year 1807, he was appointed to the chief command of the North Sea fleet; but from the rigid caution which the Dutch squadrons observed, no opportunity occurred for him to display the determined spirit which he is well known to possess. His promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral took place Nov. 9, 1805; and on the 12th Aug. 1812, he became a full Admiral. Mrs. Russell, to whom he was united about the year 1793, died March 9, 1818.
A portrait of the Admiral, in the old Post-Captain’s uniform, is prefixed to his memoir in the Naval Chronicle, v. 17, p. 441.
SIR HENRY TROLLOPE,
Admiral of the White; Knight Commander of the most honourable Military Order of the Bath.
Amongst the supposed ancestors of this officer were Andrew Trollope, Esq. who distinguished himself in the French wars, in the time of Henry VI, and was killed at the battle of Towton; and Thomas Trollope, of Thorlby, Esq., who married Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Roger, youngest son of Thomas Lumley, Esq. by Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward IV. by the lady Elizabeth Lucy. In the year 1641, Thomas Trollope, of Bourne, co. Lincoln, was created a Baronet; and, consequently, the subject of this memoir is collaterally, though distantly, related to the present possessor of that title.
Our officer is a native of Norwich, and was born about the year 1750. He entered the naval service at a very early period of life; and, we believe, under the auspices of the late Earl of Sandwich.
congenial with the bluntness of his character; “Here I am, waiting the pleasure of these fellows at Toulon, and we only long to get fairly alongside of them. I dare say, there would be some spare hats, by the time we had done. You are a pleasant fellow at all times; and, as Commodore Johnstone said of General Meadows, I have no doubt but your company would be delightful on the day of battle to your friends, but damned bad for your enemies. I desire, my dear Russell, you will always consider me as one of the sincerest of the former.”
