Captain Sir James Saumarez

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Captain Sir James Saumarez was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer and admiral renowned for his service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military personnel ⓘ
Royal Navy officer ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight of the Order of the Sword (Sweden) ⓘ
Order of St. Anna (Russia) ⓘ
linked to: Order of St. Anna

Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit (Two Sicilies) ⓘ
Order of the Sword, Commander Grand Cross (Sweden) ⓘ
birthDate 1757-03-11 ⓘ
birthPlace St Peter Port, Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: Saint Peter Port
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Anglo-Russian War ⓘ
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1836-10-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Guernsey ⓘ
elevationToPeerage created Baron de Saumarez in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
familyOrigin Guernsey ⓘ
honorificPrefix Captain ⓘ
Sir ⓘ
knownFor command in the Baltic against French-aligned forces ⓘ
distinguished naval service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
victory over French and Spanish squadrons off Algeciras in 1801 ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
name James Saumarez ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Baron de Saumarez ⓘ
linked to: James de Saumarez
notableBattle Battle of Algeciras Bay ⓘ
Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) ⓘ
Battle of Copenhagen (1801) – Baltic campaign context ⓘ
Battle of the Nile ⓘ
Battle of the Saintes ⓘ
Glorious First of June ⓘ
Second Battle of Algeciras (Battle of Cape Trafalgar Bay, 1801) ⓘ
notableCommand Channel Islands station ⓘ
linked to: West Indies station

HMS Crescent ⓘ
HMS Orion ⓘ
HMS Victory ⓘ
peerageCreationDate 1831 ⓘ
placeOfBurial Castel, Guernsey ⓘ
linked to: L’Eree, Guernsey
rank Admiral ⓘ
Captain ⓘ
Rear Admiral ⓘ
Vice Admiral ⓘ
serviceEnd early 19th century ⓘ
serviceStart circa 1770 ⓘ

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HMS Orion → notableCommander → Captain Sir James Saumarez ⓘ
Battle of Algeciras Bay → commander → James Saumarez ⓘ
linked to: Captain Sir James Saumarez
Battle of Algeciras Bay → opposedBy → Admiral James Saumarez ⓘ
linked to: Captain Sir James Saumarez
James Saumarez → name → James Saumarez ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Sir James Saumarez
linked to: Captain Sir James Saumarez