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Isaac Schomberg
Captain Isaac Schomberg (27 March 1753 – 21 January 1813) was a highly controversial officer of the British Royal Navy whose constant disputes with senior officers resulted in courts-martial, lawsuits and the eventual stagnation of his career. However, despite his contentious nature, Schomberg was a brave officer who gained distinction in several actions during the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars. He finished his career as a commissioner of the Navy and devoted most of the last fifteen years of his life to writing an influential history of naval operations in and around Britain.
Schomberg was born in London to Ralph Schomberg, son of Meyer Löw Schomberg both prominent physicians of German Jewish descent, although his father had converted to the Anglican faith in his youth. His mother was Elizabeth Crowcher, daughter of a wealthy merchant from Wapping.〔(Schomberg, Isaac ), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', C. H. H. Owen, Retrieved 5 January 2008〕 One of ten children with seven uncles, Schomberg's family were very prominent in middle-class eighteenth century London and Isaac (not to be confused with his uncle Isaac Schomberg, a prominent doctor) grew up in a literary environment, his father a common contributor to medical and literary journals.
==American Revolutionary War==
In 1770, Schomberg became the second of his large family to join the Royal Navy, taking commission as a midshipman. He was initially attached to the royal yacht ''Royal Charlotte'' but within six months had secured a position on his uncle Alexander Schomberg's ship HMS ''Prudent''. In 1771 he was again transferred, to HMS ''Trident'', commanded by Sir Peter Denis. For the next three years Schomberg served on ''Trident'' in the Mediterranean, with two brief detachments to other ships. At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Schomberg moved to HMS ''Romney'' on the Newfoundland station.〔
Aboard ''Romney'', Schomberg came to the attention of a succession of senior officers, including George Elphinstone, Robert Duff and John Montagu. This patronage enabled his advancement to lieutenant and command of the schooner HMS ''Labrador'' and brig HMS ''Hinchinbroke''.〔 In 1778, Schomberg returned to Europe aboard HMS ''Europe''. In 1779, Schomberg took position on the ship of the line HMS ''Canada'', whose captain commended him on his excellent seamanship.〔 In 1781, ''Canada'' was at the relief of the Great Siege of Gibraltar and later in the same year captured the Spanish frigate ''Santa Leocadia''. By the end of the year, Schomberg was in the West Indies and saw action in ''Canada'' at the Battle of St Kitts and the Battle of the Saintes, where he distinguished himself.
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