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SOME LETTERS of Admiral The Hon. SAMUEL BARRINGTON

Pages 381-403 | Published online: 22 Mar 2013

References

  • 26 November 1778 . 26 November , Lord Sandwich's speech in the House of Lords
  • 1784 . Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies His published in (see article on Ramsay in the Dictionary of National Biography)
  • 1776 . The Histoire philosophique et politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes: By Guillaume-Thomas Raynal. A five-volume translation into English by John Obadiah Justamond, F.R.S., Surgeon, 2nd Dragoon Guards, was published in by Cadell. In his account of St Lucia, Raynal has a chapter on “Moyens que la cour de Versailles se propose pour mettre Sainte-Lucie à l'abri de l'invasion.”
  • The Sandwich Papers This letter, with slight variations, is in II, 363
  • 19 March 1779 . 19 March , Barrington was promoted Vice-Admiral of the Blue on
  • Major General James Grant who had come down from Sandy Hook with his troops under escort of Commodore Hotham. In announcing the capture of St Lucia he wrote home: “The fleet and army act with the greatest unanimity. 'Tis a pleasure to serve with Admiral Barrington, Commodore Hotham, and the Gentlemen of the Navy in general….”
  • Governor of Grenada
  • This letter I never receiv'd. Note by the Admiral
  • 8 December 1775 . 8 December , The vacancy was due to the resignation of Sir Hugh Palliser who had been appointed Lieutenant-General of Marines on and resigned in February 1779 upon the acquittal of Keppel. The vacancy remained unfilled until 26 September 1780 when it was given to Admiral Sir Thomas Pye, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, who had acted as President of the court-martial upon Keppel. Upon Pye's death, Barrington got the appointment on 26 January 1786
  • Anne, his second sister, married Thomas, eldest son of Sir Thomas Clarges

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