Captain Spry continued on the Jamaica station until the conclusion of the war, in 1783, since which time he has lived in retirement. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, June 1st, 1795; Vice-Admiral, Feb. 14th, 1799; and Admiral, Nov. 9th, 1805.
Residence.– Killaganoon, co. Cornwall.
SIR JOHN ORDE,
Admiral of the Red; and a Vice-President of the Naval Charitable Society.
The family of Orde is of great antiquity, and has long possessed considerable landed estates in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. The subject of this memoir is the youngest son of the late John Orde, Esq. who lived chiefly at Morpeth, and acted for many years as a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant of the former county, by his second wife, Anne, widow of the Rev. William Pye, and was born at Morpeth, in Northumberland, Dec. 1752[1].
He entered the navy in 1766, on board the Jersey, of 60 guns, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Spry, stationed in the Mediterranean. He subsequently served under Commodore Byron, at Newfoundland; and with Sir George B. Rodney, on the Jamaica station. In 1773, Mr. Orde was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by the latter officer, and returned to England in the Rainbow, of 44 guns.
- ↑ Sir John’s eldest brother, Thomas, married the only daughter of Charles, fifth Duke of Bolton, in whose right he succeeded, on the death of Harry, the sixth and last Duke, without male issue, to the principal family estates of the Dukes of Bolton, and assumed the name of Powlett. He was afterwards created a Peer, by the title of Baron Bolton.
most shattered condition. The Stirling Castle, of 64 guns, Captain R. Carket, was totally lost on the Silver Keys, near Hispaniola, and only 50 of the crew saved. The melancholy fate of the Thunderer, of 74 guns, bearing the broad pendant of the Hon. Commodore Walsingham, was still more calamitous, having foundered, and every soul perished. Several other ships of war experienced the most horrible distress from this terrible conflict of the elements. Further particulars of this event will be found under the head of Admiral John Holloway.
