having ceased to command these brave fellows, it is obrious that no feelings could exist, but those of the respect, admiration, and gratitude which they professed.
In the course of the same year, Sir Christopher Cole received the degree of a D.C.L. from the University of Oxford; and a piece of plate, value 300 guineas, from the East India Company: the latter was presented to him “as a testimony of the high sense they entertained of the services rendered by him when commanding the Caroline in the Indian seas[1].”
His next appointment was, early in 1813, to the Rippon, a new 74, fitting for Channel service. On the 21st Oct. in the same year, he intercepted le Weser, a French frigate of 44 guns, which had already been completely crippled and beaten by two British brigs of 18 guns each[2]; and in Feb. 1814, he was present at the re-capture of a Spanish treasure ship of immense value, by the Menelaus frigate, off l’Orient[3]. He continued cruising with his usual activity and success till the conclusion of the war in Europe, and was put out of commission at the latter end of 1814, after an almost uninterrupted series of constant service afloat for 34 years, more than half of which period he had passed in the East and West Indies.
Sir Christopher Cole was nominated a K.C.B. Jan. 2, 1815; elected M.P. for Glamorganshire in 1817; re-elected for the same county in 1820; and installed Deputy Grand Master for South Wales, July 10, 1821[4]. He married, April 28, 1815, Lady Mary Talbot, relict of the late T. M. Talbot, of Margam Park, and Penrice Castle, co. Glamorgan, Esq. and daughter of the late Stephen Earl of Ilchester.
Agent.– Thomas Stilwell, Esq.
- ↑ We have heard in the course of conversation, that one of his Majesty’s ministers, speaking in Parliament of Captain Cole’s achievement at Banda, described it as “heroism of a chivalrous order.”
- ↑ See Captain Colin Mac Donald.
- ↑ See Captain John Hayes, C.B.
- ↑ The new Public Rooms at Swansea were first opened on the occasion of the above ceremony.
