WILLIAM SWINEY, ESQ.
Admiral of the Red.
This officer was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, May 2, 1779, and commanded the Royal Oak, of 74 guns, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Arbuthnot, when that officer encountered M. de Ternay, off Cape Henry, March 16, 1781[1], on which occasion the Royal Oak had three men wounded. Captain Swiney afterwards commanded the Assurance, of 44 guns, on the New York station, under the orders of Admiral Digby. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Feb. 20, 1797; Vice-Admiral, Jan. 1st, 1801; and Admiral, April 28th, 1808. He is, we believe, a brother of Sidney Swiney, Esq., Purser, R.N. His sister was married to the late Sir B. Turner, whom she survived.
CHARLES EDMUND NUGENT, Esq
Admiral of the Red.
Sir Gilbert De Nugent, with his brethren and relations, accompanied Hugh de Lacie in the expedition to Ireland, in the reign of Henry II, when that kingdom became first subject to the English crown. On this occasion Sir Hugh gave his sister, Rosa, to Sir Gilbert in marriage, with the Barony of Delvin, in the county of Meath, to him and his heirs; from whom descended Richard, tenth Lord Delvin, and first Earl of Westmeath[2], the immediate ancestor of the subject of this memoir.
Mr. Charles Edmund Nugent was born about the year 1760; and entered the naval service at an early age in the Scorpion sloop, commanded by Captain G. K. Elphinstone, now Viscount Keith, in which vessel he remained till the year 1774.
- ↑ See p. 40.
- ↑ The present representative of this family was created a Marquis in January, 1822.
