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...

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...

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...

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...

league player David J. Gower, palaeontologist Erasmus Gower (1742–1814), Welsh naval officer and colonial governor Flynn Gower (born 1972), Australian...

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:...

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

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...

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

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

the Halia invasion took place in the early 18th century. Lieutenant Erasmus Gower (sailing with Commander Philip Carteret) reported the population as...

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

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...

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

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

David Gower, who was captain of the English national cricket team. An ancestor, the eighteenth-century explorer and naval officer Erasmus Gower, was in...

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...

been present at the engagement. Rodney promoted his First Lieutenant Erasmus Gower to post captain to command Prince William and sail her to Gibraltar...

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...

Woolwich on 11 June 1797, flying the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Erasmus Gower, and made for the Nore. Shortly after her arrival at the Nore, Neptune...

Minister between 1922 and 1928. Patrick Gower was born in Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, the younger son of Captain Erasmus Gower of Pembrokeshire. He was educated...

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

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...