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|battles = |battles_label = |awards = |relations = |laterwork = |signature = }} John Ferrier (c. 1759 – 27 January 1836) was a British officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Ferrier was serving as a lieutenant during the American War of Independence, and was promoted to his first command after the conflict, a small cutter. He was advanced to post-captain shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, but did not receive a ship for several years. Finally given the 64-gun in 1796, he was sent to the West Indies, where he spent five years before returning with a convoy of merchants and the thanks of the West Indian merchants. He then served under Horatio Nelson in the Channel during the blockade and raids on Boulogne, and then in the North Sea, receiving Nelson's praise for his service. With the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars Ferrier was active in the Channel in command of a 74-gun ship, before being sent to the East Indies. He helped to escort a valuable convoy of East Indiamen, which had narrowly escaped from a French squadron, and spent four years on the station, frustrating French ambitions in the Persian Gulf and surviving an arduous voyage back to England through gales and aboard a leaky ship. Promoted to flag-rank in 1810 he was given an assignment with the fleet in the North Sea, flying his flag on a number of ships, before retiring ashore after the wars. He settled at Deal, Kent, and was a frequent visitor to the Duke of Wellington's residence, Walmer Castle, having made friends of the Duke and naval officers like Admiral Lord Exmouth during his career. He was promoted to the rank of admiral of the blue, and died in London in 1836, two days after an operation to relieve an internal complaint. ==Early life== Details of Ferrier's early life are obscure, but he is thought to have been baptised John Lellesden Ferrier at St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent on 11 February 1759, son of Samuel and Jane Ferrier.〔Baptismal register, St Peter Sandwich, Kent〕 He was buried at St Peter's Sandwich on 3 February 1836. The burial register records that he had been living at Deal in Kent and that he had been Admiral of the Blue.〔Burial register, St Peter Sandwich, Kent〕 He is known to have received his commission as lieutenant in 1777, during the American War of Independence, and to have served aboard the 32-gun under Captain Henry Harvey. He is recorded as having commissioned the cutter in August 1786 for service in the North Sea, and was promoted to post-captain on 22 November 1790.〔 The outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1792 did not immediately lead to further service for Ferrier, and it was not until 1796 that he received a ship, being appointed to command the 64-gun in April that year. He commanded her for five years on the West Indies Station, before sailing back to Britain as a convoy escort for 155 merchants, all of which reached their destination safely. For his service he was rewarded with the thanks of the West Indian merchants, and a piece of plate.〔 He then served in British waters as part of the squadron under Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson during the blockade and raids on Boulogne in 1801, and during Nelson's planning for an assault on Flushing in the autumn of that year. Nelson was pleased with Ferrier's services during this time, mentioning him in a letter to Earl St Vincent, "Captain Ferrier you do not know, therefore it becomes me to tell you, that his ship is in the very first order, and that he is a man of sense, and as steady as old Time himself; I am much pleased with his regularity and punctuality."〔 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「John Ferrier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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