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George Blagdon Westcott
George Blagdon Westcott (fl. 24 April 1753 – 1 August 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary and the French Revolutionary Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He was one of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, in which battle he was killed.
==Family and early life==
Westcott's year of birth is unknown, but appears to have been between 1752 and 1753, and was likely in 1753. He was the son of a baker in Honiton, Devon, and was baptised on 24 April 1753. He joined the Navy sometime between 1765 and 1768, and by 1768 he was serving as master's mate aboard the frigate . He spent five years aboard the ''Solebay'', rising to the rank of midshipman, and spending time under George Vandeput. He then moved aboard , where he spent the next three years under Samuel Barrington and John Leveson-Gower. He passed his lieutenant's examination on 10 January 1776 and received his promotion to that rank on 6 August 1777, moving aboard .〔 Under her captain, Samuel Granston Goodall, the ''Valiant'' was present at the First Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778, after which Westcott and the ''Valiant'' joined the fleet under Sir Charles Hardy in 1779. He was present with Vice-admiral George Darby's fleet when they relieved Gibraltar in April 1781.〔
In November that year Westcott moved aboard , then the flagship of Rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt. He was then present at Kempenfelt's victory at the Second Battle of Ushant on 12 December 1781.〔 Wescott returned to Gibraltar under Lord Howe, and was then in action again at the Battle of Cape Spartel in October 1782. He briefly served aboard , before becoming first lieutenant of between 1786 and 1787. The ''Salisbury'' was at that time the flagship of Commodore John Elliot.〔
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