Orde, Bart.” The circulation of which he had previously confined to his friends. This pamphlet appears to have been written with temper and moderation, and is well worthy of perusal, especially by professional men.
On the renewal of hostilities, and the removal of Lord St. Vincent from the chief administration of naval affairs, Sir John accepted the command of a squadron, and cruised off Cape Finisterre during the Autumn of 1804. In 1805, we find his flag in the Glory, of 98 guns, off Cadiz; from which station he was compelled to withdraw, in consequence of the appearance of the combined fleets, on their way to the West Indies. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Blue, November 9, following.
Sir John Orde was one of the supporters of the pall at the funeral of Lord Nelson, to whose merits he had ever rendered the fullest justice, however much he had had occasion to condemn the preference shewn to him in the summer of 1798.
In 1807, when his nephew, the present Lord Bolton, was called to the House of Peers, in consequence of the demise of his father, Sir John Orde succeeded him in the representation of the Borough of Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight. He married first, Feb. 8, 1781, at Charlestown, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Richard Stephens, of St. Helena, in South Carolina; she died in 1789, leaving no surviving issue; secondly, in Dec. 1793, Jane, eldest daughter of John Frere, of Finningham, co. Suffolk, Esq.
Country seat.– Bognor, co. Sussex.
Town residence.– 20 Gloucester Place, Portman Square.
