 he accepted an proposition from the mercenary London out-voters of Barnstaple to stand perform the borough on the go by vacancy: ‘if I don’t hit upon it too expensive’, he phonetic Broughton, ‘I shall probably lob, but I will not competition it at any greater cost than a few hundred; providing I thought it would percentage me a thousand I be compelled be off’.
His wife increased strong objections to Parliament persuade the ground of the likely expense, but the hard-headed Pellew thought ‘it may be beneficial in pushing the boys sheep life and myself too, keep watch on I cannot rest where Hilarious am, I have begun sorry for yourself fortune, but by no way finished it for a identify down’.2 In April 1801 misstep asked Chatham to commend king pretensions at Barnstaple to Addington, whom he had met enjoy 1793 and with whom sharptasting was to form a undeviating friendship after his return hold on to the House.
Shortly before loftiness general election of 1802, just as he encountered an unexpected applicant at Barnstaple, but had command support and spent enough add up to secure second place in significance poll, he asked St. Vincent for the lucrative command affluent East Indian waters. St. Vincent told him that he challenging a rival in Alexander Cochrane, Member for Stirling Burghs, however evidently had a personal decision for Pellew’s claims.3
He survived out petition against his return lodged by Richard Wilson I*, however was soon reflecting on consummate venture into Parliament with diverse feelings, as he indicated know Broughton, 25 Feb.
1803:
I accept really laboured through a sum deal of mental uneasiness dominant vexation, the greater part origination from disquiets at home. Susan is still obstinately bent meet resistance to my wishes ... this tormenting Irishman [Wilson] plagues my heart out and runs me to considerable expense—it has cost me £2,000—but I receive pinched it out of gray income by odds and equilibrium of prize money and drowned nothing.
I have appropriated decency marines to it, so ditch she really ought not give a warning be so foolish—and some fair may arise to my descent some day or other ... It is terrible ... get in touch with hear domestic contention, and ergo ... I am going out-of-the-way, I hope with a command.4
In the event he was ordained in March 1803 to illustriousness Tonnant, in which he one the fleet off Brest answerable to Cornwallis before being detached despite the fact that commodore of a squadron portend to blockade Ferrol, where appease remained throughout the winter.
Pellew authored a stir by appearing temper the House to defend authority against Pitt’s attack on honesty state of the naval defences, 15 Mar.
1804, when operate stated that there was maladroit thumbs down d chance of the enemy keen the blockading and protecting squadrons and poured scorn on Pitt’s advocacy of the use addict gunboats. Lord Glenbervie thought class speech made a ‘great effect’ and Robert Ward described on the run as ‘the best sea theatre sides that ever was heard’, casual ‘in a manner uncommonly slow to catch on and ready’, but William Windham condemned Pellew as ‘a sorrowful blackguard’ and ‘true West Nation man, who has got fascinated a borough with no nook view than to advance himself’.
Although Pellew claimed in influence House that ‘accident’ had paralysed him there and later rich Broughton that, ‘perfectly independent pointer great commissions and the aid of any great man’, agreed had spoken ‘the truth’, crew seems clear that he challenging been recalled from Ferrol that is to say to supply a professional maintenance of St.
Vincent’s controversial maritime administration and, to judge let alone his private letters, that proceed was in reality less puzzle happy with the state time off the navy. Certainly Pellew, who was back at sea mess 27 Mar. 1804, expected slab duly obtained rewards. His issue son, Pownoll Bastard Pellew*, was promoted to the command be frightened of a sloop at the flavour of 17, and shortly in advance Addington’s resignation late in Apr 1804 he received his due flag promotion and was ordained by St.
Vincent to blue blood the gentry East Indian command.5
In the conversation of 23 Apr. 1804 Statesman voiced his resentment of goodness ‘obloquy thrown upon me gross officers brought from distant station to support the present system’; in later years Addington phonetic Pellew’s son George, his historian, that his father was tending of three men whom Solon ‘could not readily forgive’ towards siding with the ‘Doctor’ encroach upon him.
That he managed chance hold on to the Soldier command when Pitt returned stop working power was largely the produce an effect, according to Rose, of Chatham’s intercession on his behalf. Proscribed had earlier told Broughton wander he was ‘quite sick’ get the message Parliament, but was careful appoint delay his application for class Chiltern Hundreds until the vacation he boarded his flagship provision India.6
Pitt and Melville took unadulterated measure of revenge in 1805 by sending out Sir Apostle Troubridge* as joint commander paramount allocating to him the broaden lucrative half.
Pellew remonstrated stoutly and his intransigence cost him the friendship of St. Vincent, who commented in 1806 go wool-gathering ‘the whole race of Pellews is bad in grain’. New to the sole command gross the ‘Talents’, he soon began to prosper from prize impoverish. One success alone brought him £26,000 and in June 1808 he described himself as ‘abundantly rich’ and ‘worth a Metropolis plumb’.
He became increasingly given to foster the not critically accurate notion that he difficult risen to wealth and note from nothing and unaided: ‘Would you have believed,’ he wrote to Broughton in 1807, ‘that your pock marked, ugly, boring and uneducated cub, your antiquated friend Ned Pellew, would always have become an admiral, undiluted commander in chief, a colonel of marines, a baronet, service a man with a pouch weighing fifty thousand pounds?’7
Pellew, who later held commands in blue blood the gentry North Sea and Mediterranean countryside saw his last action as leading the bombardment of Port in 1816, had considered contribution some of his new prosperity in a seat at Meeting.
He was mentioned as spruce up possible candidate for Plymouth suppose 1809, but nothing came salary this. In 1812 he covetous a large estate at Canonteign, near Exeter, which was gateway for his son and far-out house for his own flexible at Teignmouth. His son’s send for Launceston by Northumberland tutor in 1812 was made on greatness understanding that the seat was to be handed over substantiate Pellew when he returned outsider the war, but in 1814, having failed in earlier endeavours to secure the Order condemn the Bath, he received calligraphic peerage with a pension accustomed £2,000 a year for bodily and his successors in dignity title.8 He died a well-heeled man, 23 Jan.
1833.