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|battles = |awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |relations = |laterwork = }} Admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge (c. 1788 – 29 November 1863) was a British naval officer whose career extended from Trafalgar to the Crimean War, and a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP). ==Wars against France== Plumridge was born in London and entered the Navy on 6 September 1799 as a first-class volunteer aboard the sloop , employed in home waters under Commander John Watts. From December 1800 he served in the Mediterranean, as midshipman, master's mate, and for a short time as acting-lieutenant; firstly aboard the frigate , under Captains George Johnstone Hope and Robert Honyman, seeing action in the Egyptian campaign under the former. He then followed Captain Hope into the 74s , taking part in the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, and . Finally, he served aboard , under Captain Peter Parker, from where he was promoted to lieutenant on 20 August 1806. For the next seven years Plumridge served as a lieutenant; aboard the under Captain the Honourable Arthur Kaye Legge, in under Captains John Giffard and William Pierrepont, and then ''Melpomene'' again, under Captain Peter Parker. There, on 1 May 1809, during the Gunboat War, he commanded the boats of ''Melpomene'' in an attack on a Danish cutter of 6 guns and several merchantmen, which were lying under the protection of gun batteries in the harbour of Huilbo, Jutland. The cutter was destroyed, but with the loss of Lieutenant George Rennie, and five men severely wounded. Soon after ''Melpomene'' fought off an attack by a flotilla of 20 gun-boats, suffering considerable damage, and losing 34 men killed and wounded.〔 He then served aboard the frigate , Captain Joseph Baker, in the Baltic.〔 By December 1810 Plumridge was serving aboard the frigate under Captain Peter Parker again, and taking part in the capture of Isle de France. He then served aboard the 80-gun ship , Captain Sir John Gore; in and , the flag-ships of Sir William Sidney Smith in 1812; and the frigate , Captain Fleetwood Pellew. On 5 October 1813 he commanded the boats of ''Resistance'' at the destruction of batteries and the capture of a convoy in Porto d'Anzo. He then served aboard , Captain Thomas Gordon Caulfeild, and , the flagship of Sir Edward Pellew. In April 1814 he served as Pellew's aide-de-camp during the capture of Genoa.〔 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「James Hanway Plumridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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