EdwardPellew, 1stViscountExmouth GCB (April 9, 1757 – January 23, 1833) was a British naval officer.
Pellew was born at Dover, the second son of Samuel Pellew (1712 – 1764), commander of a Dover packet.
In the summer of 1777 Pellew, with a small party of seamen, was attached to the army under Burgoyne, was present in the fighting at Saratoga, where his youngest brother, John, was killed, and he himself, with the whole force, taken prisoner.
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EXMOUTH, EDWARDPELLEW, 1STVISCOUNT (1757-1833), English admiral, was descended from a family which came originally from Normandy, but had for many centuries been settled in the west of Cornwall.
In 1802 Sir EdwardPellew was elected member of parliament for Dunstable, and during the time that he sat in the Commons he was a strenuous supporter of Pitt.
Exmouth had a brother, Sir Israel Pellew (1758-1832), also an admiral, who was present at the battle of Trafalgar.
Malcolm Rae gave us a well researched talk on the life of EdwardPellew, the local connection being that he lived in Teignmouth at Bitton House which now provides accommodation for the Town Council.
Pellew later took the title of 'Exmouth' because there was already a Lord Teignmouth.
With all this, the speaker concluded that although Pellew was one of the greatest sailors of his time, he felt his achievements had never been fully recognised, in that there was no public memorial to mark his contribution to the country.
Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew was born on 13 December 1789.
He was the son of EdwardPellew, 1stViscountExmouth and Susannah Frowde.
Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, son of EdwardPellew, 1stViscountExmouth and Susannah Frowde, on 5 June 1816.
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Alexander Wilson was 1stLieutenant of the Royal Marines, stationed at Portsoy in 1798, secretary to Admiral Sir EdwardPellew, 1stViscountExmouth.
James Pellew Wilson, died at the age of 20, unmarried and leaving no children, and 3.
Fleetwood Pellew Wilson (1809-1888) of 30 Portman Square and of Wappenham Manor, Northamps; Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace and father to H.H.Princess Alexis Dolgorouki, née Frances Fleetwood Wilson (1850-1919).
Exmouth, EdwardPellew, 1stViscount, 1757-1833, English admiral.
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