Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower (3 December 1742 – 21 June 1814) was a Welsh naval officer and colonial governor. Gower, aged 13, joined the Royal Navy in 1755...

Erasmus Gower (1742–1814), British naval officer and colonial governor Erasmus Grasser (c. 1450–c. 1515), German master builder and sculptor Erasmus James...

Spithead) in exchange for an immediate return to duty. Captain Sir Erasmus Gower commissioned HMS Neptune (98 guns) in the upper Thames and put together...

heavy guard, then taken to HMS Neptune, the flagship of Commodore Sir Erasmus Gower, where he was court-martialled, found guilty of treason and piracy and...

of Lord Macartney and from the papers of Sir Erasmus Gower, who was Commander of the expedition. Gower also left a more personal record through his private...

from Sir Erasmus Gower, who reported that the ships of the embassy had reached Zhoushan as ordered. Macartney replied with instructions for Gower to continue...

Erasmus Gower whom Byron chose to 'take a significant part' in the ceremony when he took possession of the Falkland Islands. Byron had examined Gower...

first went to sea as a midshipman in 1786 in HMS Salisbury with Captain Erasmus Gower who was flag captain to Commodore John Elliot. Elliot was commander-in-chief...

Spithead, on 20 March 1769, having been ably assisted by Lieutenant Erasmus Gower who was, for much of the voyage, the only fit person on board Swallow...

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64 Captain Peter Rainier 10 20 30 HMS Sceptre Third rate 64 Captain Samuel Graves 17 47 64 HMS Medea Sixth rate 28 Captain Erasmus Gower Casualties:...

under Captain Erasmus Gower in HMS Edgar in 1780–81. For two years commencing in 1792, he was 3rd lieutenant with Gower in HMS Lion under Gower. John Barrow...

Ian M (1 September 2017), Champion of the Quarterdeck: Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower 1742–1814, Pomona, Queensland: Sage Old Books, ISBN 978-0-9587021-2-6...

joining a band of like-minded Royal Navy Officers such as Captains Erasmus Gower, Robert Calder, Charles Powell Hamilton, Mark Robinson, Sir Hyde Parker...

old lieutenant, Captain Erasmus Gower, on board Lion, in which he went out to China, and returned in 1794. He was then with Gower in the Triumph, and was...

1794. The church underwent a restoration in the 1870s. Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower, governor of Newfoundland, is buried in the church. The regimental colours...

Governor (1800–1801) James Gambier, Commodore Governor (1802–1803) Erasmus Gower, Commodore Governor (1804–1806) John Holloway, Commodore Governor (1807–1809)...

Hood Richard Kempenfelt John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent James Cook Erasmus Gower James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth...

literature, born at Cwm Tridwr near Egllwisilan or Kilgerran. Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower (1742–1814), a Welsh naval officer and colonial governor. A memorial...

back to the 17th century. Robert Frederick Gower, High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1844, whose son Erasmus Gower rose to the rank of admiral, owned Clyn...

meeting place for like-minded Royal Navy Officers such as Captains Erasmus Gower, Robert Calder, Charles Powell Hamilton, Mark Robinson, Sir Hyde Parker...

of Nova Scotia: John Wentworth Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: Erasmus Gower then John Holloway Governor of Prince Edward Island: Joseph Frederick...

numeric names: authors list (link) Staunton, George; Macartney, George; Gower, Erasmus (1797). An authentic account of an embassy from the King of Great Britain...

64 Captain John MacBride 0 0 0 Prince William Third rate 64 Captain Erasmus Gower 0 0 0 Apollo Frigate 32 Captain Philemon Pownoll Convert Frigate 32...

Pole Commodore Governor of Newfoundland 1802–1804 Succeeded by Sir Erasmus Gower Military offices Preceded by Sir Charles Middleton First Naval Lord...

children William Erasmus Darwin and Anne Darwin were born there. In 1842 the family moved to Down House in the Kent countryside, and the Gower Street house...

Emperor of China. Cathcart nominated Captain Erasmus Gower as his preferred captain to carry the embassy but Gower was serving as flag captain to governor...

British force. In late July 1793, under the command of Captain Sir Erasmus Gower, Lion escorted the East Indiaman Hindostan, which carried the British...

Elliot and Edgar at Gibraltar to support the garrison there. Captain Erasmus Gower was appointed as his flag captain. Elliot soon found that there was...

August). From October 1781 to January 1784 Medea was commanded by Captain Erasmus Gower serving in the final stages of the American War of Independence being...