owing to a foul wind did not proceed farther than the Hope, below Gravesend. In the evening of the 31st, the signal was made to weigh in order to return; and at 8 o’clock the yachts anchored off Gravesend; the next day they arrived off Greenwich.
Previous to his landing, the King conferred upon Captain Trollope the honour of knighthood as a Knight Banneret; but in consequence of some peculiarities in the nature of the Order, it was afterwards settled by the Privy Council, that a Knight Banneret could only be made in the field, where a battle had actually been fought, in which the person so created had borne a part.
When his Majesty first signified his intention of knighting him, Captain Trollope modestly begged leave to decline that honour; but being at length formally introduced by Earl Spencer, as First Lord of the Admiralty, the King performed the ceremony, and then bowed in the most courteous manner, saying, “Rise, Sir Henry Trollope, I wish you health and long life.” He had previously thanked him in the most gracious manner, in his own name, and that of the kingdom, for his previous gallant conduct.
On the 19th Dec. following, their late Majesties and all the royal family went to St. Paul’s cathedral, to return thanks for the great victories obtained over the French, Dutch, and Spanish fleets; on which occassion Sir Henry Trollope was one of the officers who walked in the procession[1].
In the following year, Sir Henry Trollope, continuing in the Russell, served with the Channel Fleet; and during the remainder of the war, he commanded the Juste, an 84-gun ship, on the same service. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Jan. 1, 1801; Vice-Admiral, Nov. 9, 1805; Admiral, Aug. 12, 1812; and created an extra K.C.B., May 20, 1820[2].
Our officer married, about the year 1782, Miss Fanny Best, a native of London, but who had been educated at Brussels.
A representation of the Glatton’s engagement with the squadron of French frigates, by H. Singleton, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1804.
