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Rear-Admiral Sir George Burlton KCB (died 21 September 1815) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. == Naval career == Burlton was commissioned as a Lieutenant on 15 September 1777〔David Bonner Smith, ''(The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815 )'', cited in Simon Harrison, "(Sir George Burlton )", accessed 18 December 2011〕 and in 1783 was in command of HMS ''Camel'', 24.〔Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792'', cited in Simon Harrison, "(Sir George Burlton )", accessed 18 December 2011〕 He was made Commander on 5 July 1794.〔 In March 1795 he was acting captain of the 32-gun frigate ''Lively'' when she captured the French corvette ''Tourtourelle'',〔Joseph Haydn, ''The Book of Dignities'', 1851, (p. 298 col. 2 )〕 and he was promoted to post captain on 16 March that year into the 74-gun .〔 Towards the end of 1796 he travelled to Cape Town. There in November he received command of the Dutch frigate ''Castor'', which the British had captured at the capitulation of Saldanha Bay and renamed HMS ''Saldanha''. Burlton sailed her to Britain where she was paid off. Subsequent commands included ''Success'', 32; ''Adamant'', 50; and ''Resolution'', 74,〔 the last of which he commanded at the Battle of the Basque Roads in April 1809.〔 In 1812 Burlton was captain of the 110-gun HMS ''Ville de Paris'' and in March 1813 he was given command of HMS ''Boyne'', 98.〔Rif Winfield, ''British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817'', cited in Simon Harrison, "(Sir George Burlton )", accessed 18 December 2011〕 On 4 December 1813 he was made a Colonel of Marines. On 13 February 1814 ''Boyne'' engaged the French ship-of-the-line ''Romulus'', for which Burlton was commended by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew. On 4 June 1814 Burlton was raised to flag rank as a Rear-Admiral of the White and on 2 January 1815 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. On 24 December 1814 Sir Samuel Hood died. He had been Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station and when the vacancy became known in England Sir George Burlton was appointed to succeed him.〔''The United Service Magazine'', vol. 171, (p. 222 )〕 He hoisted his flag in HMS ''Cornwallis'', Captain John Bayley, on 10 January 1815.〔''The Naval Chronicle'', vol. 33, January–July 1815, (p. 85 )〕 On the voyage out the American sloops-of-war USS ''Peacock'' and USS ''Hornet'' mistook the 74-gun ''Cornwallis'' for a merchant ship. ''Cornwallis'' pursued ''Hornet'' between 28 and 30 April without success, though ''Hornet'' was obliged to jettison all her guns and arms in order to escape.〔William James, ''Naval History of Great Britain'', vol. 6, (p. 387 )〕 Burlton took over the East Indies command from acting-Commodore George Sayer in June 1815, but died at Madras on 21 September. Sayer resumed command until the arrival of Sir Richard King in 1816.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Burlton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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