After further serving at the bombardment of Gaeta in 1815, and accompanying Lord Exmouth in the early part of 1816 in his visits to Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, Lieut. Monk was appointed with Capt. Brace, in July, 1816, to the Impregnable 104; in which ship, on 27 of the proximate Aug., he bore a warm part under the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne in the bombardment of Algiers; where he was wounded and burnt, and sustained serious injury in the eyes, resulting in the loss of the sight of one of them. He was discharged from the Berwick in Oct. 1816; and has since been on half-pay.
Although their efforts were not attended with success, it may be as well here to record the fact, that after the battle of Algiers a memorial praying for Lieut. Monk’s promotion was drawn up by the Mayor and Corporation of Chester for presentation to the Lords of the Admiralty; and others, with the same intent, by the Mayor, Corporation, and Merchants of Liverpool, to Mr. Canning, Lord Sandon, and Mr. Huskisson; by the last-mentioned of whom he was personally introduced to H.R.H. the Lord High Admiral. From 1818 until 1844 Lieut. Monk was employed in command of his own ships in trading to all parts of the globe.
MONTAGU. (Lieutenant, 1814.)
Edward Proudfoot Montagu, born 23 April, 1791, is eldest son of the late Gerard Montagu, Esq., formerly of Burlingham, co. Norfolk (a direct descendant of Henry, first Earl of Manchester, ancestor of the present Duke of that name), by Mary Anne, daughter of Geo. Doughty, Esq., of Theberton Hall, co. Suffolk. He is brother-in-law of Capts. Sir David Dunn and Robt. Hockings, R.N.; and second-cousin of Capt. John Wm. Montagu, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal William, Capt. John Wainwright, bearing the flag at Spithead of his relative Admiral Geo. Montagu. On his return from a voyage to the East Indies in the Lion 64, Capt. Robt. Rolles, he became Midshipman, about Jan. 1808, of the Proserpine 32, Capt. Chas. Otter; in which ship it was his misfortune, on the night of 28 Feb. 1809, to be captured, while off the port of Toulon, by the French 40-gun frigates Pénélope and Pauline, despite a noble resistance on the part of the British, whose loss extended to 1 man killed and 10 wounded. On his restoration to liberty, after four years of captivity, Mr. Montagu was successively received, in the course of 1813, into the Solebay 32, flag-ship at Yarmouth of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, and, on the North American station, into the Hogue 74, Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, San Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir John Borlase Warren, and Orpheus 36, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the last-mentioned ship 1 July, 1814, but left her in the following Oct., and has not been since afloat.
He married, in 1817, Mary Anne, daughter of Capt. Everard, and by that lady has had issue ten sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Gerard, is a First-Lieutenant R.M. (1843); and his second, Jas. Van Harthals, an officer in the 10th Foot. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
MONTAGU. (Captain, 1824. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
James Montagu, born 10 April, 1791, is brother of Capt. John Wm. Montagu, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Jas. Vashon, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of his father. Admiral Geo. Montagu; under whom, from 1804 to 1806, he served in the Royal William. He then joined the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in which frigate he participated, as Midshipman, in all the operations (including the capture of Maldonado and the island of Gorriti) that took place in the Rio de la Plata between Oct. 1806 and her return to England, in Sept. 1807, with Lieut.-General Whitelocke. After having further, in company with the Thalia 36, gone in fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to the latitude of Greenland, and endured three months of great privation on the coast of Labrador, he removed, in 1808, to the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich. Raggett, and sailed for the Mediterranean, where, in Jan. 1809, he was received on board the Tiger 74, Capt. Benj. Hallowell. On the night of 31 Oct. following we find him serving in the boats of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour at the capture and destruction, after a desperate struggle and a loss to the British of 15 killed and 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas. He had, a few days previously, assisted in causing the self-destruction of the French ships-of-the-line Robuste and Lion.[1] On 17 Aug. 1810 he was confirmed a Lieutenant (having been ordered to act as such on 21 of the preceding June) in the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Rich. Thomas; and he was next, 29 Sept. following, appointed to the Alceste 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell. In that ship he aided, in company with the Belle Poule 38, in destroying, 5 May, 1811, a French national brig lying in the harbour of Parenza and defended by a galling cross fire from two batteries. He also took part, 29 Nov. 1811, and obtained mention for the admirable manner in which he directed the main-deck guns, in an action of two hours and a half, fought with consummate gallantry, between the Alceste and Active 38 on one side, and the French 40-gun frigates Pomone and Pauline on the other, which terminated in the capture of the Pomone and escape of the Pauline, after a loss had been occasioned to the Alceste of 7 men killed and 13 wounded,[2] At the end of a period of two years passed as Lieutenant of the Sceptre and Albion 74’s, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo. Cockburn on the North American station, Mr. Montagu was awarded a second promotal commission 7 June, 1814, and on 23 of the same month appointed to the command of the Thistle 12, which sloop he brought home and paid off in Sept. 1815. His last appointment was, 9 April, 1823, to the Rifleman 18, fitting for the Halifax station, where he remained until posted, 17 July, 1824. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
MONTAGU. (Captain, 1820. f-p., 18; h-p., 26.)
John William Montagu, born 18 Jan. 1790, is second son of the late Admiral Sir Geo. Montagu, G.C.B.,[3] by Charlotte, daughter and co-heir of
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1809, p. 1907.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1812, p. 567.
- ↑ Sir Geo. Montagu was born 12 Dec. 1750; entered the R.N. Academy in 1763; and first went to sea in the President 50, Capt. (afterwards Lord) Gardner. He was promoted in 1770 to the rank of Lieutenant; was made Commander into the Kingfisher sloop; and in 1773 was posted into the Fowey 20. In that ship, during the first American war, he covered the retreat and embarkation of the army under Sir Wm. Howe, at the evacuation of Boston, and was present at the siege of New York. He subsequently, assuming command (after two years of servitude in the Romney 50, his father’s flag-ship) of the Pearl of 32 guns, 700 tons, and 220 men, effected the capture, 14 Sept. 1799 [errata 1], of the Santa Monica of 32 guns, 900 tons, and 280 men, 38 of whom were killed and 45 wounded, with a loss to the British of 12 killed and 19 wounded. In Dec. of the same year he accompanied Sir Geo. Rodney to the relief of Gibraltar; and on 6 of the ensuing month he assisted at the capture of the Caraccas convoy, with which he returned to England in company with the Africa 64. On 30 Sept. in the latter year it was his fortune to make prize, after a long and obstinate battle (attended with a loss to the Pearl of 6 killed and 10 wounded, and to the enemy of 20 killed and 24 wounded), of L’Espérance, a French frigate of about equal force. On 16 March, 1781, he was in company with the squadron under Vice-Admiral Arbuthnot in a partial action fought with the French under M. de Ternay. The Pearl being paid off in 1782, Capt. Montagu, in 1790, obtained command of the Hector 74; in which ship, in June, 1793, he was employed, under Rear-Admiral Gardner, in the unsuccessful attack on Martinique. Attaining the rank of Rear-Admiral 12 April, 1794, he was ordered, in the early part of the following month, to escort the outward-bound East India fleet, and other convoys, amounting in
