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X263
Title
Papers relating to Richard Bastard and his family.
Date free text
1816-1959
Production date
From: 1816 To: 1859
Admin/biog history
Richard Bastard served continuously during the Napoleonic war, being chiefly employed in the Mediterranean and on the W Indies station. He took part in the Copenhagen expedition in 1807, and was with Lord Exmouth in 1816 when the treaty was made with the Dey of Algiers to abolish Christian slavery. When in the MARS in 1806 he witnessed the capture of a 44 gun French ship LE RHIN, and also two other French figates LA GLOIRE and L'INFATIGABLE (July 28 and Sept 25). In 1809 he was present at the reduction of Flushing, his ship then being the PERLEn, Capt Narbonne Thompson. He did not however take part in any very spectacular action, and his employment ceased with the peace. The latter part of his service from 1831-4 was spent in command of the packet steamers operating from Falmouth, the FLAMER and HERMES, and he was on half-pay from 1834. He married in 1837 a daughter of Mr John Bowyer of Landport near Portsmouth. [Ex inf. National Maritime Museum from W O'Bryne's Naval Biog Dic, 1849]
Archival history
Believed to have passed through the family to depositor who at the time of deposit (February 1959) lived in Bedfordshire. No other Bedfordshire connection known.
Reference
- X240
Level of description
fonds