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|battles= * American War of Independence * French Revolutionary Wars * *Battle of Martinique * *Invasion of Guadeloupe * Napoleonic Wars * *Blockade of Saint-Domingue * *Battle of Trafalgar * *British invasions of the Río de la Plata |awards=Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }} Sir Henry William Bayntun GCB (1766 – 16 December 1840) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy, whose distinguished career in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars was a catalogue of the highest and lowest points of the Navy during the conflict. His record includes extensive operations in the West Indies followed by shipwreck, the battle of Trafalgar and the disastrous expedition to Buenos Aires in 1807. ==Early career== Born in 1766 in Algiers, where his father was Consul general, Bayntun joined the navy at a young age and received his lieutenancy at just seventeen on 15 April 1783.〔Heathcote (p.1)〕 When war broke out with Revolutionary France in 1793, Bayntun was sent to the West Indies under Admiral Sir John Jervis and, after taking part in the capture of Martinique, he was given command of the sloop .〔 Bayntun was also present during the invasion of Guadeloupe and on the 4 May 1794, he was appointed post captain of HMS ''Undaunted'', the former French frigate, ''La Bienvenue'', captured during the Battle of Martinique.〔 Bayntun was subsequently given command of the 36-gun ''HMS Reunion'', which was wrecked in December 1796.〔 In January 1799, he was appointed to .〔Winfield (p.217)〕 He then commanded ships of the line, including and , with which he won acclaim during a successful blockade of the French Caribbean islands following their return to France under the terms of the Treaty of Amiens. In 1803 he captured the French frigate ''Créole'', along with her convoy and hundreds of troops aboard returning to France.〔Heathcote (p.2)〕 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「Henry William Bayntun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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