Admiral, July, 31, 1810. During part of the late war, he commanded the Sea Fencibles in Ireland; but we believe, never served afloat as a Flag-Officer.
Admiral Bowen’s youngest daughter was married in 1818, to Captain Honyman of the Grenadier Guards, second son of Sir William Honyman.
ROBERT MONTAGU, Esq
Admiral of the White.
The noble house of Sandwich, of which this officer is a member, claims for its founder Admiral Montagu, who induced the fleet to declare for Charles II., and for this timely service was rewarded with an Earldom.
In 1778, Mr. Montagu accompanied Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes to the East Indies, in the Superbe; and, on the death of Captain Panton, was promoted from Third Lieutenant of that ship, to the command of the Seahorse, of 20 guns; and this appointment was confirmed by a Post commission, dated March 3, 1781, at which period the late Earl of Sandwich presided at the Admiralty.
Captain Montagu commanded the Exeter, of 64 guns, in the action between Sir Edward Hughes and M. de Suffrein, off Negapatnam, July 6, 1782. This engagement, like those which had preceded it, proved indecisive[1]. On this occasion the Exeter appears to have been warmly engaged, having had 11 killed and 24 wounded.
Captain Montagu soon after returned to England, and was appointed to the Flora, of 38 guns, in which ship he proceeded to the Jamaica station. In 1789 and 1790, we find him commanding the Aquilon frigate, in the Mediterranean. At the commencement of the war with republican France, he
- ↑ The British squadron consisted of eleven ships, mounting 732 guns, and one small frigate; the enemy had twelve two-decked ships, carrying 770 guns, three frigates, and one smaller vessel. The total loss sustained by the former was 77 men killed and 233 wounded; on the side of the enemy, 178 vere slain and 661 wounded.
